Makaton at Willow Park

Today over 100,000 children and adults use Makaton symbols and signs, either as their main method of communication or as a way to support speech. Staff at Willow Park use Makaton to aid communication.

Check out these videos to see our staff using everyday Makaton to help the children.

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Makaton has been shown to be useful for all sorts of people including those who struggle with understanding concepts, and have difficulty with literacy and grammatical knowledge, as well as those with English as an Additional Language. By using Makaton, children and adults can take a more active part in life, because communication and language are the key to everything we do and learn.

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Let's talk Makaton

You can start learning and using Makaton straight away.

As a first step, why not learn our Sign of the Week...this link takes you to videos all of the 'signs of the week' on the Makaton website

See how other people are using Makaton to transform their lives.

Then visit the Makaton.com Library to take a look at their wide range of free resources, or browse our online shop.

And if you have a question, you can ask a Makaton expert in our community forum, MakaChat.

Then, you'll be ready to learn Makaton : they have both face-to-face and online workshops available.