Workshop for Gym, Pool, Recreation, and Library Staff to Connect with Individuals Facing Communication Challenges

Supporting staff at gyms, pools, recreation centres and libraries to interact with people who have communication difficulties.

Do your front-line staff feel confident interacting with customers who have a communication disability or difficulties?

This highly practical, face to face workshop will help your team to:

• Accommodate different communication styles
• Feel able to support successful two-way communication
• Create a more inclusive and welcoming environment
• Help improve the accessibility of your recreation and leisure facilities and services
• Enable customers with communication difficulties to make use of and enjoy the leisure facilities and recreation activities or services on offer
• Learn about Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) using a specified tool or appropriate gestures to help those who are communicating in ways other than spoken English
• Better meet your Disability Access and Inclusion Plan (DAIP) goals

PRESENTER – Laura Jones

This workshop will be led by Laura Jones, communication consultant for DDWA, a lecturer for 8 years in complex communication needs to postgraduate teachers and therapists at Edith Cowan University. Laura has a wealth of knowledge and experience to share with you. A guest speaker will share their perspectives with lived experience of communication disability.

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