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Basic Training – Split Session Training – Oct 22nd & 29th
Presented by: Tanya Jarvis
Date: Wednesday 22nd October 2025 and Wednesday 29th October 2025
Time: 9:30am-1:00pm AEDT
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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Basic Training – Full Day – Face to Face – 22nd Oct
Presented by: Phillipa Wong
Date: Wednesday 22nd October
Time: 9:30am – 4:30pm AEST
Location: Max Webber Library Function Centre, BlacktownKey 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 Training – Online – Oct 22nd and 29th
Presented by: Key Word Sign Victoria
Date: Friday October 22nd and Friday October 29th
Time: 9:30am-1:00pm 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 – Blended – Friday 31st October 2025
Presented by: Lauren Scott, Key Word Sign Australia
Date: Friday 31st October 2025
Time: 09:30am – 3:30pm (AEDT)
Location: Online – blendedIn 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 – Face to Face – 1st November
Presented by: Key Word Sign South Australia
Date: 1 November 2025
Time: 9:00 – 4:30 ACDT
Location: C.a.F.E Enfield Pateela Street Enfield SA 5085 AustraliaYou’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 -
Basic Training – Full Day – Face to Face – 1st November
Presented by: Pashenka Gribbin
Date: Saturday 1st November
Time: 9:30am – 4:00pm AEST
Location: University of WolllongongKey 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 face-to-face.
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Intermediate Training – Split Session – Face to Face – 5th Nov
Presented by: Philippa Wong
Date: Wednesday 5th of November
Time: 9:30am – 4:30pm AEDT
Location: Max Webber Library Blacktown NSWIn 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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Sip ‘n’ Sign – Thursday 6th November 2025
Finished a Basic Key Word Sign Workshop?
Want to keep up your signing skills?
Come along to our FREE Sip ‘n’ Sign sessions!Time: 7:30 pm to 8.30 pm (AEDT)
Date: Thursday 6th November 2025These online sessions are open to anyone who has completed a Basic Key Word Sign workshop.
Bring along a glass of your favourite beverage, and have a bit of fun while you:
• Review signs learned in your basic workshop
• Work on sign accuracy & fluency
• Brainstorm questions about using KWS in your home or workplaceNo RSVP required. Just jump onto the zoom link –which will open at 7:20 pm, ready for a prompt 7:30 start.
For information or enquiries please contact: admin@keywordsignvictoria.org
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Basic Training – Full Day – Face to Face – 7th November
Presented by: Melanie Robartson
Date: Friday 7th November 2025
Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm AWST
Location: SensesWA – Armadale HubKey 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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Intermediate Training – Split Session Training – Online – Nov 10th and Nov 17th
Presented by: Key Word Sign Victoria
Date: Monday November 10th and Monday November 17th
Time: 9:30am-1:00pm AEDT
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.
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