Using Talking Mats

Conversations using talking mats lasted longer than ordinary conversations.

Using talking mats.

We have tried various ways to do talking mats virtually but the easiest way we have found is to log into your digital talking mats through our website and use the talking mat in this mode. Talking mats is an innovative award winning communication tool that supports adults and children with communication difficulties to express their views. Talking mats is committed to supporting our community at this time. It is important for our mental health and well being that we stay connected and we are looking at creative ways to work with talking mats remotely.

Embedding tm in practice template this can be use to plan and record who you use talking mats with. Talking mats is a social enterprise whose vision is to improve the lives of people with communication difficulties by increasing their capacity to communicate effectively about things that matter to them. Our innovative award winning communication tool is based on extensive research and was designed by speech and language therapists. This can be particularly useful for recording videos to watch again later obviously with the appropriate video consent.

Then open your virtual meeting app e g. Talking mats topics leave a reply we re always amazed to hear from people about the variety of topics they cover using talking mats from how someone is managing their self care or domestic tasks to arranging a wedding or thinking about whats important at a funeral. Using a second device on a virtual talking mat session can help you to capture the thinker s reaction to the mat and symbols. People with early and middle stage dementia could use talking mats effectively.

We collated the evidence from our respect ive professional bodies royal college of o ccupatio nal therapy royal college of speech and language therapy chartered society of. It helps them understand and consider a range of topics and say what they feel in a visual way that can be easily recorded. Talking mats reduced instances of repetitive behaviour such as repeating words phrases ideas or actions. The offer for discounted access to our digital talking mats has been extended until the end of december 2020.

Microsoft teams or zoom and share your screen.