Upcoming training & events

7 - 8 Apr 2025

2 Day Course

This 2 day course provides an overview of key considerations for the development and use of Pragmatic Organisation Dynamic Display (PODD) communication systems.

24 Apr 2025 - 15 May 2025

2 x 3-hour sessions

Develop your knowledge and skills to create personalised communication books using this illustrated guide. Find out who 'Developing and Using a Communication Book' is suitable for, how to select the appropriate Stage and discover how to use the templates in Boardmaker & Communicate In Print software packages to create an individualised resource.

Fri 25 Apr 2025

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM (30 minutes)

Reflect on your personal interaction style and develop communication partner skills to support people using aided language and symbols to communicate.

1 - 20 May 2025

2 x 3 hour sessions

An overview of ways in which can can best support our AAC users in the classroom.

Wed 7 May 2025

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM (30 minutes)

AAC Assessment Tools

17 Jun 2025 - 8 Jul 2025

2x 3 hour sessions

Explore ways in which AAC can be embedded into play activities.

Tue 1 Jul 2025

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (1 hour)

Considering ways in which we can support others to support AAC users in the most effective ways.

3 - 10 Jul 2025

2 x 3 hour sessions (1 week apart)

AAC & Literacy

Tue 15 Jul 2025

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (3 hours)

AAC Assessment Tools (D)

Wed 10 Sep 2025

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM (30 minutes)

Develop your knowledge and skills to create personalised communication books using this illustrated guide. Find out who 'Developing and Using a Communication Book' is suitable for, how to select the appropriate Stage and discover how to use the templates in Boardmaker & Communicate In Print software packages to create an individualised resource.

Tue 16 Sep 2025

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM (30 minutes)

Look2Talk

Fri 19 Sep 2025

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM (30 minutes)

Reflect on your personal interaction style and develop communication partner skills to support people using aided language and symbols to communicate.

Fri 26 Sep 2025

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM (30 minutes)

An introduction to using and facilitating touch as an access method. This course with introduce you to various ways that direct access through touch can be achieved. The different skills needed for touch will be described, and how you can improve them The session will identify potentially useful equipment that can support people with disabilities to access touch computers.

Fri 3 Oct 2025

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM (30 minutes)

To recognise mouse alternatives that are available To consider adaptations that can help to improve mouse skills To identify hardware and software solutions that help with some difficulties using the mouse

Mon 6 Oct 2025

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM (30 minutes)

AAC & Literacy

Fri 10 Oct 2025

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM (30 minutes)

To name different types of switches To recognise different ways that switches can be used and activities they can control To identify skills required for switching

Wed 15 Oct 2025

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM (30 minutes)

AAC Assessment Tools

Fri 17 Oct 2025

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM (30 minutes)

An introduction to using eye gaze as an access method. This course will introduce you to the types of eye tracking technology available and the skills required to use eye gaze as a control method.