"It's one thing to have the right tools. It's another to know how best to use them to help your students learn and make progress.
For nearly 30 years, I've been developing assistive technology tools and, just as importantly, sharing what I've learned from using them with children and from working alongside the teachers and therapists who support them."

Many schools and individuals choose to build their skills around teaching with assistive technology using our PD Centre. PD Supporters have access to a huge range of training and support materials which include over 60 hours of videos and recorded webinars covering the use of switches, touch devices, pointing devices and eye gaze systems to support the learning and communication needs of young people with severe and complex additional support needs.

Colleagues can use the PD Centre to target specific gaps in their knowledge or follow one of our guided courses which detail all aspects of teaching and assessment with specific technologies. They'll also have access to all of our skills progression documents which detail the process and include level descriptors which you can tailor for specific children or to your school system. All of the activities on our website are designed to support teaching to these level descriptors. In addition to the 600+ activities on the website, PD subscribers can download over 30 subscriber exclusive activities and install them on the computers in their school or classroom.

Becoming a PD Supporter costs just £10 for an individual or just £50 for your whole school. Payment for all registrations must be made on the website. Whichever you choose you'll have immediate access to all of our training and support resources plus all of our online and downloadable activities. This is not a subscription but a one-off donation to help support our hosting costs, your PD Supporter registration will never expire. You can use it for for the lifetime of the SENict website.

Off Site Virtual Training

"The virtual training was INCREDIBLE. It was really inspiring and so many people pretty much bounced out of the room excited about how they can open the world up for their pupils." St. Giles School Retford

Although mostly retired, Ian does still offer occasional virtual training and support to schools and organisations involved in the education of young people with severe and complex addititional support needs anywhere in the world. Using online communication technologies like Teams, Ian can deliver training on all aspects of using ICT to support communication and learning to your whole school, small groups or provide 1:1 support sessions for individual members of staff wherever your school is in the world. You can choose the session times to suit your school's needs. Ian can provide everything from whole day, mornings, afternoons and twilight sessions. We'll do our very best to accomodate your needs.

Comprehensive handouts are supplied which you can share on your school network.

If you would like to learn more about our virtual training or have questions, please use the CONTACT form or give Ian a ring on 07896 604303.

Want to know more?

If any of this is of interest to your school or organisation and you'd like more information, please visit our Contact Page and send us a message. Ian will get back to you to arrange a convenient time for a phone call. If you plan to phone Ian directly, please be prepared to leave a message and he will get back to you.