ONLINE EVENT

We’ll be joined by Claire Harrison from CALL Scotland to talk about the work they do and how assistive technology providers can work with them.

CALL Scotland has supported children and young people with additional support needs to access communication and learning through assistive technologies since 1983. Based at the University of Edinburgh, CALL Scotland is part funded by Scottish Government to provide information, training, strategic leadership, research and assessment and support for individual learners.

This session will provide an overview of their history, projects and services which include their free national information and advice service, posters and info graphs such as their popular Wheels of Apps  and an Assistive Technology loan bank, available to anyone working within the education sector in Scotland.

A picture of Claire Harrison from CALL Scotland.

Claire Harrison is the Assistive Technology & Complex Needs Teacher at CALL Scotland. Originally trained as a Secondary RME teacher, she joined the CALL team in 2017 after spending over 15 years in working as a teacher and Principal Teacher in Special Schools and specialist provisions in London, Fife, Angus & Dundee. At CALL she is the chair of the ATLAS group, and is involved in projects around 3D printing, the CALL Core Word Kit and AT & Literacy for children and young people with complex learning needs.