This one-day introductory level training is intended for families and professionals interested in learning about facilitated communicaton. There will be opportunities to meet people who use the method. This workshop is designed to appeal to administrators, teachers, therapists, teaching assistants, adult care providers, as well as families. It is not necessary to be working directly with an established facilitated communication user or potential candidate to attend this workshop.
Participants work with trained, experienced facilitators in building facilitator skills.
Those attending the Introductory Skills Workshop should also attend the Foundation Workshop in order to have both a background and experience with the method. This workshop is intended for facilitated communication users and two of their facilitators. Facilitators will be critiqued on their support strategies and given ways to improve. I Training Program focuses on preparing parents and professionals to present information about facilitated communication and to teach others to be facilitatords with a person who uses facilitation as a communication strategy. This workshop precedes a two-day introductory training, and requires participants to be involved for all five days.