Reflect on your personal interaction style and develop communication partner skills to support communication for people with aphasia. You will have access to online activities to work through independently.
Course aim:
This course provides an introduction to supporting people with aphasia and identifies resources and strategies that be used.
You will learn:
<ul>
<li>To understand why communication may be more difficult for someone with aphasia.</li>
<li>To now when someone with aphasia need support with their communication.</li>
<li>To describe different communication partner skills that can be used to support someone with aphasia.</li>
<li>To give examples of different resources that can be used by someone with aphasia</li>
</ul>
Course includes:
Free access to online learning activities.
Suitable for:
Individuals who are supporting someone who has aphasia and want to learn more about how to do this effectively. Suitable for families and professionals new to aphasia
IPAACKS competencies:
<ul>
<li>Recognise when someone has communication support needs</li>
<li>Aware of the time and effort involved in learning to communicate using AAC</li>
<li>Aware of different modes of communication , and how these may be used in conjunction with AAC</li>
<li>Aware of how to communicate with people who use AAC</li>
<li>Act as a positive role model for others in their interaction with people who use AAC</li>
</ul>
Special requirements:
Log in to Ace Centre Learning
Cost: £30

On-demand course

An introduction to supporting people with aphasia. This self-directed online course provides tips and strategies that you can do to communicate effectively with someone with aphasia.

Online course

Exploring Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) that supports face-to-face communication.

Communication

Supporting Communication for People with Aphasia

Reflect on your personal interaction style and develop communication partner skills to support people using aided language and symbols to communicate. You will have access to online activities to work through independently.
Course aim:
To raise your awareness of the fundamental skills required when interacting with a person who uses AAC
You will learn:
<ul>
<li>To describe typical characteristics of AAC interactions</li>
<li>To identify 4 things that you can do to support an interaction with an AAC user</li>
<li>To use point talking with a communication chart to interact with an AAC user</li>
</ul>
Course includes:
Free access to online learning activities.
Suitable for:
Anyone working with people who use AAC. This course will enable you to work towards the following:
IPAACKS competencies:
<ul>
<li>AAC Leadership</li>
<li>Aware of how to communicate with people who use AAC</li>
<li>Act as a positive role model for others in their interaction with people who use AAC</li>
<li>Facilitating AAC Learning</li>
<li>Able to model positive interaction in relation to communicating with someone who uses AAC</li>
</ul>
Special requirements:
Log in to Ace Centre Learning
Cost: FREE

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Communication Partners

<h2>Course aim:</h2>
To recognise the skills required to use AAC and how to positively support AAC interactions. This is a self-directed online course encouraging you to reflect on your behaviours as a communication partner and support the development of skills in others.
<h2>You will learn:</h2>
To describe the skills required to use an AAC system; 
To discriminate between directive and non-directive language; 
To identify communication partners skills to develop; 
To embed effective communication partner skills in a setting.
<h2>Suitable for:</h2>
Practitioners supporting AAC users to develop their communication skills and learn how to use their AAC system effectively. This course will enable you to work towards the following:
<h2>IPAACKS competencies:</h2>
Implementation:
<ul>
<li>Knowledge of the role of skilled communication partners in enhancing communication for the person using AAC</li>
<li>Able to independently promote effective use of the AAC system to the team around the person using AAC</li>
<li>Able to identify the barriers for an individual and provide practical solutions to overcome them, seeking support if required</li>
<li>Aware of the underpinning knowledge required by the person using AAC</li>
<li>Support the person using AAC to develop the required knowledge and skills</li>
</ul>
AAC Leadership:
<ul>
<li>Act as a positive role model for others in their interaction with people who use AAC</li>
</ul>
Facilitating AAC Learning:
<ul>
<li>Able to model positive interaction in relation to their communicating with someone who uses AAC</li>
</ul>
<h2>Course includes:</h2>
Webinar and self-directed online learning materials including videos and activities.
<h2>Special requirements:</h2>
You will be required to use one of the following web browsers: Chrome, Microsoft Edge, FireFox, Safari or Safari Mobile
Time: 12.30 – 1.30 pm UTC (a link will be available in the course when you log in)
Cost: £30

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