Learn the Basics of Sign Language for an Education Setting with Derek Tune
Join Derek Tune for our introduction to basic sign language lesson where you can take your new skills and apply them in an educational setting.
Derek works with schools all over Wales to provide basic sign language skills to children. In these interactive sessions, he will walk you through learning the same key signs in two easy stages that you can use in your everyday life and also learn some specific signs to use in an educational setting with your pupils.
About the Speaker
Derek developed and launched an innovative communication technique, to help support victims of strokes and other debilitating illnesses. Single-handed communication is a form of sign language that has been developed for those with restricted movement. Using only one hand, individuals can communicate to those around them about their needs.
Derek developed the system after a near-fatal vehicle crash in 1994. The individual who saved Derek’s life that day was deaf. After recovering from the crash and witnessing other loved ones struggling to communicate after illness, he struck upon the notion of single-handed communication.
The Single Hand Communication method consists of 54 prompt cards that identify vital words such as help, thirsty, toilet etc.
