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A communication friendly environment is… any environment that supports the communication skills of EVERYBODY who accesses it.

Join us on the journey to support the communication skills of all.

01/04/2026

The P7s at Glenburn Primary told us how Buddy Training will help them now and/or in the future ☺️

- ‘It will help me learn how to talk to my Buddy properly.’

- ‘Buddy Training will help me communicate with young children.’

- ‘It helps me with my little cousin and nieces & nephews!’

- ‘If I do babysitting I can use what I have learnt.’

- ‘It will help if you want to be a Nursery or P1 teacher.’

- ‘It will help me if I ever get a job to do with kids when I’m older and also with my baby cousin.’

- ‘I will know what to do if I have kids in the future and how to help with their talking.’

We are delighted with the positive impact of Buddy Training across South Ayrshire, both now and in the coming years 💜☺️🧸

31/03/2026

A big well done to Grammar Primary who are working hard on visualising their environment ☺️

This term the focus has been the wider areas to ensure that everyone can navigate the school successfully 👏

Next stop…classrooms! ✏️📚📘

30/03/2026

Thank you to the P7s at Glenburn Primary for telling us what they learnt from Buddy Training to help their Buddy with their talking 💜

- ‘I learned to get down to my Buddy’s level and let them lead.’

- ‘I make sure to give them 10 seconds to answer my questions and not to ask ‘what’s that?’ questions.’

- ‘To be face-to-face with them and don’t ask loads of questions - commenting and “I wonder…” are better.’

- ‘To join in games that they want to play.’

- ‘How to speak to my Buddy using hand signals and gestures.’

- ‘Give them time to answer.’

- ‘I learnt to crouch down when talking and speak more slowly.’

- ‘It is important to let them speak and you should just listen sometimes. Also reading helps them.’

- ‘I count 5 slow elephants in my head to give them thinking time.’

- ‘Understanding them and not interrupting them while they speak.’

- ‘It helped make it easier for me to talk with younger children and I enjoy talking to my Buddy more now.’

- ‘Nursery rhymes help with reading and vocabulary.’

- ‘How to engage better with smaller ones.’

27/03/2026

Happy Friday! ☺️

Claire and Beth had a super Red Nose Day last week delivering Buddy Training to the P6s at Monkton Primary 💜

The pupils had lots of hands on practice using toys and books to make comments they could use whilst playing with their Buddies. We were also so impressed by the insightful questions about how best to support their Buddies’ speech sounds 👏

We know you will be super Buddies next session P6! Well done ☺️👍

26/03/2026

We are very grateful to the P7 teachers at Glenburn Primary for their lovely feedback about their Buddy Training sessions before Christmas 💜

- ‘The pupils learned how to interact kindly with younger children by getting to their level, staying face-to-face and asking “I wonder…” questions.’

- ‘Their confidence and quality of interaction with the P1s has improved.’

- ‘The pupils enjoyed the practical demonstration of where to stand/sit when engaging with others.’

- ‘They really liked using the toys to practice commenting and they enjoyed using the strategies on their Buddies straight after the session.’

- ‘The training worked very well and had a highly positive impact.’

Thank you so much - we look forward to working with lots more schools for Buddy Training in the summer term ☀️🧸

25/03/2026

We are loving this super explanation of Boardmaker visuals by Rozelle House so all visitors understand the purpose of them 👏

Brilliant to see their Journey Poster on display too…watch out for Rozelle appearing on the map very soon! ☺️💜

24/03/2026

Claire had a great time delivering Total Communication training to the Family First team last week ☺️

This amazing group of practitioners work with children and young people of all ages to support them to engage in education, both in school and out in the community 💜

Well done to you all! Keep practising those Makaton signs! 👏👏

23/03/2026

We’ve been busy getting lots of visualised resources prepared for our community settings across South Ayrshire 💜

Environmental symbols, lanyard signs, social stories and feelings check-in cards are all available ☺️

20/03/2026

Happy Neurodiversity Celebration Week! 💜

Here is Claire, Speech and Language Therapy Lead for our Communities project speaking about the initiative, what it involves and how we can all be a bit more Communication Friendly in our daily lives ☺️

19/03/2026

We love being sent photos like these! The Ayr Care At Home Team are so delighted with their plaque that they’ve mounted it to the wall to proudly display for all to see - brilliant! ☺️👏💜

18/03/2026

Congratulations to Claire at the Ayr Care At Home mainstream team who are now Communication Friendly ☺️

Claire has completed Total Communication training and has a bank of visualised Boardmaker resources such as a social story explaining her role and lanyard symbols to support service users on home visits - well done! 👏💜

Address

11 Hole Road, Coylton
Ayr
KA66JL

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+441292571236

Website

https://www.nhsaaa.net/allied-health-professionals-ahps/speech-and-language-therapy/speech-and-language-therapy-for-chil

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