Jane Farrall Consulting

Online Course: Introduction to Comprehensive Literacy Instruction v2 now available!

Oct 5, 2023

I am delighted to announce that the updated version of the Introduction to Comprehensive Literacy Instruction course is now available! The course is now available for registration at https://janefarrallconsulting.thinkific.com/courses/introduction-to-comprehensive-literacy-instruction-version-2 To get more information about the course you can download the flyer below. An additional flyer around the site licences is also available below. If you

Personal Voice – creating truly custom voices in iOS17

Sep 24, 2023

Ever since I heard about Personal Voice being added to iOS17, I have been really excited. I couldn’t wait to get hold of it and start using it! It seemed to me that this was a dream come true! And this weekend I finally got to use it. If you haven’t heard about it yet,

Assistive Access – new iOS Accessibility feature that ROCKS!!

Sep 23, 20232 Comments

As many of you will know, iOS17 was released yesterday to coincide with the release of the latest iPhone models. One of the new accessibility features in iOS17 is going to be game changer for me. I am frequently in classrooms working with a number of students. Many of the students I work with have

Introduction to Comprehensive Literacy Instruction Version 2.0

Sep 1, 20233 Comments

Over the last several weeks, I have spent time updating my first online course – and I’m delighted to announce that on October 6th I’ll be launching Introduction to Comprehensive Literacy Instruction Version 2.0. It is over three years now since I published the original version of this course. Since that time there have been

Communication Access for ALL Students – RICAA 2023

Jun 11, 2023

Communication Access means that “everyone can get their message across, no matter how they communicate.” (SCOPE, Australia) In 1948 the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights recognised communication as a fundamental right and freedom for all of us. Communication Access is an important follow-on from this declaration. By aiming for communication accessibility, we recognise that

AAC: Creating Systems for Individual Success. RICAA Conference 2023

Jun 5, 2023

In May, I was honoured to present the opening Keynote address at Rencontres Internationales des Communications Alternatives et Améliorées (RICAA) in Toulouse. I wanted to start by saying a huge thank-you to the conference organisers for inviting me! Merci beaucoup!! The focus for my presentation was communication autonomy – and the importance of using the

The Problems with Hand-Over-Hand v2.0

Jan 7, 202310 Comments

Hand-over-hand as a teaching strategy is increasingly being defined as restrictive practice. However, I still find that many people working in this area use hand-over-hand as a teaching strategy without being aware of the problems around it – or the fact that there are other, more effective, teaching strategies. In 2021, I published an Infographic

Writing with All Tools Continuum v1.1

Dec 18, 20224 Comments

Summer is here – and the schools in all our Australian states are either on their summer break or about to finish the school year. For me, this means I get a little more time to go through notes and pull together all the comments and feedback people have given me. And, some time to

Flip Charts – An important Emergent Writing Tool

Oct 30, 20224 Comments

A long time ago, I learned about flip charts for emergent writers, thanks to Karen Erickson and David Koppenhaver. Writing flip charts were first developed by Gretchen Hanser and staff at the Centre for Literacy and Disability Studies Flip charts as a writing tool appealed to me for a lot of reasons. Firstly, because I

Writing with All Tools Continuum Webinar

Oct 21, 20226 Comments

Today I had the pleasure of running a webinar about the Writing with All Tools Continuum. The session included a run through of the continuum, a discussion of some of the documents supporting the continuum and a short moderation at the end. I’m delighted to share the video of the webinar, as well as the