Key Word Sign is a tool or strategy which can be used to support children and adults with communication difficulties to understand and get their message across to others. Key Word Sign (KWS) adds signs to spoken words.

Use key word sign in play activities with young children to support understanding, speech and language, communication, and interaction. In these resources you will find signs for a range of fun activities.

Key Word Sign (KWS) is a type of Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC). You can use KWS with other forms of AAC such as communication boards and books. Key Word Sign is used in many countries around the world and is referred to by different names.

In this intermediate key word sign course, you will build your knowledge of key word sign and gesture including how to select and individualise signs for familiar, everyday activities, routines, games and songs.

Key Word Sign gives people a way of communicating about a wide range of topics and to say how they feel or what they think. This reduces the frustration of not being understood and encourages people to communicate more.

Key Word Sign Australia (KWSA) supports, develops and promotes the use of KWS throughout Australia, for the benefit of people with communication difficulties. We aim to: be a source of accurate and accessible information about Key Word Sign; develop and make available resources and products that support the effective use of Key Word Sign

Key Word Sign (KWS) uses signs from Auslan, but with a different population. KWS is used with children and adults who either cannot talk or whose speech is difficult to understand.

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This Key Word Sign guide has been produced by Key Word Sign Australia solely for the purpose of providing a person/s with a disability access to the content of the original book in a format consistent with their needs. It is designed to be used in conjunction with the original material.

Key Word Sign can be used to give young children with delayed speech a means of communicating while they develop their speech. The use of KWS reduces frustration and is known to support the development of language skills.