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Scottish Children's Book Awards symbol resources

Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 8th October, 2015

The shortlisted titles for this year's Scottish Children's Book Awards were announced on August 28th by the Scottish Book Trust. The Bookbug books are Mouse's First Night at Moonlight School by Simon Puttock and Ali Pye, Wanted! Ralfy Rabbit Book Burglar by Emily Mackenzie Neve...

CALL's Eye Gaze Software Curve

Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 8th October, 2015

We are excited to announce the launch of our newest education resource, CALL's Eye Gaze Software Curve, which we hope will be a useful tool in supporting practitioners already working with Eye Gaze users and those about to embark on implementing this access method. The Software Cu...

Cerebral Palsy Conference, Glasgow

Posted by Allan Wilson on the 29th September, 2015

Bobath Scotland have a couple of interesting events coming up in Glasgow next month. First of all, on Wednesday 7th October they are holding their Annual Conference in the Radisson Blu hotel, Argyll Street, Glasgow to mark World Cerebral Palsy Day. This event is free and open to all. It will provide...

Learn about speech recognition and dictation

Posted by Paul Nisbet on the 22nd September, 2015

If you are working with learners who have difficulty writing or spelling, you need to learn about speech recognition. Speech recognition software is now much, much better that it was in the past, and it's also built in free to mobiles and tablets. If you've tried it before but not had much s...

Shirley joins the CALL Scotland team

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...

Where's Ceitidh?

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...

New resource Severe and Profound Learning Needs

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...

free professional learning opportunity - an introduction to AAC

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.

new opportunities and resources for shared reading and storytelling

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...

experiences of having cerebral palsy and receiving therapies

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...

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