Join Roger for this lively session looking at some of the practical aspects of using IntelliKeys to support learners with a range of special educational needs. Learn how to use the standard keyboard overlays and how to make your own with Overlay Maker 3 to support curriculum work from cause and effect and beyond. Roger will also be previewing the new UK version of IntelliTools Classroom Suite, which enables you to create your own personalised activities quickly and easily.

Neil Andrew's presentation will focus on the practical application of Clicker 5 in the classroom. It will show how easy it is for teachers to use Clicker to support their children's writing, across a range of abilities and ages, and with particular reference to SEN users. The presentation will also show how to make on-screen books and other multimedia applications, as well as how to get hundreds of freely downloadable resources for Clicker 5. The presentation will also showcase some brand new resources for Clicker that are particularly suited to SEN users: Oxford Reading Tree for Clicker, Trackers for Clicker and ClickerVision

Join Val Brown, Deputy Head of Woodlawn School, as she shares some of their inspiring work through a selection of case studies. Come and see how ICT is used in a special school to support play, communication and learning.

Imagine trying to get over to your student the concept of the shape of an elephant and its size relationship with a mouse when they have no sight. Imagine trying to help a student with learning difficulties to understand trigonometry and angles, the planetary system or even the simple shapes of a house and a car. Imagine a piece of software that will allow the student to feel a tactile diagram, see colour images and hear information from the PC. The IVEO touchpad and IVEO Creative software opens up a new world to those with learning difficulties and those with vision impairments.

Technology is having a tremendous impact on the inclusive teaching and learning of children and young adults with special educational needs. However, using technology in the classroom brings its own challenges. This practical session will explore simple ways of using software and equipment you may already have to personalise learning for children with a range of special educational needs.

Sherston's seminar will be delivered by Helene Podmore, Assistant Head Teacher at Hob Moor Oaks School, York. Helene is an advanced skills teacher; she won a regional award for excellence in special needs teaching in 2004. This seminar will explore the range of inclusive titles available from Sherston, along with examples direct from the classroom - showing you how they can be implemented in your daily practise. Features such as individualised settings, switch access, record keeping and much, much more will be looked at, within programs that teach high frequency word recognition, matching skills, basic literacy and numeracy skills and fine motor control skills.

Join Pete Wells, winner of Becta's ICT Practitioner of the Year for Inclusion, for another fun-filled seminar! Pete will be demonstrating a disgusting yet stimulating sensory story, sharing a range of entertaining, sensory based lesson ideas and presenting some fantastic chromakey films (produced with a green background that can be removed and replaced) that are transforming his school's curriculum. Come along and prepare to be gunged!

All those switches, boxes, symbols and communication devices were obviously never designed with a real teacher in a real classroom with real kids in mind. Maybe you can plug it all together, keep the kids busy and look impressive to your colleagues but what exactly are your pupils learning? With over 25 years experience of using assistive technology in the PMLD classroom, Martyn Maltby offers some simple, effective and tried and tested solutions to enable you to plan realistically, include everybody and provide concrete evidence of what each and every pupil has learnt. It can work!