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England: South East
| Name: | The ACE Centre Advisory Trust | |
| Contact: | Rachel Moore | |
| Address: | 92 Windmill Road , Headington, Oxford OX3 7DR | |
| Tel: | 01865 759800 | |
| Web: | www.ace-centre.org.uk | |
| Email: | moore@ace-centre.org.uk | |
| Info: | The ACE Centre Advisory Trust provides assessments, training, R & D, information, advice, consultancy and equipment loans to support the use of assistive technology for communication and learning for people with physical and communication disabilities across the South of England, South Wales and the Channel Islands. | |
| Name: | Aspensmile | |
| Contact: | Mary Coffey/ Christine Mc.Coy | |
| Address: | Whitfield & Aspen School, Mayfield Rd, Whitfield, Dover, CT16 3LJ | |
| Tel: | 01304 826416 | |
| Email: | aspensmile@whitfield.kent.sch.uk | |
| Info: | Whitfield and Aspen school is an inclusive school with both mainstream provision and the district special provision. Aspensmile is a new facility offering advice, training and outreach services on a range of issues relating to special educational needs. | |
| Name: | The Avenue School Consultancy Service | |
| Contact: | Elaine Stowell | |
| Address: | The Avenue School, Basingstoke Road, Reading, RG2 OEN | |
| Tel: | 0118 9015554 | |
| Email: | widgit@avenue.reading.sch.uk | |
| Info: | Advice and training available from: * Experienced Special Needs Teachers (including specialist knowledge in ASD and sensory impairment) * Specialist Advisory Teachers working within mainstream schools in the Reading area * Specialist Speech and Language Therapists * Preschool Support Teachers We are able to help schools/centres in and outside of the Reading area. | |
| Name: | CIIS (Communication & Interaction Inclusion Services) Primary Language Team ~ Tunbridge Wells |
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| Contact: | Cynthia Kirk (Team Leader) | |
| Address: | Tunbridge Wells Language Centre, Southborough Cof EPrimary School, Broomhill Park Road, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 OJY | |
| Tel: | 01892 549951 | |
| Email: | languagecentre@southborough.kent.sch.uk | |
| Info: |
We offer one-day work shops on using Communicate in Print aimed at beginners level suitable for both teachers and teaching assistants working in mainstream schools, units and designations and special schools. |
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 Training involves: |
Using visual approaches in the inclusive classroom Learning how to use the programme Making resources to use in school Regular 'Drop in Clinics' are offered following on from the workshops. We also offer whole-school language awareness raising courses and in depth core language training. |
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| Name: | East Sussex Language and Learning Support Service | |
| Contact: | Carole Price | |
| Address: | River House, Bell Lane, Uckfield, East Sussex TN22 1AE | |
| Tel: | 01825 764177 | |
| Web: | www.eastsussex.gov.uk | |
| Email: | carole.price@eastsussex.gov.uk | |
| Info: | We are a service that offers advice and support to schools in East Sussex for children with speech, language, communication and literacy difficulties. CIP is used as a tool to enable the children with these difficulties and others to access the curriculum and meet the needs of the ECM agenda. We can provide training in CIP - through one day training events, which are followed up through task, based learning activities. We aim to be as flexible as we can and therefore offer training at our base or in schools | |
| Name: | Find A Voice | |
| Contact: | Joy Butcher | |
| Address: | 49 Beaver Lane, Ashford, Kent TN23 5NU | |
| Tel: | 01233 640443 | |
| Web: | www.findavoice.org.uk | |
| Email: | joy@findavoice.org.uk | |
| Info: | We support children and adults with severe communication difficulties. We provide: - One-to-one advocacy for people requiring a Communication Aid and living in Kent or Medway - A loan resource library available to people living or working in Kent or Medway. - Widgit symbol training is available to people throughout the UK at the Find A Voice office. There is a sliding scale of charges operating (reduced charges for parents and those working in Kent/Medway).' - We will travel to other sites in Kent. |
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Sept 06 Newsletter | |
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Training dates - *Communicate in Print Training - Booking dates available on a Tuesday please contact for availability 01233 640443 * | |
| Name: | HFT (Home Farm Trust) | |
| Contact: | Kate Gascoyne | |
| Address: | Karten CTEC Centre, Milton Heights, Milton, Oxon, OX14 4DR | |
| Tel: | 01235 835507 | |
| Web: | www.hftcteccentre.org.uk | |
| Info: | Although the Centre is based in Oxford we can deliver training anywhere in the country not just the south |
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| Name: | Isle of Wight Children's Services | |
| Contact: | Tricia Cotton | |
| Address: | Thompson House, Sandy Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 3NA | |
| Tel: | 01983 533523 | |
| Name: | Janet Larcher Training Ltd | |
| Contact: | Janet Larcher | |
| Address: | 3 St Albans Avenue, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 8EW | |
| Tel: | 01932 847303 | |
| Email: | janet@larcher.co.uk | |
| Info: | Experienced and happy to train: Therapists and therapy assistants (SLT & OT), Teachers and Teaching assistants, parents and carers at your premises / home / school. Will adapt to the needs of the audience and their particular interests and challenges. |
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| Name: | Moonstone Communications | |
| Contact: | Karen Clarke | |
| Address: | 189 Canterbury Road, Birchington, Kent, CT7 9DB | |
| Tel: | 01843 841207 or Mob 07704348960 | |
| Email: | karen@themoonstone.com | |
| Info: | As a qualified teacher and mother to an autistic son, I have plenty of experience in developing strategies for dealing with difficult situations. I can provide appropriate training on-site for parents and carers, teaching staff, therapists and care workers. I can also offer help and advice about using symbol-supported resources in both the home and school setting. | |
| Name: | Rainbow Court | |
| Contact: | Elizabeth Lee | |
| Address: | Danecourt School, Hotel Rd, Watling Street, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 6AA | |
| Tel: | 01634 385680 | |
| Email: | leee004@medway.org.uk | |
| Info: | Rainbow Court supports mainstream schools in the Medway Local Authority. We intend to offer training courses in Communicate in Print to schools / associated services covering a wider geographical area. | |
| Name: | SEN ICT | |
| Contact: | Beverly Croft | |
| Address: | Old Railway School, Wainwright Place, Ashford, Kent TN29 0HY | |
| Tel: | 01233 629859 | |
| email: | Beverley.croft@kent.gov.uk | |
| Info: | Training and advice given to enable Kent schools, cluster staff, health staff and parents to use technology that incorporates symbol support for children and young people. |
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| Name: | SEN/ICT Advisory Service | |
| Contact: | Lucy Domoney/Paul Bonsor | |
| Address: | Ormerod Building, Waynflete Road, Headington, OX3 8DD | |
| Tel: | 01865 762766 | |
| email: | senictoffice@oxfordshire.gov.uk | |
| Info: | The SEN/ICT Advisory is part of the Support Educational Needs Support Service (SENSS). It provides support for pupils with special educational needs to access the curriculum, and for pupils with communication difficulties who would benefit from a communication aid. It provides a range of information, advice and training, carries out assessments and in some cases provides equipment and software. | |
| Name: | SEN-VI ICT | |
| Contact: | Ruth McMorran | |
| Address: | South West Area Office, Grosvenor House, Cross Lanes, Guildford, GU1 1FA | |
| Tel: | 01483 517846 | |
| email: | ruth.mcmorran@surreycc.gov.uk | |
| Info: | We are a service that offers assessment, advice and support and provides hardware, software and peripherals for statemented children throughout Surrey. Happy to work with teachers, teaching assistants, therapists and therapy assistants offering training for those working with children in school. | |
| Name: | Smile Centre | |
| Contact: | Su Quye | |
| Address: | Ifield Smile, Ifield School, Cedar Avenue, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 5JT | |
| Tel: | 01474 536924 | |
| email: | smile@ifieldsmile.com | |
| Web: | www.ifieldschool.com/smile/ |
These organisation may also cover this area:
| Name: | Communication and Learning Enterprises Limited (CandLE) | |
| Contact: | Marion Stanton | |
| Address: | 48 Station Road, Holywell Green, Halifax, HX4 0AQ | |
| Tel: | 01422 825494 | |
| Email: | contactcandle@btinternet.com | |
| Web: | www.contactcandle.co.uk | |
| Info: | CandLE is a UK wide organisation which offers assessments, training and advice in AAC particularly around it's use in the curriculum and increasingly in adult services.
We can provide multi disciplinary assessments and run a three day training course called "Communication and Learning for All" which was written in collaboration with Bolton University. We work with children and adults and can support people who need help with Motor Planning Training (MPT). |
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| Name: | Inclusive Technology | |
| Contact: | Ian Bean | |
| Address: | Gatehead Business Park, Delph New Rd. Delph, Oldham OL3 5BX | |
| Tel: | 01457 819790 | |
| Web: | www.inclusive.co.uk/training | |
| Info: | Offers training anywhere in the UK | |
Are you a Local Authority, County Council, NHS, Charity or Independent Service that is interested in becoming a Widgit Centre? Email us at info@widgit.com to find out more information.
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