Events

  • Basic Training – Full Day Workshop – 1st March 2025

    Presented by: Debbie Burmester
    Date: Saturday 1st March 2025
    Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm (AEST)
    Location: Maheno Room, St John The Baptist Anglican Church 177 Oxford Street, Bulimba, QLD 4171  

    Key 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 an in person, full day event

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  • Basic Training – Full Day Workshop – Virtual – 11th March

    Presented by: Alanna Jinks
    Date: Tuesday 11th March 2025
    Time: 9:00 – 4:30pm AEDT
    Location: Online

    Key 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.

    Click here for more details

    Register to Attend

  • Intermediate Training – Full Day – Online – 18th March 2025

    Presented by: Tanya Jarvis
    Date: Tuesday 18th March 2025
    Time: 9:00am – 4:30pm
    Location: Online

    In 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 presented online and is a full day.

    What training can I do next?
    After you have completed the ‘Using Key Word Sign in Daily Life’ course, you can progress to the Advanced qualification ‘Teaching Others to Use Key Word Sign’. This is offered only a full day online workshop.

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  • Basic Training – Split Session – Virtual – 7th May & 14th May 2025

    Presented by: Alanna Jinks
    Date:  Wednesday 7th May & Wednesday 14th May 
    Time: 9:30am – 1:00pm (AEST)
    Location: Online via zoom

    Key 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.

    Click here for more details

    Register to Attend
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