Family Play Consultation Service

Posted by Craig McConnell on the 13th July, 2026

Category Assistive Technology

Booking now available for our new Family Play Consultation Service

We now offer a free Family Play Consultation session with an Assistive Technology Expert, booking form below.

Play is vital for building social, problem solving, language and both fine and gross motor skills. It is how children learn to make sense of the world around them, experimenting with cause and effect, building their vocabulary and learning how to share, care and show empathy. But perhaps just as important as all of those essential life skills, playing is fun! Sharing that fun and joy with a child can be one of the most rewarding parts of being a parent or carer. Play is also very flexible as the rules can be adapted and changed to meet the needs of all involved.

There are however some barriers that children and young people can find difficult to break down. How does a non-speaking child for example join in fully with traditional games such as “What’s the Time Mr Wolf” or “Bear and the Honey pot”? How does a child with a physical disability access video games? How can a child who uses eye-tracking technology control a remote-control car? With enough imagination and some assistive tech, these barriers can be reduced and, in some cases, removed altogether.

This is the aim of our new free family play consultation service. If you live in Scotland and are the parent, guardian, sibling, family member (or even the friend of a friend) of a child with a disability and you would like to learn more about how to make play accessible then this service is for you. Whether you are completely new to world of Assistive Technology, or you have years of experience, we are confident there is something new and exciting we can share with you. We want to spark your imagination and leave you feeling confident and inspired to try out your own ideas and new ways of adapting play for your child.

Initially focusing on 4 different kinds of games or toys this will be a 1:1 online consultation with an Assistive Technology specialist . It is important that you complete the form below to allow us to focus our advice and demonstrations to your individual needs.

The areas we are focusing to begin with are,

• Interactive Toys – Ready to buy switch adapted toys and how you can create your own.
• Nursery rhymes/circle games – Using simple single and multi-message devices for engagement and communication.
• Using eye gaze/computers to control toys – Controlling multiple toys at once through computer control, the built in Infrared capabilities of some Eye tracking systems or by switch scanning.
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• Accessible Video Games – Examples of how video games can be adapted to make them more accessible.

If this is something you or someone you know may be interest in, please fill in the following form and book an online consultation.

Book now! - Making Toys and Play Accessible