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Basic Training – split session – virtual – 14th June 2025
Presented by: Key Word Sign Victoria
Date: Saturday June 14th and Saturday June 21st
Time: 9:30am – 1:00pm AEST
Location: Online Via ZoomKey Word Sign (KWS) can be used to support individuals with communication difficulties to understand and get their message across to others.
In this workshop, you will learn the principles of KWS and gesture, who it can be used with and how it can be used alongside other ways of communicating. You will also learn up to 80 new signs along with common natural gestures, with opportunities to practice in a safe & fun group environment. You will leave the workshop with a detailed plan of the next steps in your KWS journey, as well as a host of helpful resources to support your learning.
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Basic training- split session – virtual – 18th and 25th June
Presented by: Tanya Jarvis
Date: Wednesday 18th June and Wednesday 25th June 2025
Time: 9:30am – 1pm AEST
Location: Online via zoomKey Word Sign (KWS) can be used to support individuals with communication difficulties to understand and get their message across to others.
In this workshop, you will learn the principles of KWS and gesture, who it can be used with and how it can be used alongside other ways of communicating. You will also learn up to 80 new signs along with common natural gestures, with opportunities to practice in a safe & fun group environment. You will leave the workshop with a detailed plan of the next steps in your KWS journey, as well as a host of helpful resources to support your learning.
This workshop is presented online.
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Basic training- Split Session – Virtual – 19th and 26th of June
Presented by: Key Word Sign Victoria
Date: Thursday 19th June and Thursday 26th of June 2025
Time: 9:30am – 1pm AEST
Location: Online via zoomKey Word Sign (KWS) can be used to support individuals with communication difficulties to understand and get their message across to others.
In this workshop, you will learn the principles of KWS and gesture, who it can be used with and how it can be used alongside other ways of communicating. You will also learn up to 80 new signs along with common natural gestures, with opportunities to practice in a safe & fun group environment. You will leave the workshop with a detailed plan of the next steps in your KWS journey, as well as a host of helpful resources to support your learning.
This workshop is presented online.
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Intermediate Training – full day – virtual – split session – June 20th and June 27th
Presented by: Key Word Sign Victoria
Date: Tuesday June 20th and Tuesday June 27th 2025
Time: 9:30am – 1pm AEST
Location: Online via zoomKey Word Sign (KWS) can be used to support individuals with communication difficulties to understand and get their message across to others.
In this workshop, you will learn the principles of KWS and gesture, who it can be used with and how it can be used alongside other ways of communicating. You will also learn up to 80 new signs along with common natural gestures, with opportunities to practice in a safe & fun group environment. You will leave the workshop with a detailed plan of the next steps in your KWS journey, as well as a host of helpful resources to support your learning.
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Basic – full day – virtual – Friday 20th June
Presented by: Lauren Scott, Key Word Sign Australia
Date: Friday 20th June 2025
Time: 09:30am – 4:00pm AEST
Location: OnlineKey Word Sign (KWS) can be used to support individuals with communication difficulties to understand and get their message across to others.
In this workshop, you will learn the principles of KWS and gesture, who it can be used with and how it can be used alongside other ways of communicating. You will also learn up to 80 new signs along with common natural gestures, with opportunities to practice in a safe & fun group environment. You will leave the workshop with a detailed plan of the next steps in your KWS journey, as well as a host of helpful resources to support your learning.
This workshop is presented online
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Intermediate Training – Split Session (Online) – Saturday 21st & 28th June 2025
Presented by: Tanya Jarvis
Date: Saturday June 21st and Saturday June 28th 2025
Time: 9:00am – 12:30pm AEST (21st June) & 9:00am – 1:00pm AEST (28th June)
Location: Online via zoomIn this intermediate key word sign course, you will build your knowledge of key word sign and gesture in familiar, everyday activities, routines, games and songs. You will learn about how to create a sign environment using strategies and resources to encourage and support the use of sign.
The focus of this course is building your skills in signing accuracy and fluency through individual, small group, and whole group activities. You will revise the signs of the Interactive Vocabulary learned in ‘Getting Started with Key Word Sign’ and learn between 80 -100 news signs.
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Basic Training – Full Day (Online) – 23rd Jun 2025
Presented by: Bryce Agland
Date: 23rd June 2025
Time: 9:30am – 4:00pm AEST
Location: The Disability Trust office – 5 Edney Lane, Springhill NSW 2500Key Word Sign (KWS) can be used to support individuals with communication difficulties to understand and get their message across to others.
In this workshop, you will learn the principles of KWS and gesture, who it can be used with and how it can be used alongside other ways of communicating. You will also learn up to 80 new signs along with common natural gestures, with opportunities to practice in a safe & fun group environment. You will leave the workshop with a detailed plan of the next steps in your KWS journey, as well as a host of helpful resources to support your learning.
This workshop is presented online.
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Basic Training – Split Session Virtual – 25th June and 2nd July
Presented by: Cathy Olsson
Date: Wednesday 25th June and 2nd July 2025
Time: 3.45pm – 7.30pm ACST
Location: Online via zoomYou’ll learn all the tips and tricks needed to get you started with signing. A fun and interactive workshop set to leave you feeling inspired and ready to sign!
You will learn:
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– How we communicate using natural gestures
– The features of sign production (HOLME)
– To recognise and accurately produce the signs in Interactive Vocabulary (Parts 1 and 2)
– How to identify the key words to sign in a spoken sentence
– How to use speech and sign / natural gesture within functional communication activities with basic accuracy and fluency -
Intermediate Training – Blended – Friday 27th June
Presented by: Marion Van Nierop, Key Word Sign Australia
Date: Friday 27th June 2025
Time: 09:30am – 3:30pm (AEST)
Location: OnlineIn this intermediate key word sign course, you will build your knowledge of key word sign and gesture in familiar, everyday activities, routines, games and songs. You will learn about how to create a sign environment using strategies and resources to encourage and support the use of sign.
The focus of this course is building your skills in signing accuracy and fluency through individual, small group, and whole group activities. You will revise the signs of the Interactive Vocabulary learned in ‘Getting Started with Key Word Sign’ and learn between 80 -100 news signs.
This workshop is available as a blended learning package. This involves a self-paced eLearning module, and a practical session presented online.
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Basic training- Full Day – Face to Face – Friday 27th June 2025
Presented by: Debbie Burmester
Date: Friday 27th June 2025
Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm AEST
Location: Sound Connections Old Millner Preschool 10 Robinson Road, Millner, Northern Territory, 0810Key Word Sign (KWS) can be used to support individuals with communication difficulties to understand and get their message across to others.
In this workshop, you will learn the principles of KWS and gesture, who it can be used with and how it can be used alongside other ways of communicating. You will also learn up to 80 new signs along with common natural gestures, with opportunities to practice in a safe & fun group environment. You will leave the workshop with a detailed plan of the next steps in your KWS journey, as well as a host of helpful resources to support your learning.
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