The Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People (opens a new window) oversees training in British Sign Language.
Organisations such as DeafPLUS (opens a new window) and local adult education services offer introductory courses in signing.
There is a Sense factsheet and several leaflets on communication
Other useful sources on communication include:
Access to Communication
by Melanie Nind and Dave Hewett
(this is about Intensive Interaction)
Published by David Fulton Publishers in 1994;
ISBN: 1853462063
Communication Before Speech (2nd ed.)
by Judith Coupe O'Kane and Juliet Goldbart
Published by David Fulton Publishers in 1998;
ISBN: 1853464864
And specifically on communication in deafblind children:
Laura Pease's chapter, 'Creating a communicating environment', in Teaching Children who are Deafblind: Contact, Communication and Learning (opens a new window)
ublished by David Fulton Publishers in 2000; ISBN: 1853466743
Making Sense Together (opens a new window)
Published by Souvenir Press Ltd in 2000;
ISBN: 0285635107
Objects of reference
by Adam Ockelford
Published by RNIB in 2002;
ISBN: 1858785294
Objects of Reference - In Practice and Theory
by Keith Park
