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Basic Training – Blended – 19th Feb 2025
Presented by: Tsen-Aie Bogan
Date: 19th February 2025
Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm
Location: OnlineIn this introductory key word sign course, you will learn about the principles of key word sign and gesture, who it can be used with and how it can be used alongside other ways of communicating. You will understand how key word sign is different to Auslan, the language of the Deaf Community in Australia.
In the practical component of the course you will learn up to 80 new signs along with common natural gestures. You will have the opportunity to practice using speech and signs together in interactive activities, building your skills in a safe and fun group environment. You will leave the workshop with a detailed plan of the next steps in your key word sign journey, as well as a host of helpful resources to support your learning.
You will complete the theory component of your training as a self-paced eLearning module. You can learn flexibly in your own time and complete your training around other commitments. The eLearning will take you between 1 – 2 hrs. You will then complete the practical component of your training virtually online, where you, your trainer and the other participants will join from their computers.
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Basic Training – split session – virtual – 19th & 26th March 2025
Presented by: Key Word Sign Victoria
Date: 19th and 26th of March 2025
Time: 9.30am – 1.00pm AEDT
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 – 20th & 27th Feb 2025
Presented by: Key Word Sign Victoria
Date: 20th February & 27th February 2025
Time: 9.30am – 1.00pm AEDT
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 – 21st Feb & 28th Feb 2025
Presented by: Tanya Jarvis
Date: Friday 21st February & Friday 28th February 2025
Time: 9:00am – 12:30pm
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 – full day – face to face – 22nd Feb 2025
Presented by: Amy Southwood
Date: Saturday 22nd February 2025
Time: 9:00 – 4:30 ACST
Location: Somerville Community Services – 147 Lee Point Road Wagaman NT 0810You’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:– How we communicate using natural gestures
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– 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 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 4171Key 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 – split session – virtual – 4th & 11th March 2025
Presented by: Key Word Sign Victoria
Date: 4th and 11th of March 2025
Time: 9.30am – 1.00pm AEDT
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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Advanced Workshop – virtual full day – 12 March 2025
Presented by: Leigha Dark, Key Word Sign Australia
Date: Wednesday 12 MARCH 2025
Time: 09:00am – 5:00pm (AEDT)
Location: OnlineIn this advanced course, you will further build your knowledge of key word sign and gesture by exploring instructional techniques such as modelling, incidental teaching, and explicit teaching to support learning and use of key word sign by others. You will also learn strategies for supporting communication partners around an individual, including models of coaching, mentoring, and design of individualised sign support resources.
The focus of this course is on spontaneous use of sign with accuracy and fluency within individual, small group, and whole group activities. You will learn between 80 -100 news signs and use known vocabulary within functional communication activities.
This workshop is presented online and is a full day.
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Basic Training – full day – face to face – 22nd March 2025
Presented by: Amy Southwood
Date: Saturday 22nd March 2025
Time: 9:00 – 4:30 ACST
Location: Somerville Community Services – 147 Lee Point Road Wagaman NT 0810You’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:– How we communicate using natural gestures
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– 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 – Split Session Online – 18th and 25th March 2025
Presented by: Tanya Jarvis
Date: Tuesday 18th and 25th March 2025
Time: 9:00am – 12:30pm (Session 1) 9:am – 1:00pm (Session 2) (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.
This workshop is presented online across two half day sessions.
What training can I do next?
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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 as a full day online workshop.
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