Mamre Hosts Key Word Sign Workshop - 19th June
Signing and gesture: wonderful ways to enhance communication
The use of key word signs and gesture is a wonderful way to enhance someone’s understanding and expressive experience of communication.
Signing provides visual information to accompany speech, and the visual sign lasts longer and is less fleeting than speech, which can make understanding language easier.
Signing and gesture naturally promotes attention between communication partners.
Many of the signs are iconic, meaning they look like what they represent and are guessable.
When we use signs and gestures our rate of speech naturally slows down and key ideas are highlighted by the sign/gesture.
Signing is one way to provide wonderful scaffolding for learning language structure as well as new vocabulary and signing is often seen to increase people’s verbal communication and speech.
Having some key word sign knowledge is a great tool for those of us living with or working alongside children developing language as well as people who experience communication challenges.
It is a skill that is relevant for parents and family members, child care workers, support workers, Allied Health Professionals and anyone interested in enhancing their communication partner skills.
Mamre’s new Allied Health service will host a Key Word Sign Basic Workshop presented by Jessica Preston (Speech Pathologist) on Tuesday 19th June at Mamre, 40 Finsbury St in Newmarket from 9.30-2.30pm. Cost is $70. Booking information here:
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