Two years ago at the ISAAC Conference in Toronto I attended my first ever presentation about phenomenology. A phenomonological approach is where individuals tell their stories to make meaning of their truths, realities and experiences. Phenomenology then allows researchers to…
Upcoming Adelaide Workshop 23rd of January, 2018 8:30am to 3:30pm The Grove Education Centre 39 Leslie St West, Woodville SA 5011 Workshop Description Including the diverse range of students in special education settings in a literacy program can be extremely challenging. This…
In May I was lucky enough to attend the ASSERT Communication and Literacy Conference in Coventry in the UK. The conference ran for three days – and I promised I would share my presentations on my website. To those…
Today I went to one of my very happy places – an AGOSCI conference. I love AGOSCI. The Australian AAC Community is so inclusive and supportive – and extremely clever! The AGOSCI 2017 conference was fabulous as always – and I’m…
Upcoming Adelaide Workshop 27th of January, 2017 8:30am to 3:30pm Adelaide West Special Education Centre 12 Moldavia Walk Taperoo SA 5017 Workshop Description Including the diverse range of students in special education settings in a literacy program can be extremely challenging. This…
This week I have been at the wonderful Joondalup Education Support Centre in Perth, Western Australia. They have a number of students using AAC systems, including a few who have started recently with Pragmatically Organised Dynamic Display (PODD) books. One…
Today was the first day of pre-conference workshops at the ISAAC 2016 Conference in Toronto, Canada. I love the ISAAC Conference – and being a part of the fabulous world AAC Community – so it was a very exciting day…
My mother has Alzheimers. She has had it for several years but this year she has deteriorated rapidly. She has developed complex communication needs as this has happened. She struggles to find words and often can’t finish a sentence as…
This morning I was honoured and delighted to give a plenary presentation at the Queensland Association of Special Education Leaders (QASEL) 2016 conference. The presentation was on Augmentative and Alternative Communication – aimed at dispelling some myths and discussing good…
In May this year we (David Niemeijer and Jane Farrall) teamed up for a presentation at the AGOSCI 2015 Conference on the Do’s and Don’ts of Implementing Real Communication Through AAC. We strongly believe that every single one of us…
