Jane Farrall Consulting

Literacy and Complex Communication Needs: Developing Language

Feb 3, 20202 Comments

This is the second video I’m sharing from the Angleman UK 2019 Communication & Literacy Conference. Thanks again to Angelman UK and See Speak Hear for making this available. In the beginning of my career, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) rapidly became the area of speech language pathology that interested me the most. I enjoyed

Communication: The Sky’s the Limit

Feb 1, 2020

In October last year I was lucky to be invited to attend the Angelman UK Communication and Literacy Conference in Coventry in the UK. It was the second time that Angelman UK ran a conference focused on these areas – and they were kind enough to video my plenary presentation on “Communication: The Sky’s the

Bushfire Texts

Jan 21, 20202 Comments

Many Australian schools are heading back for the first term of the school year in the next couple of weeks and I know lots of teachers are putting the finishing touches on their preparation for the coming weeks. Unfortunately, as everyone in Australia knows, bushfires have been a dominating feature of our summer holidays –

Let’s Chat with Personalised Alphabet Cards

Jan 20, 20206 Comments

Last October, Sally Clendon and I ran a literacy course at Currumbin Community Special School. The school were fabulous hosts – and while we were there, we were able to see many of the great resources they use. One which particularly impressed us was their personalised alphabet cards. They credited me with this idea –

2020 Literacy Intensives

Nov 28, 2019

Due to the very high level of interest in the 2019 Literacy Intensive, we will be offering the course twice in 2020 for the first time! The Literacy For All Intensive Course is a 5-day instructional course that covers theoretical and practical aspects of comprehensive literacy instruction for children and adults with disabilities, including complex

Who Tipped the Bike?

Nov 3, 20192 Comments

Following a few requests after the last blog post from Kayla McAllister “Writing: It’s more than just marks on a page” – here’s the book that Nina composed to win her award. Enjoy! Display content from SlideShare Click here to display content from SlideShare. Learn more in SlideShare’s privacy policy. Always display content from SlideShare

Writing: It’s More Than Just Marks on a Page

Oct 28, 20195 Comments

Note from Jane: Thanks so much to Kayla McAllister, teacher extraordinaire, for writing this wonderful blog post focusing on one of her students. When I was in Year 7, I was awarded a prize in a book writing competition run by my school’s local council. The pride I felt on that night as the Mayor

Angelman UK Communication and Literacy Conference

Oct 13, 20194 Comments

For the last three days I have been so privileged to be at the Angelman UK Communication and Literacy Conference in Coventry, England. It was awesome to see some people again and to meet some new people. Thanks to all who attended and to the amazing Trustees who put this event together! Here are copies

Using the Developmental Writing Scale. #AGOSCI2019

Sep 1, 2019

Yesterday I was honoured to present again with Molly Sharp from The Grove Education Centre at the 2019 AGOSCI Conference in Perth, Western Australia. The Developmental Writing Scale (Sturm et al, 2012) allows us to track a student’s writing progress from emergent to conventional with a 14 point scale. Additionally, it is the first writing

The Communication Matrix: Using The Communication Matrix to assess and plan communication development. #AGOSCI2019

Aug 30, 2019

This afternoon I was delighted to present with Molly Sharp, an amazing teacher from an outstanding school, The Grove Education Centre. Our presentation was around using the Communication Matrix as a tool to assess and guide our communication intervention, practice, goals and future plans. As promised during the session, we are sharing the PowerPoint and