The UK's leading Makaton Tutor for Children’s Activity Providers and Early Years Settings.
Experts in speech and language development
Specialists in communication, language and literacy
Lived-experience of being a Children’s Activity Provider
Makaton Training
JE Makaton Training will meet all of your Makaton training needs. It is our mission to make our training accessible to a wide range of audiences.
You can book on training as an individual or contact us to arrange a group booking. If there are no suitable dates/times for you please contact us as lots of our workshops are run on demand.
Trusted By:
Our founder, Jennifer Ellison, is a specialist Speech and Language Therapist who has worked in early years settings since qualifying in 2007. Returning to work full-time after the birth of her second child, she saw an opportunity to introduce early training that could be done at home BEFORE children were referred for Speech and Language Therapy.
Jen created her own baby signing club focussing on teaching parents about the benefits of introducing visual sign language to their little ones as their verbal language developed. Soon after starting, her classes were sold out across South Manchester.
With two children at home and an already existing career, Jen realised this wasn’t something she could grow by herself. She trained more early years professionals and franchisees from multiple children’s activity providers on the advantages of using Makaton signs and symbols to help children’s communication skills flourish.
Our Mission
Communication as a basic skill.
We want to help people from all areas of life to be able to use just a few Makaton signs and symbols so that people who rely on Makaton to communicate can do so successfully.
We know from our experience of working with children, young people and adults with communication difficulties that sign language is an invaluable and transferable skill to use in the wider world.
But, most of all, we need your help. By learning just a few makaton signs and symbols in your everyday communication, you can make the world more accessible for those that need it.
