Category Archives: Latest News
Introducing….. ME!
Posted in Latest News
Amanda Hartmann April 11, 2012
Amanda Hartmann April 11, 2012
I’ve decided to introduce myself here on the blog – I have just joined the Spectronics Consultancy Team for one day a week and I really hope I get to know you better in the coming months! My name is Amanda Hartmann and I’m a Speech Pathologist. I currently have my own busy private practice working with children …
Willans Hill One Year On – still providing literacy for ALL students
Posted in Latest News, Techniques & Tips
Jane Farrall April 5, 2012
Jane Farrall April 5, 2012
Reposted with permission from www.janefarrall.com/blog Last year I wrote about the exciting literacy project I was involved with at Willans Hill School in Wagga Wagga on the Spectronics blog. The inspiration for my original blog (apart from overwhelming excitement about the changes we were seeing) was an interview with Prime Television. Last week, the school was visited …
Boardmaker Studio – now even more templates to SAVE YOU TIME!
Posted in Latest News, Techniques & Tips, Tools & Resources
Katie Lyon March 6, 2012
Katie Lyon March 6, 2012
Boardmaker Studio has been around now for a little while now and it really is creating a buzz in schools and services across Australia and the rest of the world. Its no wonder really, when the ready made studio starter templates and gadgets save people oodles of time. Dynavox Mayer-Johnson have invested a lot of their time to …
Clicker 6: My Favourite Things!
Posted in How to learn more!, Latest News, New Technologies, Opinion
Katie Lyon February 21, 2012
Katie Lyon February 21, 2012
Yes – you heard right - Clicker 6 is soon to be released here in Australia! I have been fortunate enough to get my hands on a copy to have a play and I can tell you – it is fabulous! Clicker 6 builds on the acclaimed support features of its predecessor. Basically it’s new features mean more student …
Jane Farrall leaving Spectronics in early 2012
Posted in Latest News
Barbara Landsberg December 5, 2011
Barbara Landsberg December 5, 2011
Jane Farrall, Spectronics’ hard-working, talented and uber-dedicated Senior Speech Pathologist and AAC Support Services Manager will be leaving Spectronics on January 20th next year. After nearly seven years as part of the Spectronics Professional Services Team, she has decided to venture out on her own as an independent consultant. While we are sad to be losing such …
Warringa Park School iPad Project
Posted in Latest News, Teaching and Learning
Barbara Landsberg September 20, 2011
Barbara Landsberg September 20, 2011
Warringa Park School is a special school in Melbourne and was one of the first of many Victorian special schools to roll out iPads to all of its students (almost 300 in total). To learn more about the project read their story online or contact the school’s full-time “iPad Coach”, Dawn Hallett on email hallett.dawn.l@edumail.vic.gov.au. Dawn organises weekly …
Queensland All Abilities Playground Project
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Darren Trentepohl September 12, 2011
Darren Trentepohl September 12, 2011
Did you know that the Queensland Government has helped to really take AAC to the streets? The Queensland All Abilities Playground Project integrates best practice in supporting children with complex communication needs. The installation of multi-modal AAC communication systems in 15 specialised playgrounds around the state, allows the children to use either pictures or signs to chat to …
Literacy for ALL students – A World First for a Special School in Wagga Wagga
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Barbara Landsberg September 1, 2011
Barbara Landsberg September 1, 2011
Recently Jane Farrall, Spectronics’ Senior Speech Pathologist and AAC Support Services Manager, shared a blog titled Literacy for All at Willans Hill about her involvement in the literacy program for all students at Willans Hill School in Wagga Wagga in New South Wales. She is working with this special school’s Principal to roll out the Four Blocks approach …
Spectronics no longer selling Tobii Speech Generating Devices and Software
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Barbara Landsberg August 25, 2011
Barbara Landsberg August 25, 2011
If you are interested in the area of speech generating devices and AAC, we need to let you know that Spectronics no longer supplies technologies from Tobii Technology in Sweden. These include: the MyTobii P10 eye-controlled computing and communication system; the Tobii C-Series speech generating devices (C8, C12 and C15); the Tobii S32 speech generating device; and Tobii’s …
Willans Hill School on Radio National
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Jane Farrall June 24, 2011
Jane Farrall June 24, 2011
Recently I blogged about the fabulous literacy program at Willans Hill School in Wagga Wagga. (See “Literacy for All at Willans Hill“.) This week, we were very excited as The World Today on Radio National also did a segment on the program. The segment is included below. “Small school talks up literacy program” You can also find the …
