Makaton for health, wellbeing, relationships and more...
Join us on our first online Safeguarding Workshop, delivered over Zoom on 9th and 16th May from 9am to 5pm by Makaton Ambassador Tutor Richard Fish. Cost is £189 per participant.
The Makaton Safeguarding workshop is designed to support anyone who cares for or works with children and adults with learning and communication difficulties.
Participants must have previously completed Makaton Level 1 and 2 or equivalent.
Click here to search for a Level 1 and/or Level 2
The workshop is about safeguarding all people with additional communication needs, focusing on topics such as health, wellbeing, hygiene and relationships. The workshop looks at Makaton Users in a person-centred way, to develop their communication skills, make choices, understand what is happening and to meet their needs as effectively as possible. On the workshop you will learn 300 signs and symbols covering the following topics:
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People (family, relationships and people around us)
- Body parts
- Clothing Places
- Time concepts
- Feelings, thoughts and behaviours
- Bullying and abuse Intimate matters
You will receive a Participant’s Manual which includes the signs and symbols that you have learned and you will also be given a certificate of attendance.
Participants go away with ideas and solutions and in turn this has a big impact on young people and adults with communication difficulties, creating an accessible communication environment which empowers Makaton Users to thrive, be safe and engage fully with the world around them.
“An increasingly important and functional course, taught and discussed in a thought-provoking manner. This course has provided me with the tools to support understanding and expression of specific anatomy and actions which are all part of growing up and keeping safe.”
Bethany Whitelam, Speech and Language Therapist, Norwich
“As a parent of a primary school aged daughter attending the Safeguarding Workshop has provided me with lots of useful vocabulary. The workshop offered space for reflection on how I might start to help my daughter express and understand thoughts, feelings and emotions, incredibly useful for being prepared to adapt to her needs in the future.“
Hannah, parent from Lincoln
Book your place today!