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England: South West
| Name: | Advisory Teaching Service | |
| Contact: | Nicki Grey | |
| Address: | Children and Young People's Directorate, Gloucestershire County Council, Matson Lane, Matson, Gloucester. GL4 6DX | |
| Tel: | 01452 426830 | |
| Fax: | 01452 426842 | |
| Email: | nicki.grey@gloucestershire.gov.uk | |
| Info: | The Advisory Teaching Service provides specialist advice, training and support to Gloucestershire maintained settings and schools. | |
| Name: | Arch Brook Independent Learning Centre | |
| Contact: | Carol Bond | |
| Address: | Bramble Bend, Pool Weir, Stokeinteignhead, NEWTON ABBOT, TQ12 4QT | |
| Tel: | 01626 872372 | |
| Email: | carol@archbrook.co.uk | |
| Info: | Specialist advice, training and support through individual packages for a wide variety of settings. Strategies and resources to promote independent learning and inclusion for all, including those with Special Educational Needs. Available throughout the South West. Individual tuition in literacy, numeracy and problem solving skills using both traditional methods and state of the art ICT. Available at Arch Brook. |
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| Name: | Communic8Ability | |
| Contact: | Contact: Lynne | |
| Tel: | 07582 755652 | |
| Email: | Communic8Ability@googlemail.com | |
| Info: | Providing 1-1 tuition and small group, hands-on training in Communicate In Print, Symwriter, Boardmaker and general computing in the Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset area. Friendly, non-jargonistic delivery in your own premises. Courses tailored and paced to suit your needs. Ideal for families and carers of children/adults with learning and/or communication difficulties. |
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| Name: | Communication Aides Centre | |
| Contact: | Vicky Styles | |
| Address: | Frenchay Hospital, Frenchay Park Rd., Bristol, BS16 1LE | |
| Tel: | 01179 753946 | |
| Info: | We are funded to see adults with communication difficulties only. Support given is generally during training courses. |
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| Name: | Devon County Council Support and Advisory Teacher Service | |
| Contact: | Judy Crane | |
| Address: | Iddesleigh House, 97 Heavitree Road, Exeter, Devon, EX1 2NE | |
| Tel: | 01392 686234 | |
| Email: | judy.crane@devon.gov.uk | |
| Info: | We work throughout schools in Devon to provide support and access to the curriculum, develop strategies for independent learning and promote inclusion for pupils with special educational needs. We can offer training to Devon schools. | |
| Name: | Diversity Awareness Now | |
| Contact: | Sue Kelley | |
| Address: | 120 Fountains Crescent, Plymouth, PL2 3RE | |
| Tel: | 01752 703413 | |
| Email: | sue.kelley-training@tiscali.co.uk | |
| Info: | Experienced and happy to train Teachers, Adult and Community Staff, Pre-school Staff, Social Services, SEN Providers and Parents at your premises. This program can be adapted to meet your needs and can if required be part of a total Communication Training Package which includes learning how to use sign, symbols, objects, gestures and speech). | |
| Name: | Devon PCT Speech & Language Therapy | |
| Contact: | Lynne Walker | |
| Address: | Bull Meadow Clinic, Bull Meadow Road, Exeter EX2 4SF | |
| Tel: | 01392 208545 | |
| Email: | lynne.walker@exeter-pct.nhs.uk | |
| Info: | We provide communication support to adults and children with learning disabilities in the community and special schools. We also support and advise on communication and speech issues for children in mainstream schools. We are able to advise parents and carers on the benefits of visual resources in communication and offer training through our Total Communication courses. | |
| Name: | Paediatric Communication Aids Service (PCAS), Claremont School | |
| Contact: | Sally Chan, Specialist Speech and Language Therapist | |
| Address: | Claremont School, Henleaze Park, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol BS9 4LR | |
| Tel: | 0117 3533613 | |
| Email: | sally.chan@nbt.nhs.uk | |
| Website: | www.pcas.claremont.bristol.sch.uk | |
| Info: | PCAS is a regional communication aids service, providing assessments, training and a resource library of communication aids, switches and associated equipment. The service works in close collaboration with Claremont School, and is part of North Bristol Speech and Language Therapy Service. | |
| Name: | Physical Impairment and Medical Support Service | |
| Contact: | Rachel Garrett ICT Advisor | |
| Address: | Buckland House, 8 Buckland Road, Pen Mill, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 5EA | |
| Tel: | 01935 476130 | |
| Email: | rgarrett@somerset.gov.uk | |
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| Info: | SENITAS, Special Educational Needs Information Technology Advisory Service, offers support for SEN pupils in Somerset that require alternative means of recording and access for ICT to enable them to access the curriculum.
We offer ICT Assessments on specific pupils on referral, training on both hardware and software, as well as ongoing advice and support with SEN ICT issues. We support school aged pupils and school staff across the whole of the county of Somerset. |
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| Name: | Plymouth Advisory Learning Support - Plymouth Children's Services | |
| Contact: | Maggie Parke | |
| Address: | Mannamead Learning Centre, 15 Eggbuckland Road, Plymouth, PL3 5HF | |
| Email: | maggie.parke@plymouth.gov.uk | |
| Info: | We offer training and give support to staff across Plymouth Schools. | |
These organisation may also cover this area:
| 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: | 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: | 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: | 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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Training dates - Check the events page for the latest training dates offered | |
| 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: | 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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