Community Learning Disability team become members of the Makaton Friendly Scheme
The Trust’s North Warwickshire and Solihull Community Learning Disability team have become certified members of the Makaton Friendly Scheme.
Makaton is a language programme using signs and symbols to help people to communicate. It is designed to support spoken language and the signs and symbols are used with speech, in spoken word order.
The Makaton Friendly Scheme recognises organisations that strive to make their services accessible to people who use Makaton to aid their communication.
Samantha Davis, Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist said “It’s great to see how the team have embraced Makaton as a way of communicating with service users and each other. Becoming Makaton Friendly has had a really positive impact across the service and on the team.”
For further information about the Speech and Language Therapy service and the other services the Trust provides, visit www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk