AUSLAN TRAINING
We provide tailored learning experiences to suit your specific needs. To provide you with the best service, we have a variety of different training options. Whether you are after one-on-one services for learning Auslan, Signed English or Key word Sign or want to book into our group sessions, we can cater for your particular needs.
Our customised training is our most popular service here at Visual Communication Consultants.
We focus on Practical Communication Skills e.g. key signs, Deaf culture, Deaf history, and Specific Vocabulary. Training can be adapted for beginners to advanced learners. We ensure you gain confidence in using Australian Sign Language (Auslan) in real-life interactions.
AUSLAN CUSTOMISED TRAINING
Auslan Customised Training is tailor made programs for families, disability organisations, deaf-friendly small businesses, 1 on 1 and small group private tutoring, teachers and children, with all levels of experience.
Did you know that Visual Communication Consultants is now a NDIS registered provider? This means you can now use your NDIS funding for your Auslan, Key Word Signing, Signed English and Interpreting.
Ask today how you can write us into your plan to get ongoing support, training and interpreting in the Kimberley and Pilbara regions.
Our consultant can create a customised program specifically to meet your communication needs.
One small step to learning Auslan can make a REAL difference in a person’s life.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
Customised courses are charged at an hourly rate.
Customised courses are run in Phases. A Phase = 16 sessions. You can book one session at a time but it is recommended to follow the phases.
Customised Auslan Training
If the structured courses do not meet your needs, we can design customised Auslan training tailored to your organisation, workplace, school, or community group.
You can select specific topics from across all course levels to create a program that suits your goals.
Training can be delivered:
An Auslan Customised Training Course will include
ONE OF OUR STUDENTS
AUSLAN COURSES
We look forward to meeting you at one of our Auslan courses.
We deliver a variety of customised Auslan courses to meet individual and group needs.
Our courses are Auslan Introduction, Progression, Intermediate, Advanced and Masterclass.
Auslan is a language with its own grammar.
In Auslan, you sign the meaning not word for word like in Signed English.
Auslan is a visual language there is no written form like you have in other languages.
In Auslan, you use your whole body to communicate, hands, facial expression, body movements.
Our Auslan courses are delivered in public schedules , dedicated or customised.
Example:
English: The boy sat on the chair
Auslan: chair boy sat
AUSLAN INTRODUCTION COURSE
Auslan is the language of the Australian Deaf Community.
Auslan stands for Australian Sign Language
The Introduction course is suitable for those with little or no sign language experience and is a great way to begin your Auslan journey.
You will learn sign production techniques, Auslan Grammar, Auslan History, and Vocabulary plus over 100 signs across 10 topics.
You will receive training in the basics of Auslan which can later be built on in our customised courses.
Customised courses can be delivered in groups or individually.
AUSLAN PROGRESSION COURSE
Boost your confidence in continuing on with your Auslan journey. Communicating in another language gives you the ability to see the world through other peoples eyes.
This Course is suitable for people who have completed our Auslan Introduction Course and will build on grammar, culture and history of Auslan.
100+ signs across 10 topics.
You will receive training in the basics of Auslan which can later be built on in our Customised Courses.
Customised Courses can be delivered in groups or individually.
AUSLAN INTERMEDIATE COURSE
There are many health benefits like better decision making, improved memory, increased attention to detail, multitasking abilities that come from acquiring another language – bilingual or multilingual.
The course is suitable for people who have completed our Auslan Progression Course and will build on grammar, culture and the history of Auslan.
Learn how to communicate with people who are Deaf and Blind.
100+ signs across 10 topics.
AUSLAN ADVANCE COURSE
Learning a second language may delay the onset of dementia. Learning another language strengthens the brain, it is like a workout for your brain, just like eating healthy and going to the gym strengthens your body, learning Auslan and becoming bilingual strengthens the brain.
This course is suitable for people who have completed our Auslan Intermediate Course and builds on grammar, culture and the history of Auslan.
Learn how to communicate with people who have Complex Communication Needs (CCN) for example people who use other modes of communication, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).
You will learn other forms of visual communication.
100+ signs across 10 topics.
AUSLAN MASTERCLASS
Congratulations you have done well getting this far. The health benefits of learning Auslan is a great way of improving your life and improve your brain strength for later on in life.
Our Masterclass Course will open you up to many future opportunities, it will improve your memory skills, improve your English skills. Being bilingual or multilingual will keep mental aging and cognitive decline at bay.
This course is suitable for people who have completed our Auslan Advanced Course and will build on grammar, culture and the history of Auslan.
The final in our series of courses the Masterclass is not for the faint-hearted. You will build on language across 40 topics. This course builds on what you have previously learnt with 400+ signs across 40 topics.
You will gain a sound understanding of Auslan and how to communicate daily with Deaf people of all ages and signing styles.
DEAF AWARENESS TRAINING
Our Deaf Awareness Training increases awareness for hearing people who have contact with Deaf people through their workplace, school or organisation.
Deaf Awareness Training is delivered as a dedicated course.
Hearing participants will learn how to communicate with deaf people plus information about sign language and sound amplification devices used by some deaf people.
Our Deaf awareness training will give hearing people confidence in conversing with deaf people.
ONLINE TRAINING
Visual Communications Consultants can deliver all our courses online.
Sign Online is a live flexible, self paced, online course via zoom
and offers an Introduction to Auslan online learning option at a time that suits your schedule.
Start learning Auslan from anywhere around the world.
Whatever your skill level from our Introduction Course right through to our Masterclass, we can provide your online training.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
By the end of Sign Online, students will be able to:
SIGNED ENGLISH
Signed English is a system of signing that matches a sign with each spoken English word. Following the same grammar as English, it was developed for language development.
Signed English uses some Auslan signs.
For Signed English, you sign every word. You can use Signed English with speech or without.
Our Signed English courses are delivered in public schedules, dedicated or customised.
Example:
English: The boy sat on the chair
Signed English: The boy sat on the chair
