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Laura Holmes

@lauraholmestm.bsky.social

Senior Associate at Talking Mats Ltd. Speech and Language Therapist by trade. Everyone has a right to have a voice and be listened to. Passionate about good communication, family, and tennis!

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Talking Mats Sexual Health | Course Beetle This webinar focuses on the Talking Mats Sexual Health and Relationships resource which is supplied as part of the course fee.

🗣️ Open conversations about sexual health and relationships with confidence!

Join our advanced @talkingmats.bsky.social webinar and learn to facilitate meaningful discussions in a safe, structured, and supportive way. 🌿

🔗 Enroll now: coursebeetle.co.uk/courses/talk...

#InclusiveCommunication

10.03.2025 13:00 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Talking Mats Sexual Health | Course Beetle This webinar focuses on the Talking Mats Sexual Health and Relationships resource which is supplied as part of the course fee.

Delighted to partner with @coursebeetle.bsky.social to deliver the next advanced course on using the Talking Mats sexual health & relationship resource, use helps understanding, assesses knowledge & opens up honest conversations coursebeetle.co.uk/courses/talk...
#socialworkers #lookedafterchildren

03.03.2025 07:42 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

This reminds us of the work we did with ARC Scotland when we worked with people with #learningdisabilities to become talking mats listeners, then they interviewed others receiving care about how their lives were going . This fabulous video was the final report arcscotland.org.uk/resources/fi...

06.03.2025 15:37 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

It’s a great feature of 🦋 that you can curate your own feeds . This is a great one to pin to your feed if your are interested in inclusion , education, additional support needs, #ehcp #Send Thanks a lot @halfwayupagain.bsky.social

26.01.2025 12:20 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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What is a Talking Mat? - Improving Communication, Improving Lives Talking Mats is a social enterprise whose vision is to improve the lives of people with communication difficulties. Improving communication and improving lives.

Enabling people to think about an issue , weigh up their views & say what they feel, is what Talking Mats is all about. It’s an evidence based visual communication tool Find out more here www.talkingmats.com/about/what-i... Please give us a follow if you are interested in communication & inclusion.

25.11.2024 10:53 — 👍 21    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0
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To kick start our monthly feature on our Research Network we are focusing on Dr Joan Murphy, Co-founder of Talking Mats and still actively involved in research.
Follow this link to her latest paper.
www.talkingmats.com/research/pub...

29.01.2025 10:57 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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this is how it feels to reach 30 MILLION users!!!

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Thanks Lois!

29.01.2025 08:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

New date and booking link will be live next week!

29.01.2025 08:26 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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