On the 9th of November, we held an AAC/AT schools information day/Sharing good practice in school. The aim of the day was to share our experiences in developing an AAC/AT department at Pendle View. During the day we were joined by different presenters including Nikki Hammond & Wendy Day from South view School in Essex who have a similar department to our school and shared their experiences of running an AAC department. Gregor Gilmour who is an AAC Mentor for AT Therapy and a trustee for the charity 1 voice talk to us about his truly inspiring AAC Journey. Ian Loughlin from Inclusive technology talked about AT for iPads and brought a selection of resources for schools to view. Joe Naraynsingh & Alice Langley from Tobii talked about Boardmaker and brought a range of communication devices. Fran Clayton Headteacher of Pendle View talked about having strong leadership team to support Robins department and how Robins is funded. After a lovely lunch, we went on a tour of the school and viewed a selection of our resources.
We would like to thank everyone who attended our information day/sharing good practice.
We are hoping to do more information days in the future.