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Communication needs within Youth Justice (2)
On the 17th April we held a seminar exploring the innovative work being done to support young people with communication needs within justice and mental health settings in both New Zealand and Scotland Read about the morning in our first blog Talking Trouble, New Zealand kindly gave a gift to all delegates of their fantastic Top […]
Communication Needs in Youth Justice
Addressing the communication needs of people in youth justice is key to improving lives. The lack of attention to this is costly. On the 17th of April, we organised a seminar to look at the underlying issues and share good practice. We were delighted with the collaborative mix of people attending. We had representatives from: […]
Talking Mats in Germany
Talking Mats in Germany is being extended by one of our trainers Professor Norina Lauer. Here she describes two of her current interesting projects and we look forward to reading her findings. The German version of the Talking Mats app will now be tested in two more projects in the west of Germany. As the […]
Training trainers –Talking Mats accredited trainer course
Our next train the trainer course is in 2 weeks and we’re looking forward to welcoming people from a range of professions and a range of places- New Zealand, Japan, England and Fife! Becoming a trainer for Talking Mats means the staff member can offer Foundation training within their organisation or partnership. This ensures that the […]
Advantages of GDPR !
Apart from the necessity of fulfilling the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation which has to be completed by 25th May, I have been pondering on other advantages of complying with the GDPR. Here at Talking Mats we are all going through files, bagging up paper for shredding, deleting data files on our master computer […]
