{"id":110466,"date":"2022-03-24T15:41:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T15:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/education\/?p=110466"},"modified":"2022-03-25T10:41:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T10:41:02","slug":"an-introduction-to-sign-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/education\/2022\/03\/an-introduction-to-sign-language\/","title":{"rendered":"An Introduction to Basic Sign Language"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"nd-content-block_623d9be26558b\" class=\"image-block border-bottom padding\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row \">\n            <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 \">\n                                    <h2>Learn the basics of Sign Language for an education setting<\/h2>\n                                    <p>Join Derek Tune for a basic sign language lesson where you can take your new skills and apply them in an educational setting.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 pt-4 pt-md-0 \">\n                <div class=\"d-flex align-items-center h-100\">\n                    <picture>\n                        <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/education\/files\/Artboard-3-copy-3.jpg\" type=\"image\/jpg\">\n                                                <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/education\/files\/Artboard-3-copy-3.jpg\"\n                                type=\"image\/jpg\">\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.new-directions.co.uk\/education\/files\/Artboard-3-copy-3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\n                             width=\"546\" height=\"auto\">\n                    <\/picture>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"nd-content-block_60db2d38c7405\" class=\"image-block border-bottom padding\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row flex-row-reverse\">\n            <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 \">\n                                    <h2>About the Speaker<\/h2>\n                                    <p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Derek developed the system after a near-fatal vehicle crash in 1994. The individual who saved Derek\u2019s life that day was deaf. 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