Makaton awareness: Taster session for museums
Event information
Date: 28th January
Time: 10:00am-12:00pm
Organiser: Kids in Museums & The Makaton Charity
Venue: Online
Tickets: £30
According to The Makaton Charity, over 100,000 children and adults use Makaton symbols and signs, either as their main method of communication or a way to support speech. This includes young children and people with a learning disability.
The Makaton Charity explain that, “Makaton is a unique language programme that uses symbols, signs and speech to enable people to communicate. It supports the development of essential communication skills such as attention and listening, comprehension, memory, recall and organisation of language and expression.”
The Makaton Charity trainer will help you to:
- provide general information about Makaton and how it may be used in different settings to support language development and communication,
- enable attendees to learn approximately 30 useful everyday signs and symbols, alongside 12 more words which have been tailored for museum settings.
This virtual training session will be delivered over two hours by The Makaton Charity.
Who’s this for?
This training is aimed at staff at museums, galleries and heritage sites who are interested in making their organisations more welcoming to Makaton users.