AAC – Page 6 – Jane Farrall Consulting

Big Mouth Camp 2012

Sep 28, 20122 Comments

Big Mouth Camp 2012 is over – and I hope a fabulous time was had by all! Big Mouth Camp is a camp for students who use speech generating devices, their families and lots of other people! I started Big Mouth Camp in 2003 after the Victorian government began funding speech generating devices for school

What’s APPropriate: AAC Apps for iPhones, iPads and other devices

Aug 2, 20126 Comments

This is a very short post to give the Prezi and links from my presentation yesterday at the International Society on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) 2012 Conference in Pittsburgh. I will write more next week about the conference and my highlights! The Prezi that goes along with the presentation is below. And below that

Tecla Shield for iPhone and iPad – Adding greater switch access to iOS

May 29, 201220 Comments

The Tecla Shield switch interface for the iPhone and iPad is one of a new generation of switch interfaces that promise greater access to the iOS functions for people who use a single switch. The Tecla Shield has a couple of control options – one option is for one or two single switches. The other

Speaking APPropriately: AAC Apps for iPad

May 24, 20124 Comments

Presentation and handouts for my hands-on AAC Apps session at the Inclusive Learning Technologies Conference 2012. Click here to download the handout for the presentation. Click here to download the step-by-step instruction sheets for the hands-on activities.

Making Up a Guided Reading Pack

May 13, 2012

Please note: The guided reading packs are no longer available. Additionally, I no longer recommend this process as so many students now have access to robust AAC. Guided reading is now called comprehension instruction – see https://www.comprehensiveliteracy.com/comprehension.html On my website I have a number of Guided Reading Packs for download. These are resources I’ve made

The APPlicator – switch access to MORE apps and music too!

Apr 11, 201215 Comments

In the beginning, there was no switch access to the iPad/iPhone/iPod touch. Over time, however, a small range of apps have been released which offer internal switch access – but unfortunately different apps were released along with different switch interfaces and a confusing picture of switch access to the iPad began to appear. (For more

Guided Reading for ALL students

Mar 6, 201211 Comments

Guided Reading is the process by which we can help students to be strategic in their reading – and improve their skills at getting information from books. It is a crucial part of balanced literacy instruction and is part of the Early Years classrooms in Australia, the National Literacy Strategy in England and Wales and