Practical workshops for education and health professionals, families, whanau, support workers and other interested people. These workshops looks at ways to maximise the use of low tech communication tools to support people’s expressive and receptive communication skills.
Courses include:
- Communication Opportunities throughout the Day; designed for school teams or an adult focus
The course covers:
- Developing a communication toolkit
- Core vocabulary: what it is and how to help people learn to use it
- Modelling: Learn how vital it is to model the use of the system and practice how to do this in a variety of contexts
- Planning communication opportunities
Lots of practical tools, resources, tips and tricks will be shared.
While the focus is low tech, the strategies covered can also be used with high tech speech generating devices.
2024 Cost: $200.00 per person (including GST) plus humanitix booking fee, parents and whānau are free.
Group discounts (10 or more from the same organisation) and courses tailored for specific groups are available. Please email courses@talklink.org.nz to discuss your requirements.
Refunds will not be provided if cancelled within 14 days of the course being run. Refunds are processed through Humanitix.
Upcoming courses:
Taranaki, Wed 28th August
9:30am - 2:30pm
New Plymouth Community Church, 50 Vivian Street, New Plymouth
Registrations close 7th August - to register click here