Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 12th January, 2017
The winner of the first Bookbug Picture Book Prize 2017 is Shark in the Park on a Windy Day by Nick Sharratt. Well done to Nick! Around 19,000 children across Scotland voted in the competition and the three nominated books were gifted to every p1 child in Scotland in the Bookbug P1 Family Bag d...
Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 21st September, 2016
CALL Scotland has once again produced accessible digital copies of the short-listed books in the Scottish Book Trust Awards 2017 for pupils with a Print Disability. The Awards this year consist of two competitions; The Bookbug Picture Book Prize and the Scottish Teenage Book Prize. The 3 Bookbug b...
Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 17th December, 2015
I read an interesting article in the RCSLT Bulletin today about the use of voice banking for patients with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) as a ‘Vocal Insurance’ policy. The main message from the article is that voice-banking or ‘cloning’ needs to be ‘done early’ so t...
Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 3rd December, 2015
The HelpKidzlearn Christmas Advent Calendar is back! Make sure you check every day to play each new activity! The previous days' activities continue to be available throughout the month. Enjoy twenty five days of accessible games and activities, including spot the difference, matching card...
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...
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...
Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 14th May, 2015
Proloquo2Go (P2Go) version 4.0 has been released and it looks like many improvements have been made.
There is no additional charge to update if you are an existing P2Go user and if you are a new user it will cost you £199.99 (previously £129.99).
Why should I update my app to ...
Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 24th March, 2015
Now that Springtime seems to be upon us at last, you'll be looking for some suitably 'fresh and lively' reading material for your Young Readers!
Just to remind you that CALL's PowerPoint bookshelf is available for download with links to lots of ready m...
Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 12th March, 2015
As you will know, it's Comic Relief's Red Nose Day tomorrow!
Download a Red Nose Day symbol board to enable pupils with Additional Support Needs to take part fully in all the fundraising shenanigans!
-this can be used as a printable low tech board or as an overlay for a G...
Posted by Joanna Courtney on the 5th March, 2015
Congratulations to the Winners of the Scottish Children’s Book Awards 2015! The awards are run by The Scottish Book Trust and the winners were announced at an Awards Ceremony at The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh on the 4th March 2015 in front of 600 school children. The winner for e...
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