Open Access Workshop:

Communication and Challenging Behaviour

This practical 4.5 hour workshop is an introduction to the links between communication and behaviour. Aimed at anyone who wants to understand how to improve communication with individuals with severe learning disabilities – in turn improving their quality of life, choice and behaviour.

This workshop includes:

• What is communication and why it is important
• What makes communication difficult
• The relationship between communication and challenging behaviour
• Alternative approaches to communication (inc. pictures, signing, intensive interaction, digital communication aids)
• Communication passports