Monthly Archive: July, 2009

Communication Works Event

Posted By: Anthony, 222 days ago

We were very proud to be asked to attend the Communication Works Event hosted by Charlton School in Charlton, South East London recently.  This annual event is organised by CENMAC which is a unique London-based support service offering assessment, reviews and loan of equipment to help pupils access the curriculum using assistive technology.

CENMAC invite disabled students from across the London Borough of Greenwich, their teachers, parents and carers as well as SENCO’s and Speech & Language therapists.  The exhibition includes representatives from suppliers of a variety of assistive technologies.  JustDifferent took a stand and we were delighted to talk to lots of students who were interested in our job opportunities; as well as a number of teachers and SENCO’s who felt that our workshops would greatly benefit their schools.

The highlight of the day was Toby’s inspirational talk entitled ‘My achievements with AAC’.  Despite being given a slot towards the end of the day the meeting room was packed to capacity. The presentation was extremely well received, there were so many questions at the end that Toby’s session over ran and he had to continue answering them in the corridor outside to make way for the next presenter!

All in all this was a very worthwhile event, we met some interesting people and CENMAC and Charlton School should be applauded for their efforts.

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New workshops

Posted By: Anthony, 222 days ago

JustDifferent is delighted to announce that, after several months of research and development JustDifferent has now added a range of new and exciting workshops to its existing Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 workshops.
We are especially pleased to say that we are now able to satisfy all of those enquiries from secondary schools with two fabulous workshops.

Key Stage 3 Workshop
• A one hour session
• Lots of audience participation and active discussion.
• Identifying different types of disability and their characteristics
• Our disabled presenter will share with the group his or her personal experiences, with particular reference to developing independence and the challenges of secondary education.

Key Stage 4 Workshop
• A two hour session
• Group discussion and encouraging the group to ask those ‘uncomfortable’ questions.
• The disability movement and its influence in the UK
• Disability ‘etiquette’
• Our disabled presenter will share with the group his or her personal experiences, with particular reference to choosing a career and seeking employment.

Both of the above satisfy the requirements of the PSHE and Citizenship parts of the National Curriculum. Additionally we have been asked on several occasions to support mentoring programmes in schools and we are now able to offer a modular mentoring programme aimed at students in Key Stage 4.

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