Jane Farrall Consulting

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

Writing with Adults: Predictable Chart Writing

Oct 14, 2022

One of the different types of writing that we want to do every day with every emergent student is Writing with Adults. This is where literacy learners and educators write together as a team to successfully publish a text, which can then be shared with others. One form of Writing with Adults is known as

Writing with All Tools Continuum – free online event

Oct 9, 202216 Comments

On Friday the 21st of October I will be running a free webinar on the Writing with All Tools Continuum: Teaching to the next level. There are 100 seats available at the webinar. If you’re interested in attending please sign up at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/writing-with-all-tools-continuum-teaching-to-the-next-level-tickets-438462552297 Many of you will need to convert the times of the webinar

Literacy Intensive 2023

Sep 17, 2022

We are very pleased to announce the details of the 2023 Literacy Intensive, which will be held at Coomera State Special School on the Gold Coast from the 25th to 29th of September. Registrations will open on Monday the 19th at https://bit.ly/3UqKFcm The flyer is shown above with further details, and you can download a

Core Vocabulary & Tangible Symbols: A Case Study

Sep 9, 20227 Comments

As requested, I am sharing the presentation I did with Lee Murray at #AGOSCI2022. I have been very fortunate to work with Lee and the other staff at Salisbury Park Primary School for the last 8 years. I was also lucky enough to spend time with Ryder both at Salisbury Park Primary School and at

Writing with All Tools Continuum: A writing continuum for all people using all writing tools

Sep 6, 202212 Comments

This blog post has been over a year in the making. It started as a result of the work I do with multiple schools and teaching literacy in AAC. Assessment is an important component of our literacy teaching – and writing assessment, as I have said many times, is a really important piece to help

Writing Tools: Sensory Pencils and Early Emergent Writers

Apr 28, 20225 Comments

Recently I was interviewed by Meg Proctor from the Two Sides of the Spectrum Podcast. We talked about lots of different topics around Comprehensive Literacy Instruction including making sure each student has the easiest and most appropriate writing tool. As part of this I mentioned sensory pencils – and a couple of people have messaged