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In the first of two blogs, we talk about how using Talking Mats Resources can help people have better conversations.<\/p>\n

Talking Mats provides a visual framework to help people express their views and feelings, using a selection of communication symbols that cover a variety of topics.\u00a0 Talking Mats resources are used by many professionals across a wide range of health, social care, residential, and education settings.\u00a0 Most of our resources are available in both low-tech, and digital, formats.\u00a0 In this first blog we focus on the resource bundles which are available to purchase with our Foundation Training course.<\/p>\n

\"Products\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Our resources are available to buy through our website (https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/shop\/<\/a>) however we do strongly recommend completion of one of our Foundation courses (https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/training\/foundation-training\/<\/a>) to get the most benefit from Talking Mats \u2013 and to use it to its full potential.\u00a0 If you add a Health and Wellbeing, Consulting Children & Young People, or Social Care resource pack bundle to your training you only end up paying \u00a365 for the training day itself which is a great deal!<\/p>\n

Resource Bundles available to purchase with Training<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Health and Wellbeing Bundle: <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"HWB\"<\/a><\/p>\n

These packs are based on the \u2018activities and participation\u2019 domains from the WHO ICF framework <\/strong>and includes 9 topics which are relevant to people, regardless of their health, disability or where they live around the world. We have translated these into more \u2018user-friendly\u2019 language and have generated symbols to represent each topic.<\/p>\n

In addition to the 9 topics from the Activity and Participation domains, we have also included Environment and Health, which are important topics within the ICF framework and in people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

Consulting Children and Young People Bundle:<\/strong><\/p>\n

These packs are based on \u2018Getting It Right For Every Child\u2019 (GIRFEC), a Scottish framework for everyone to use when working with children and young people. There are three broad topics which are relevant to any child or young person\u2019s life. This resource can also be used with SEND reforms in England.\u00a0 There are different packs for each developmental stage: Early years (ages 3 to 7); Primary (ages 7 to 12) and secondary (age 13 upwards).<\/p>\n

\"CCYP\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Best Value Bundle: <\/strong>This option includes the Health and Wellbeing<\/strong> and Consulting Children and Young People<\/strong> bundles above, as well as our Social Care<\/strong> resource packs, providing a complete set of resources to support communication on a comprehensive range of topics for children and adults.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to book a place on one of our Foundation Courses and would like to know more about our bundle options, get in touch with us at info@talkingmats.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Find out more about our Foundation Training course here: https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/training\/foundation-training\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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