In safe hands: Makaton and safeguarding for everyone
6pm- 7pm, Thursday 20th June 2024
FREE. Only available to Tutors, MSB Trainers, Standard Members, Premium Members, Founder Members, Makaton Friendly Members. Online - see below for booking details.
This webinar focuses on keeping everyone safe, especially those who have communication difficulties. Sometimes, safety information might be hard to understand or even feel uncomfortable to talk about. This session will explore how Makaton can make understanding safety concepts easier; showing you how to use Makaton to build important safeguarding and self-advocacy skills into everyday life.
This webinar is for anyone who wants to:
- Learn how to make sure everyone feels safe and understood.
- Discover how Makaton can make difficult concepts more accessible.
- Gain practical strategies to support individuals with safeguarding and self-advocacy.
This webinar is suitable for: parents, caregivers, professionals, and anyone interested in improving communication and safety.
Our Guest speaker Gareth Smith is an Ambassador Tutor who works as a senior leader and safeguarding lead at a large special school in the midlands. He also works as a Registered Intermediary support people with communication difficulties in police interview and in court if they are witnesses or victims of crime.