Venues: Edinburgh 23rd March Aberdeen 24th March Kilmarnock 25th March

Contents

• Introduction
• Booking
• Timetable
• Who’s Coming
• Directions
• Acknowledgements

Come and See the Latest Technology for Inclusion!

The CALL Centre is again organising a series of one-day exhibitions and demonstrations of hardware and software for pupils with additional support needs by a number of Britain’s leading suppliers.

Though the focus of the days is primarily on the use of technology in education, much of the equipment and software on display will also be of interest to parents, and to therapists, social work staff and other people who work with adults with disabilities.

There will be a number of presentations by suppliers timetabled throughout each day in which they will have an opportunity to describe key products and their latest equipment and computer software.

In addition to the presentations by suppliers, each of the exhibitions will feature a number of short presentations by CALL Centre staff and by local practitioners on different aspects of the use of technology to aid inclusion. Representatives from local voluntary and statutory organisations involved in the use of technology to assist people with disabilities will also be attending the Edinburgh day to talk to visitors about the services they can provide.

The Aberdeen exhibition can be viewed in conjunction with the "SETT in Aberdeen" event organised by Learning and Teaching Scotland and Aberdeen City Council at the same venue.

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The exhibitions will be open from 9.30 am until 4.30 pm.

A similar day has been run for the last couple of years - find out about how last years event went

Booking

A free buffet lunch will be provided at the Edinburgh and Kilmarnock venues. It is therefore important that people register in advance, rather than just turn up on the day so that we have an idea of numbers before the day.

Please contact us if you are interested in attending this event, indicating which venue you would like to attend, and whether you would like a free lunch. Alternatively, download the flier for the day by clicking the icon below and post or fax the return slip to us. Our contact details can be found here.

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Or, if you like you could book online - just complete the simple form and your booking will be processed here at the CALL Centre.

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Timetable

Edinburgh Aberdeen Kilmarnock 0930 Exhibition Opens Exhibition Opens Exhibition Opens 1000 - 1030 Don Johnston Widgit Inclusive Technology QED Penfriend Cambridge Adaptive Workshop A Workshop F Workshop J 1100 - 1130 Crick Software Sensory Software SEMERC iANSYST DreamWriter Solutions Prentke Romich Int. Sight and Sound QED Don Johnston 1200 - 1230 Inclusive Technology Don Johnston Widgit Cambridge Adaptive Sight and Sound Penfriend Workshop B Workshop G Workshop E 1245 Lunch Lunch Lunch 1330 - 1400 SEMERC Crick Software iANSYST Prentke Romich Int. iANSYST DreamWriter Solutions Concept Northern Concept Northern Workshop H 1430 - 1500 Widgit Inclusive Technology Concept Northern Penfriend Cambridge Adaptive QED Workshop D Workshop E Workshop K 1530 - 1600 Sensory Software SEMERC Crick Software DreamWriter Solutions Prentke Romich Int.   Workshop E Workshop I Workshop C 1600 - 1630 Workshop C Workshop D   1630 Exhibition Closes Exhibition Closes Exhibition Closes

In addition to the presentations by suppliers, there will be a series of short workshops on the use of different software and technology

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presented by local practitioners:

Who’s Coming

The Edinburgh Day will feature a number of displays by local organisations and charities within the exhibition area in addition to the suppliers below. Among others, these will include:

• AbilityNet - A leading UK charity, with a local branch, providing advice and support for people with disabilities using technology.
• Drake Music Project - Local branch of a charity which encourages people with disabilities to participate in and enjoy music.
• IT Can Help - Local branch of a national charity, which encourages computer professionals volunteer to help people with disabilities to use computers.
• KEYCOMM - Communication aids service for Edinburgh and the Lothians.
• Pass IT On - local charity which recycles and reconditions computer equipment donated by individuals and companies for use by people with disabilities.
• Stories in the Air - local project which has produced some superb BSL resources on CD and on the web.

Please note that Sight and Sound are not able to attend the Kilmarnock day

Cambridge Adaptive Communication (CAC) is the British manufacturer of the Cameleon communication aids. We also supply other assistive technology and computer access products. As part of the Possum group, we are able to integrate the infrared remote control available with Cameleon solutions into your local environment allowing you to seamlessly combine AAC and Home Automation. Concept Northern, based in Scotland, is able to provide a range of solutions to assist people with reading and writing difficulties, including TextHelp software, Dolphin software for people with a visual impairment and hardware magnification equipment. Crick Software produces award-winning software for all abilities, focused on Literacy, Access and Communication. The award winning Clicker enables users to write with whole words, phrases and pictures, and has extensive multimedia capabilities. Clicker 4 is available for both PC and Mac, with a range of addons including the Planet Wobble series, Find Out and Write About and Cloze Pro. Don Johnston Special Needs Ltd. is the leader in learning intervention resources. We provide the highquality intervention products that pupils with special needs require to achieve literacy. We offer reading, writing, word-study and computer access products, such as our award winning Write:Outloud and Co:Writer programs. DreamWriter Solutions specialise in providing portable solutions for individual pupils with SEN. We supply AlphaSmart, DreamWriter and other affordable portable educational computers. We also sell Franklin Spell Checkers and are an Authorised Microsoft Education Reseller. iANSYST Ltd are specialist suppliers of computer hardware, software and other technology which can help people with dyslexia. They will be able to give you expert advice about speech recognition programs; text-to-speech; mind-mapping and study skills; and a variety of gadgets including the Quicktionary Reading Pen; portable computers; and electronic dictionaries. Inclusive Technology are major suppliers of software and equipment for pupils with special educational needs. Recent products include SwitchIt! Jigsaw Maker and Choose and Tell: Nursery Rhymes early learning programs and the new Ablenet communication aids. Inclusive also provide training in the use of technology for teachers. Penfriend is a powerful software tool for helping dyslexic and physically disabled people to write. It predicts the next word they intend to type, speaks as thy write, offers an on screen keyboard and can read back text documents and web pages. The latest refinements to the program, including support for foreign languages, will be demonstrated. Prentke Romich International supplies Minspeak voice output communication aids worldwide. For spontaneous, independent communication, Minspeak is a very effective AAC language. We will be demonstrating the use of Minspeak on a number of Prentke Romich communication aids, including the Springboard, Pathfinder and Vantage. QED 2000 manufacture and supply innovative products for people with special needs. These include an extensive range of special input switches, communication aids and mounting systems. We distribute products from Adaptivation, Tash and Ablenet that complement our own range. We will be demonstrating products that have recently been added to our range. SEMERC is the leading special needs IT company in the UK and its parent, Granada Learning Ltd, is the leading UK supplier of educational software. For over 20 years SEMERC has provided software, hardware and information for learners with special educational needs in schools and at home. Sensory Software specialises in programs for people with disabilities. Our titles include literacy support programs for dyslexic and visually impaired users, communication software for people without speech and extremely powerful mouse and switch driven on-screen keyboards. We also supply complete systems based on special computers for AAC. Sight & Sound Technology are leading suppliers of products for the Blind, Visually Impaired and people with Reading / Learning Difficulties. Products include JAWS screenreading software, Zoomtext magnification software and Kurzweil scanning / reading software. The use of Kurzweil in the classroom will be demonstrated.(may not be able to attend Kilmarnock day) Techcess are specialist suppliers of computer access equipment, mounting systems and communication aids, including the Tellus and Tellus Lite devices. Widgit will be demonstrating new developments in symbol software, including the revised and expanded Rebus Symbol Set and the new Communicate series. Communicate: In Print is the first genuine desktop publishing program for symbol users, while Communicate: Webwise allows real access to information on the internet for symbol users.

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Directions

Edinburgh

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Aberdeen

(Parking is available at the Conference Centre)

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Kilmarnock

(Parking as available at the hotel)

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Acknowledgements

The CALL Centre is grateful for the assistance provided by The University of Edinburgh; Rosetta McLeod, Aberdeen City Council; Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre; Muriel Reid, East Ayrshire Council; Park Hotel, Kilmarnock in organising these events.

We would also like to thank the various suppliers and presenters who have agreed to attend the events and the Scottish Executive Education Department for their support.

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