Support Services

Support Services

1. sign language

   • usually used by the deaf or people that can not use a spoken language. Sign language is able to provide a full language system for them, and enables them to communicate easily.

2. mentors

   • usually people who are highly experienced in a certain job/ activity, they advised others that are new or less experienced They are able to explain issues and provide guidance

3. Speech therapists

   • provide assessment and therapy for people with speech, language or other communication problems. a range of approaches/ therapy will be used in order to improve peoples communication abilities

4. psychologists

   • work in the filed of mental health and sometimes provide assessment and therapy to people who have emotional or psychological problems.

5. makaton

   • is a system for developing language that uses speech, signs and symbols to help people with learning difficulties to communicate and develop their language skills.

6. Befrienders

   • seek to create a supportive relationship with others. have good communicate skills that enable them to listen to, and build an understanding of a service users views and feelings.

7. Advocates

   • used when people are not able to communicate because of certain illnesses or disabilities. an advocate is someone that speaks for someone else

8. translators

   • Translators are people who change record material from one to another. it involves the communication of meaning between different languages

9. counsellors

   • they are there to help people, they spend time listening and building an understanding of their clients problems.

10. Braille