Full Description

The Secondary resource helps young people to understand, think about and then express their views in a visual way using specially designed communication symbols on 3 topics relating to their Secondary years:

My Body and skills – how the young person is growing and developing

What I do and my support – the young person’s experience of activities and the support they receive

My Wider World – the young person’s experience of the communities where they grow up

This makes the GIRFEC and WHO ICF-CY frameworks meaningful and accessible.

(GIRFEC – Getting It Right for Every Child Scotland) (WHO ICF-CY- World Health Organisation International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health – Children and Young People)

With the Original Resource you get:

• Textured Mat
• 3 packs of specially designed communication symbols on My Body and Skills, What I do and my support, and My Wider World
• A set of 8 symbols covering well-being indicators
• Consulting Children and Young People Secondary Booklet
• Film clips of young people using Talking Mats
• Talking Mats Book- (A Resource to Enhance Communication)
• All in a portable Fairtrade bag

With the Digital Resource you have:

• Access to the specifically designed sets of symbols that you have bought
• An ability to add in your own images and personalize the conversation to suit the needs of the thinker
• A personal secure log on
• Instant reports with a facility to capture the context and nuance of the Mat
• A filing system that enables you to organize and review your thinkers’ views in a systematic and secure way
• No limits to the amount number of Mats that can be created and stored