Discover your Personal power (DYPP) is the entry point to Employment ACCESS for all hearing clients. It is a two-day personal empowerment workshop that unlocks the door to lasting change and puts you in control of you own life. Participants explore any personal negative beliefs and are encouraged to replace them with new, empowering beliefs for employment success.

The workshop is a combination of information, insights and practical skills –based exercises. Participants work in small groups. A maximum of 12 participants are in the workshop.

DYPP will provide you with the insights and the skills you need to be more effective in your life now, and every day into the future. It is an interactive exploration of the “power of the mind” and will change your life.

Learn how to change how you feel about yourself by building your self-esteem. Develop positive affirmations which encourage you to positive self-talk.

Learn how goal setting can help improve positive self-talk and self-image. Learn how to set specific, attainable goals.

Learn tips and strategies for effective interviewing skills from appropriate dress and grooming for job interviews to interview etiquette to practicing common interview questions.

Disclosure of your disability to an employer, should you or shouldn't you? When should it be done? How do you disclose? The DYPP facilitators discuss the pros and cons of disclosing, and if necessary, assist you to form a disclosure strategy. A disclosure strategy allows you to discuss positively your disability on your terms and retain a focus on your skills and abilities.

Discover Your Personal Power workshop is a project of the Coalition for Persons with Disabilities.