School-Based Key Word Sign Webinar
This webinar was created to support educators in learning how to implement Key Word Sign, as a communication method within the school environment.
Kindy-Based Key Word Sign Webinar
This webinar was created by the education team at Down Syndrome and Intellectual Disability Queensland to support educators in learning Key Word Sign, so that it can be used as a communication method in their kindergarten environment.
An Interview with Emma Memma
In this podcast, Dr Carly Lassig (DSIDQ’s Lead Education Consultant) interviews Dr Emma Watkins, also known as Emma Memma (previously known as the Yellow Wiggle).
This interview came about in response to the increasing interest from schools in Auslan (Australian Sign Language) and Key Word Sign (a visual communication approach that adds signs, borrowed from Auslan, to spoken words), and the DSIDQ’s Education Team’s observations of how music is such an effective way to teach children signing.
Emma tells us about the development of Emma Memma, which teaches Auslan through music and movement, and is based on her PhD research.
We learn about what first motivated Emma to learn to sign and how she continues to develop her Auslan skills and understanding of Deaf culture.
