Category Archives: Latest News
Literacy for All at Willans Hill
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Jane Farrall June 3, 2011
Jane Farrall June 3, 2011
In the middle of last year, I was lucky enough to meet Chris Lennon, Principal at Willans Hill School in Wagga Wagga when Chris attended the AGOSCI Literacy Intensive, which was led by Dr Karen Erickson and Dr David Koppenhaver. Chris and I fairly quickly hatched a plan – which was to roll the Four Blocks approach to …
Going Global to Make a Difference
Posted in Latest News, Tools & Resources, Web links
Charlene Cullen June 2, 2011
Charlene Cullen June 2, 2011
Anna, Laura and Lisa are Occupational Therapy and Speech Pathology students from Curtin University, Perth who travelled to South Africa during May. They were accompanied by staff and seven other allied health students to form a team working as part of the Go Global program.
Variety Motor Mouth Camp 2011
Posted in Events, Latest News
Charlene Cullen May 11, 2011
Charlene Cullen May 11, 2011
I have just returned from the very first Variety Motor Mouth Camp in Perth, Western Australia. Nearly 100 people including school aged kids with their speech generating devices, their parents and siblings and volunteers, gathered for 5 days at a campsite in Point Walter. The weather was gorgeous and the city and Swan River views were amazing but …
Every Australian Counts: National Disability Insurance Scheme Campaign
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Barbara Landsberg March 28, 2011
Barbara Landsberg March 28, 2011
Every Australian Counts is the campaign for the introduction of a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). If implemented by the Australian Government, the NDIS will be a new support system for people with a disability, their families and carers. It will transform the way services are funded and delivered, ensuring people are better supported and enabling them to …
Variety Club Queensland flood/cyclone support for students with disabilities
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Barbara Landsberg March 3, 2011
Barbara Landsberg March 3, 2011
Variety Australia, the children’s charity, is known for its generous support of children with disabilities. Further to this, they contacted us a few weeks ago to advise that they have funds available for projects to support schools and children with disabilities who were affected by the flooding and other recent natural disasters. The Variety Queensland office will be …
Key Word Sign Australia – the change from Makaton
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Barbara Landsberg February 1, 2011
Barbara Landsberg February 1, 2011
Makaton is a brand name that is synonymous with Key Word Sign. The Makaton vocabulary is a group of 350 words, organised in nine stages, which has been taught in Australia since the early 1980s. Recently there has been a shift towards teaching an interactive vocabulary and in February 2010, Makaton Australia’s State Coordinators made the decision to …
Proloquo2Go no longer available from Spectronics
Posted in Apps and Mobile Learning, Latest News, Tools & Resources
Barbara Landsberg December 13, 2010
Barbara Landsberg December 13, 2010
For the past year, our team has been working very hard to make Proloquo2Go available to you. We did this because so many of our customers told us that there was no other way they would be able to access funding for the program unless purchases came through Spectronics. We made the process work (with considerable effort), despite …
Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme update
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Barbara Landsberg September 21, 2010
Barbara Landsberg September 21, 2010
It is worth keeping an eye on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) website for regular updates on progress of this proposed no-fault insurance scheme for everyone who has, or acquires a significant disability. It received quite a bit of airplay during the recent Australian election campaign – with comments like those of the President of the Australian …
Australian Teens Win International AAC Writing Contest
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Jane Farrall May 14, 2010
Jane Farrall May 14, 2010
Earlier this year it was announced that two Australian teens, working with a third teen in the UK, had won an International Writing Contest. I was delighted – and particularly delighted as I know the two Australians. Emma Green (Qld), Morgan Liddle (Vic) and Beth Moulam (UK) entered a multimedia story into the 2009 AAC Writing Contest. Entries …
Winner of Spectronics Blog comments competition
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Barbara Landsberg November 1, 2009
Barbara Landsberg November 1, 2009
As you may have been aware, Spectronics has been running a competition for anyone who posted a comment to the Spectronics Blog before October 30th 2009 to be in the draw to win a free copy of Texthelp Read&Write Gold Mobile USB version (worth $800 AUD/ $960 NZD). Congratulations to Jan Shand at Huntly College in NZ! You …
