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Basic Training – full day – face to face – 13th Sept
Presented by: Debbie Burmester
Date: Sunday 13th September, 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.
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Basic Training – full day – face to face – 16th September 2025
Presented by: Leah Cardwell
Date: Tuesday 16th September 2025
Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm AWST
Location: Hillview Intercultural Community Centre. 1-3 Hill View Pl, Bentley WA 6102Key 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 (Online) – 16th september & 23rd September
Presented by: Tanya Jarvis
Date: Tuesday 16th September and Tuesday 23rd September 2025
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.
This workshop is presented online.
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Basic – full day – virtual – Wednesday 24th September
Presented by: Marion Van Nierop, Key Word Sign Australia
Date: Wednesday 24th September
Time: 09:30am – 2:30pm (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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Sip ‘n’ Sign – Tuesday 7th October 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 (AEST)
Date: Tuesday 7th October 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 – 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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Intermediate Training – virtual – full day – Friday 31st October 2025
Presented by: Lauren Scott, Key Word Sign Australia
Date: Friday 31st October 2025
Time: 09:30am – 3:30pm (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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Basic Training – full day – face to face – 1 November 2025
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 -
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 2025
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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