WEBINAR
Stop, Think, Communication
Stop, Think, Communication course for parents & carers, teachers, friends and families of Deaf children. Includes advice and tips on how to best communicate with Deaf children, and BSL tuition covering common, everyday vocabulary.
About the webinar
This webinar is designed for parents & carers, teachers, families and children who want to improve communication with their Deaf children. Deaf children live in a silent world, feeling excluded and isolated without visual communication. Feeling cut off from their families and the wider world can cause depression.
What modules will you cover?
By the end of the webinar, you will have learned...
- Aims of Stop, Think, Communication
- What is the Stop, Think, Communication?
- Statistics
- Why to use Stop, Think, Communication?
- How to use Stop, Think, Communication?
- Basic BSL sign
When would you like to start?
Stop, Think, Communication
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