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          • Boardmaker - We have created a large number of BoardMaker Resources for you to use as wish.
            • Games for All - Games are a wonderful way of letting pupils participate in a group, to have fun, respond to instructions and to take turns.
              • Ideas for Dice - A variety of ways in which pupils can access a dice to find out the number of squares that they move forward while playing games.
                • Nursery Rhyme Overlays - BoardMaker TechTalk overlays for a few nursery rhymes.
                  • Story and Symbol Packs - A set of materials to help people develop interactive reading for young children.
                    • Symbol Topic Boards - A set of boards, each with 8 symbol locations, and each filled with core vocabulary relating to common themes and topics.
                    • Books - A number of very useful free books and booklets for you to download!
                    • Clicker - Grids to use as they are (make up some activities based on the grids) or as design templates for your own activities.
                      • Newsletters - Current and previous editions of 'New in CALL' and 'ContAACt'.
                        • ContAACt - A biannual newsletter from 'Augmentative Communication in Practise: Scotland' for People who use AAC.
                          • Email Newsletter - Distributed by email this is an archive of the CALL newsletters providing news, articles, advice and tips.
                            • New in CALL - Distributed to people who use CALL Scotland services, to interested professionals and to others.
                            • Presentations - Presentations which CALL Scotland staff have given.
                              • Quick Guides - Series of useful Quick Guides on how to set up software, equipment and working environment. These are updated regularly.
                                • AAC - Short guides to the use of various communication aids, including BIGmack, TechTalk and SpringBoard Lite, along with more general material on objects of reference and resources.
                                  • AAC Resources on the Internet - A useful list of web addresses for AAC developers, companies, research, etc.
                                  • BIG Mack - The BIGmack is a simple, one-message communication device, which allows a single message of up to 20 seconds to be recorded and played back.
                                  • Dynamo - Button Modifying Options for the Dynavox Dynamo .
                                  • Eye Pointing and using an Etran Frame - Eye pointing is, potentially, a simple and useful method of accessing a system of communication. An ETRAN frame can be used to introduce and use eye-pointing as a means of indication of pictures, and symbols (or letters, numbers, words) for communication.
                                  • Ideas for Schools - Some Ideas for Using TechTalk, TechSpeak or TechScan in School.
                                  • Objects of reference - a basic quick guide to using objects of reference. Note though that you will have to adapt the guide at all stages to the needs of pupils.
                                  • TechScan 32 - This machine lets you record in your voice to store words and messages. The person who cannot speak can use the machine to help him communicate what he wants to say. He hits a switch at the right moment, and the machine says the message out loud.
                                  • TechSpeak 32 - The TechSpeak machine has 2 levels (but you can buy them with 2, 4, or 6 levels). You can record up to 32 short messages on each level.
                                  • TechTalk 8 - TechTalks can have 6, 8 or 12 Levels – be sure to check which you have. You can record up to 8 short messages on each level.
                                  • Traxsys Inclusive Scan 4 - A 4 cell direct/switch operated scanning board which offers visual and auditory prompts to enable users to choose from up to 16 different spoken messages (4 levels) or operate up to 4 battery operated toys/devices.
                                  • Using Objects of Reference Possible Problem Areas - What association is the child actually making between object and activity? Is it the one you want them to make, or...?
                                • Accessibility - Key points on Scottish Government legislation on Accessibility Strategies and how they should impact on schools.
                                • Assessment - Helpful checklists to identify most suitable keyboard and mouse alternatives, and writing support tools to individual pupils with disabilities in schools.
                                • Books for All - Large collection of guides to use of different programs to create accessible resources for pupils with a print disability, along with more general material on finding and using adapted resources.
                                  • Finding Books - Using Microsoft Reader to read back electronic books.
                                  • Making Books - Using Microsoft Reader to read back electronic books.
                                  • Using Books - Using Microsoft Reader to read back electronic books.
                                • Communication Passports - Guides to making Personal Communication Passports, with key information about an individual with communication support needs, using PowerPoint and Boardmaker.
                                  • Passports in Boardmaker - This sheet will give you some hints and tips about how to make a passport using BoardMaker.
                                  • Passports in Microsoft PowerPoint - PowerPoint is a very versatile tool. It is usually used to create multimedia presentations and printed handouts but it is an almost perfect program for making Passports as well.
                                • Keyboarding and Ergonomics - Advice on developing keyboard skills and guidance on how to sit at a computer.
                                • Software - Collection of guides to creating variety of Clicker Grids using Clicker 4 and Clicker 5.
                                  • Adobe Acrobat and Reader - Guides to making accessible print resources using Acrobat and accessing them using Reader.
                                  • Boardmaker - General introductory material and guides to performing a range of tasks using different versions of Boardmaker.
                                  • Clicker - Collection of guides to creating variety of Clicker Grids using Clicker 4 and Clicker 5.
                                  • ClozePro - Using different features of ClozePro on Mac and PC to create resources.
                                  • Microsoft PowerPoint - Introductory materials for different versions of Powerpoint, along with guides to creating talking books and other resources to support literacy and learning.
                                  • Microsoft Reader - Using Microsoft Reader to read back electronic books.
                                  • Microsoft Word - Guides to using various tools within Word 2003 and 2007 to support reading and writing, including the use of voice comments and the equation editor. Also guides to creating accessible resources for learners with print disabilities using Word.
                                  • Miscellaneous - Guides to using TextEase, ChooseIT Maker, SwitchIT Maker and various utilities, along with comparisons of generic software for dyslexia and Mac text-to-speech utilities.
                                  • Textease - To be updated.
                              • Reports - Produced by or detailing CALL Scotland.

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                                  Training and CPD

                                  • CALLlive Webinars - Series of online workshops with a focus on promoting inclusion in your organisation. Sessions consist of a short video introduction followed by a 'how to' workshop using desktop sharing.
                                    • ICT and Inclusion - Free exhibitions and demonstrations of hardware and software for students with additional support needs by a number of Britain's leading suppliers.
                                      • In Service Training - CALL also offers outreach in service training in your school or local authority, on a range of topics customised to your specific requirements.
                                        • Charges - A breakdown of the charges for training.
                                          • Our Courses - The courses listed on these pages are not a definitive list and any course can be modified to meet your specific requirements or new courses may be developed to meet your particular needs.
                                          • Other Events - Other events not organised by CALL Scotland that may be of interest to you.
                                            • Our Training Courses - All courses held at CALL are open to all professionals working with people with additional support needs as well as parents and family members.

                                              What we do

                                              • About Us - Find out what makes CALL unique and why we're different.
                                                • Annual Reports - All the CALL Scotland annual reports from 2000/1 to the present day.
                                                  • Assessment and Support - For young people in Scotland who have communication difficulties. These might include: speech, visual, audio or specific learning difficulties.
                                                    • Equipment Bank - CALL has specialist equipment for communication and learning to individuals with disabilities throughout Scotland.
                                                    • Information and Advice - Information and advice on technological aids for communication and learning to professionals, carers and disabled people themselves.
                                                      • Projects - Some of our current projects.
                                                        • Books for All - Learning materials in accessible, alternative formats, for people who have difficulty reading ordinary printed books.
                                                          • CALLTalk - A ‘vocabulary package’ for communication aids. Designed for primary age children with severe communication difficulties but relatively good cognitive levels.
                                                            • Digital Exams - Digital versions of SQA exam papers. Designed for students with disabilities or ASN who have difficulty using the ordinary exam papers.
                                                              • Personal Communication Passports - A way of documenting and presenting information about children and adults with disabilities who are unable to speak for themselves.
                                                                • Scottish Voice - High quality Scottish synthetic voices, available free to Scottish schools.
                                                                  • Smart Wheelchair - With the chair, children experience new opportunities for communication, learning, exploration, lay and achieve some degree of independent mobility.
                                                                    • Speech Recognition - Developing and evaluating training materials to help schools get going with speech recognition.
                                                                      • WordTalk - Free speech-to-text plug-in developed for use with all versions of Microsoft Word, which can help people with reading difficulties use Microsoft Word.
                                                                      • Reference Library - An open-access reference library within the centre. Some books, journal articles, videos and other material can be borrowed for short periods.
                                                                        • Service Level Agreements - Designed for situations where you expect to make greater use of our services than can be provided free through central funding.
                                                                          • The Team - Meet the multi-disciplinary CALL team.