Signalong Foundation Course (2-day)
Venue
Kingswood Civic Centre, High Street, Kingswood
Event Tutors
Learning and Development
Admin Contact
Learning and Development (HRlearninganddevelopment@southglos.gov.uk)
Target Audience
CAH Staff / External Care Providers / Social Care Staff / Voluntary Sector Workers
Event Types
Course (daytime)
Course categories
Adult Social Care
Adult Social Care subcategories
Learning Difficulties
Event description
Signalong is the signing system being used for Adults with Learning Difficulties in South Glos. Signalong is a sign supported language system based on British Sign Language. It is user friendly and once you have attended a course you can access vocabulary according to your needs. This course is open to anyone working with adults with learning difficulties and is run by Margaret Purcell and Louise McMillan, Speech and Language Therapists. The standard charge for this course is £80 per day. Please refer to our Course Charges on the Home page for information on discounts and exemptions.
Learning outcomes
You will learn how to sign the core vocabulary for Adults with Learning Difficulties and how to introduce new signs in your place of work. You will learn hand shapes to enable you to access the whole of the Signalong vocabulary - a vocabulary of over 12,000 signs with published titles covering independent living, hospital visits and advocacy.
Start Date
Wednesday 13 November 2019
End Date
Thursday 14 November 2019
Closing Date
Tuesday 12 November 2019
Times
09:00 - 17:00
Maximum Places
15
Cost
£160.00
Number of Sessions
Certificate expiry
No
Pass/Fail event
No
Sessions
Venue
Kingswood Civic Centre, High Street
Tutors
Learning and Development
Start Date
Wednesday 13 November 2019
Times
09:00 - 17:00
Notes
Venue
Kingswood Civic Centre, High Street
Tutors
Learning and Development
Start Date
Thursday 14 November 2019
Times
09:00 - 17:00
Notes