Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 15th September, 2015
Shirley Lawson has joined the team on secondment from her post of Education Support Officer at East Lothian Council. Shirley graduated from Moray House with a PGDE in Primary Education in 2007 and had a successful NQT year at East Linton Primary School engaging and motivating her Primary 4 pup...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 8th September, 2015
As is often the case with projects, there has been a bit of slippage in the development timetable of the Scottish Gàidhlig computer voice. Three quarters of the recording are complete, the first 'build' has been created by CereProc, and the recording should be finished by the end o...
Posted by 4 on the 31st August, 2015
The South Lanarkshire Framework for Supporting Pupils with Severe and Profound Learning Needs is an interesting and useful document aimed at supporting teachers and support assistants. Although a new term, 'Severe and Profound Learning Difficulties' is helpfully descriptive and should...
Posted by Gillian McNeill on the 27th August, 2015
Free professional learning opportunity for anyone working in Health, Education, Social Services and Third Sector in Scotland, who would benefit from an Introduction to AAC. Download your booking form, with contact details for further information.
Posted by Gillian McNeill on the 27th August, 2015
The benefit of involving learners in shared reading and storytelling activities is widely recognised - for developing reading, writing, literacy, speech and for language. However, many learners with additional support needs (ASN), have difficulty accessing and using standard printed books, so h...
Posted by 4 on the 25th August, 2015
Colin Young a researcher at University of Glasgow, Strathclyde Centre for Disability Research wants to find out from young people with Cerebral Palsy what their experiences of receiving therapies have been. Colin notes that he too has Cerebral Palsy so he will be no stranger to having had physiother...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 20th July, 2015
It seems that IVONA MiniReader, the free text reader we liked for reading digital exams, is no longer available for download. I've therefore spent the afternoon reminding myself of some alternatives - and thanks to Abi James and Jean Hutchins of the BDA Technology group for sharing som...
Posted by Gillian McNeill on the 13th July, 2015
Jobs in AAC are few and far between, so when one (well four actually) becomes available, it's worth sharing! The vacancies are at the Regional Communication Aids Service (RCAS), a specialist Electronic Assistive Technology Service based in Newcastle and covering the North...
Posted by Gillian McNeill on the 3rd July, 2015
It’s been just over a year since the CALL Scotland team created a new resource - iPad Apps for Complex Communication Support Needs. It has been satisfying to see the fantastic response we have had, with paper copies being whisked off exhibition and workshop tables, and an astounding 15,...
Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 2nd July, 2015
BrightRed National 4 and Higher Study Guides are now available on the Books for All Database! We are very grateful to John MacPherson and the team at BrightRed for giving us permission to make these files available to learners with print disabilities across Scotland. The books are PDFs th...
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