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2025 - ONLINE offering LAMP Words for Life and the LAMP therapy approach

ATANZ is excited to host 

New Online LAMP Course for Aotearoa/ New Zealand

Words for Life & the LAMP therapy approach

In response to feedback, the first day of the 2-day LAMP course will now be available as an online course in NZ, comprising of three 2-hour sessions spread across 6 weeks, and offered twice yearly.

Suitable for all professionals and whānau supporting autistic children who use AAC

Presented by

Dr Sam Brydon

 

Dates:

  • Day 1,  7 May 2025
  • Day 2,  21 May 2025
  • Day 3,  4 June 2025

3 online sessions of 2 hours with additional 15 minutes for questions. 

 

Times:

  • 1 pm- 3.15pm 

 

About this event: 

It is intended that the workshop will be fully participatory, with group discussions, practice elements, small group work, and action plans to put new knowledge and skills into practice. Support will be provided via an online chat thread in between workshops so that participants can give feedback about how they have implemented their action plan, engage in peer support, and receive feedback / guidance from the presenter, Sam Brydon. Numbers will be capped at 25 per workshop, and workshops will not be recorded

This workshop will provide comprehensive training about the LAMP therapeutic approach, which was developed by John and Cindy Halloran, and Mia Emerson, and focuses on supporting autistic children to use AAC. This approach can be used across AAC systems, but it is particularly suited for use with the LAMP Words for Life app.

LAMP Words for Life is a communication app that has been specifically designed with autistic children in mind, and is the partner app for the LAMP therapeutic approach, with a focus on learning words through unique and efficient motor plans. This app will be demonstrated and demystified throughout the workshops, with plenty of opportunities for participants to practice and hone their skills at setting up, modelling, and using in a range of activities.

Participants will learn about the theory underpinning the LAMP approach, the importance of multi-sensory convergence, and the 5 elements of the LAMP therapeutic approach, with plenty of opportunities for discussion and practice. At the end of the three sessions, participants should feel that they have a good understanding of the LAMP therapeutic approach, the importance of multi-sensory convergence, lots of ideas about how to engage autistic children in activities that promote communication, and skills to use and edit LAMP WFL as they implement it with children.

 

About the presenter:

Sam Brydon is a speech language therapist with 30 years of experience in the field of disability, including as a social worker. Sam originally trained and worked in England, before emigrating to Aotearoa in 2007. She has since worked for the Ministry of Education, Patricia Avenue Specialist School, and currently for The TalkLink Trust. She completed doctoral research at Massey University in the field of AAC in 2023. Sam first discovered LAMP when she was reading and researching for her PhD. She attended the first training in Aotearoa in 2019 and has since implemented and supported LAMP with many children and young people with diverse communication needs and has been excited to observe how successful this approach can be with children who have previously struggled to use AAC

 

 

Mininum numbers:

Events require a minimum number of participants to proceed.  We'll confirm two weeks before the date of the event on the event page of our website 

Costs

  • $ 250 for ATANZ members
  • $ 300 for non-members (remember membership is $110)
  • $ 50 Parent/whānau attendees (limited numbers)
  • $ 75 Other/student attendees (limited numbers)

Registrations close 30th of April or when sold out – places are limited! 

 

Who can attend:

This workshop is for all people including speech language therapists, teachers, teacher aides and parents working with autistic children with diverse communication needs.

 

Questions:

All login details will be sent to registrants closer to the date.

Please contact us with any further questions at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

 

Event Properties

Event Date 09-05-2025 1:00 pm
Event End Date 04-06-2025 3:15 pm
Cut off date 30-04-2025 5:00 pm
Capacity 25
Registered 18
Available place 7
Individual Price Price depends on ticket type
Location online