SENSwitcher is back online
SEN Switcher is now back online. Follow the links to access the program online or to download the program for use on your Windows PC. Use SEN Switcher Online Download…
Computing and Additional Needs
Since the roll-out of the new curriculum, I've met many teachers who seemed genuinely worried that they didn't have the skills or experience to teach this the computing strand and…
Transformational Technology
Remember when interactive whiteboards transformed teaching and learning for students with severe and complex needs? When Pokemon Go had all of our students who were on the spectrum out in…
It’s a small world after all
Like many of my colleagues, I’d often thought about setting up a link with an overseas school and running a collaboration project. The children I taught all have severe and…
What do algorithms taste like?
Some time ago I spoke at a two day conference organised by Flo Longhorn and Les Staves which explored the past, present and future of special education for people with…
On Symbols
Symbols have been around for many years and it’s very rare for me to visit a school where they are not using one symbol set or another to support their…
‘Doing’ technology.
When I first saw Google Cardboard I wondered how long it would be before someone tried to fasten one to the head of a student with PMLD / Complex needs,…
You’re busted! Switch Skills Timing Skills
When someone is learning to scan using one switch there are two key skills that they need to practice. The first is the 'timing' skill. This involves the student pressing…
Babies and Bathwater
So here's the thing... I'm sat in a quiet classroom with six students all busy using some of the cause and effect apps I've been recommending over the last six…
Complex Needs and Switches: It could be you!
I had a lovely day yesterday. I spent it in the company of five colleagues from a special school in the Midlands who had asked me to work with them…