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Shirley Lawson

I bring my teaching experience into my role at CALL as Development Officer for Assistive Technologies and Additional Support Needs. I lead the CALL Scotland Professional Learning and am focussing on providing a programme of relevant, quality assistive technology training to those working with children and young people with additional support needs and / or disabilities.

Looking for an innovative way to spend your PEF money?

Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 21st November, 2023

Category Assistive Technology

You can make excellent use of your Pupil Equity Fund money by carefully investing in assistive technologies (and associated training) to support pupils with Additional Support Needs.

New webinar series launched for 2024!

Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 15th November, 2023

Category Assistive Technology

CALL Scotland provide a programme of 20 minute webinars as free Professional Learning opportunities. These webinars are on a range of Assistive Technology topics all with the focus on supporting children and young people with Additional Support Needs.

Simplify the iPad with this amazing new feature in iOS17!

Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 18th October, 2023

Category iPads, Androids & Chromebooks Autism Spectrum Conditions

Assistive Access is a new feature in iOS17 which allows you to choose which apps you want to appear as large icons on your home screen. This is incredibly helpful for learners who only require a limited number of apps.

Book now for our 10 week Technology for ASN in Education course!

Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 21st September, 2023

Category Assistive Technology Dyslexia

This online 10 week Technology for ASN in Education course will be of interest to education professionals who wish to promote inclusion, using assistive technologies.

Speech-to-text to support autistic learners

Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 7th September, 2023

Category Speech Recognition Autism Spectrum Conditions

Speech-to-text can be used to support learners with literacy difficulties produce more text than they may be able to write or type. In this blog, Shirley explains how it can be used in unexpected other ways to support autistic learners.

iPad Literacy ideas for learners with Cerebral Palsy

Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 13th July, 2023

Category Physical Support Needs iPads, Androids & Chromebooks

In this blog, I am going to focus on one young person I worked with who turned a huge corner in accessing learning, in her contributions in class and greatly increased her ability to work independently due to her enthusisam to engage with the iPad which was set up with some extra assistive features.

View the 2023 ASL and Technology conference sessions!

Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 28th June, 2023

Category Assistive Technology

You can still sign up retrospectively for the 2023 ASL and Technology conference which took place on 14th June and view the 20 Assistive Technology sessions.

One week to go till our ASL and Tech conference!

Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 6th June, 2023

Category Assistive Technology

One week to go until we go live with our 2023 online ASL and Technology conference! We are thrilled to see the numbers of people attending rising every day and know that the online format fits better with everyone's busy lives and work commitments.

Updated Dyslexia app wheel now live!

Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 7th May, 2023

Category Dyslexia

The CALL Scotland app wheel to support learners with dyslexia has been updated and now is ready for you to download from our website.

CALL offers two 5 week courses for Autumn 2023!

Posted by Shirley Lawson on the 13th April, 2023

Category Dyslexia Severe & Complex Support Needs

CALL have two 5 week self study courses starting in Autumn 2023. The 5 week Technology to support dyslexia course is in its third year and the new one on offer will a 5 week course on Technology to support reading and writing for learners with complex needs.

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