Welcome to your personalised AAC coach site.
Your TWS AAC Coach will be Kate Munro.
Welcome to your personalised AAC coach site.
Your TWS AAC Coach will be Kate Munro.
ENROLMENTS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED! Keep an eye on the website for details on our next AAC for Speechies program.
AAC for Speechies will give you a solid introduction to working with clients who use AAC. We’ll provide you with useful resources, handouts and strategies from fellow speechies who practice exclusively in this area.
The ONLINE program, valued at over $2,000, includes:
2-3 hours of self-paced initial learning, plus five x 1 hour sessions
We’ll cover:
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This free online course is designed to build the capacity of young children with communication difficulties and their communication partners to have conversations that will improve well-being and self-advocacy skills.
By Talking About The Important Stuff, you can ensure that from very early on, children with a communication disability are given opportunities to learn how to talk about themselves and to advocate for themselves as they grow older.
We need conversations with each other to make sense of the world, to be supported and to support others. We all have the right to communicate. This means being able to express our feelings, our concerns and even have the opportunity to complain. This right and opportunity should not be dependent on how a person communicates.
Children with complex communication needs (CCN) often miss out on opportunities for organic conversations. Through this crucial learning, key communication partners will gain an understanding of the importance of Talking About The Important Stuff and how to enable it.
Parents and professionals who:
This online course targets the early development of skills in children, such as emotional development, well being and self advocacy. Parents or professionals will learn, practice and develop their knowledge, skills and understanding of the uniqueness and autonomy of their person. You’ll learn ways to enable everyone to participate in conversations that matter.
The course includes:
This is a free course, funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services. Go to dss.gov.au for more information.
The course will take approximately 8 hours to complete, all done in your own time at your own pace. Come and go from the lessons as required. Please note that lessons need to be completed in order of appearance. Please ensure you click the red ‘complete’ box at the end of each lesson to enable the ability to move on to the next lesson.
Enrol now for FREE access to the online learning course and materials.
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Two Way Street is at the forefront of working with people who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) for autonomy, belonging, connection and opportunity. Our mission is to make our knowledge, skills and experience in AAC accessible to all.
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All the information, resources and confidence you need to increase your skills and knowledge in AAC. Club Membership includes live Q&A sessions, downloadable AAC resources, plus the latest news and updates.
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Two Way Street is at the forefront of working with people who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication for autonomy, belonging, connection and opportunity. Our mission is to make our knowledge, skills and experience in AAC accessible to all.
Professionals who:
AAC Club Membership is paid monthly, as follows:
Individuals: $15 per month (exc GST)
Join us for live Q&A sessions. Plus download resources and access example videos to share with your clients. We stay up-to-date on the latest AAC methodology, ensuring you try the right things with your clients, the first time.
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Would you like to have better conversations and be more confident with knowing what to model on your person’s communication system?
Then this is the course for you! 7 modules will be provided to you in the online learning tool to work through at your pace.
This TWS Affiliates version is to allow you to quickly work through the modules to get a feel for the content. You won’t get any of the emails with extended learning content, but will have access to all the online content.
The standard Expand Program is normally accessible for 3 months. This version is available for a year to give affiliates plenty of time to expose the course with their people.
We hope you enjoy it!
An emergent communicator is one who typically uses behaviours, gestures, facial expression or body language to interact with others or to get their needs met. The course discusses considerations for supporting their communication and gives a 5 step process that can help to guide your interactions.
This course is designed for group based learning. It can be combined with a live question and answer session for your team after the presentation, or used as a stand alone session.
Combine this course with a live Q&A session: To get the most out of this course, you can combine it with a Q&A session online with our director and the course presenter, Janelle Sampson. Share videos of your own students for discussion, or ask questions in real time. Please contact us for a quote and to book in a time: [email protected]
This course was created for educators (including teachers and teaching assistants) in special education settings who are working with students who are emergent communicators. However, the information is also relevant to parents and other team members who are interested to learn about strategies for engaging emergent communicators.
This course will address the following questions for Emergent Communicators:
The online presentation for this course runs for 1 hour and 7 minutes. Please also allow time to download the handouts and view the helpful links.
Access to this course is limited to 2 weeks. Please keep this in mind before proceeding with your purchase. We suggest purchasing the course a few days before your group learning day (if this is how you will be watching it) to allow time to prepare and print the worksheets.
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Does your client or person have more to say than the words they have available?
Has someone suggested Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) to you?
Does the person express themselves with challenging behaviour due to limited communication?
This online course is an introduction to the importance of communication even when the words aren’t there yet. We will introduce you to Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) which can be used with or without spoken words and includes various communication strategies that use pictures, devices, iPads and communication books.
We will also share some tips and strategies to help get you started.
This course is specifically created for support workers who work for people with little or no verbal speech.
It is an introductory course for those just learning about the power of augmentative and alternative communication and is a great first step to understand why and how a person can communicate when they don’t yet have verbal speech.
Please ensure you have Two Way Street listed as a ‘safe sender’ in your inbox, otherwise our emails may not get to you.
Do you have more than one person who needs to do the training for your school or organisation? You can now purchase Group licenses – just click on the Bulk Buy button to get started.
Would you like to have better conversations and be more confident with knowing what to model on your person’s communication system?
Then this is the course for you! 7 modules will be provided to you in the online learning tool to work through at your pace.
This Demo Program is to allow you to quickly work through the modules to get a feel for the content. You won’t get any of the emails with extended learning content, but will have access to all the online content.
We hope you enjoy it!
Get confident with programming PODD for Grid 3 for great conversations with access to all the words your child, client or student needs.
This course will provide you with:
Suitable for parents, educators, service providers, support workers and anyone who supports someone who uses Grid 3 with PODD on a designated speech device.
Please ensure you have Two Way Street listed as a ‘safe sender’ in your inbox, otherwise our emails may not get to you.
Do you have more than one person who needs to do the training for your school or organisation? You can now purchase Group licenses – just click on the Bulk Buy button to get started.
Does your child, client or student have more to say than the words they have available?
Has someone suggested Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) to you?
Do you know someone who is trying to express themselves but others label it as behaviour?
This online course is an introduction to the importance of communication even when the words aren’t there yet. We will introduce you to Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) which can be used with or without spoken words and includes various communication strategies that use pictures, devices, iPads and communication books.
We will also share some tips and strategies to help get you started.
This course is for anyone who has a person in their lives who may not rely on speech alone to understand and be understood by others.
You may be a parent, grandparent, teacher, support worker, friend or service provider.
An introduction for those learning about the power of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and is a great first step to understand why and how a person can communicate when they don’t yet have verbal speech.
Please ensure you have Two Way Street listed as a ‘safe sender’ in your inbox, otherwise our emails may not get to you.
Do you have more than one person who needs to do the training for your school or organisation? You can now purchase Group licenses – just click on the Bulk Buy button to get started.
Get confident setting and up programming with Pictello, and using sequenced messages to support participation, interaction and conversation for your child, client or student.
This course will provide you with:
Suitable for parents, educators, service providers, support workers and anyone who supports someone who uses Pictello or wants to learn about using sequenced messages to support participation, interaction and conversation.
Do you have more than one person who needs to do the training for your school or organisation? You can now purchase Group licenses – just click on the Bulk Buy button to get started.
Part 1: 10 mins
Part 2: 15 mins
Part 3: 20 mins
Part 4: 45 mins
Part 5: 10 mins
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Would you like to have better conversations and be more confident with knowing what to model on your person’s communication system?
Then this is the course for you! 7 modules will be provided to you in the online learning tool across the 10 week program.
Please ensure you have Two Way Street listed as a ‘safe sender’ in your inbox, otherwise our emails may not get to you.
Do you have more than one person who needs to do the training for your school or organisation? You can now purchase Group licenses – just click on the Bulk Buy button to get started.
Learn the basics of Proloquo2Go in this 6 part course and how to program on your device.
Suitable for parents, educators, service providers, support workers and anyone who supports someone who communicates using this app
Do you have more than one person who needs to do the training for your school or organisation? You can now purchase Group licenses – just click on the Bulk Buy button to get started.
Part 1: 20 mins
Part 2: 10 mins
Part 3: 20 mins
Part 4: 25 mins
Part 5: 20 mins
Part 6: 10 mins
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When we experience something exciting, worrying, uplifting, or upsetting, one of the first things we do is to talk about it. This helps us to make sense of it, ask the questions we need, and share it with others. Sharing helps us to understand our own feelings, the perspectives of others and to process things that happen to us and in the wider world. Communication with others is integral to emotional development and our overall well-being.
In this course we look at common strategies suggested to support emotional development and well-being, and suggest adaptations for those who need additional communication support.
Mostly parents but also relevant information for teachers and service providers who are supporting parents of children/young people with complex communication needs.
Parents:
Service providers/educators:
Simple strategies to engage in supported conversations with your students or clients about more complex topics, even for beginning or emergent communicators.
Please ensure you have Two Way Street listed as a ‘safe sender’ in your inbox, otherwise our emails may not get to you.
Do you have more than one person who needs to do the training for your school or organisation? You can now purchase Group licenses – just click on the Bulk Buy button to get started.
