1. Supporting people to say what is important-Talking Mats
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2. Talking Mats vision
To improve the lives of people with communication difficulties by increasing their capacity to communicate effectively about things that matter to them.
this is law- people are involved about decisions affecting their lives
Talking Mats is a great way of professionals evidencing this
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3. What Talking Mats does for you
Slows the worker down
Gives you time
Puts you in control
Breaks issues down into small chunks
You can change your mind
Makes a visual record
Slows the worker down- hand over the symbol. They don’t need to keep talking
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4. What we do Train people how to use Talking Mats
Help organisations find out the information they need to know, by designing Talking Mats specifically for them
Open questions
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8. Keeping in touch
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