Inclusive Technology has purchased the trade, goodwill, operations, stock and debtors of UK company Don Johnston Special Needs Ltd. In partnership with US company Don Johnston, Inc., Inclusive will also publish and promote their popular products in the UK. Don Johnston is well known for supporting learners with dyslexia and highly regarded products like Co:Writer 6, Write:Outloud 6 and Read:Outloud 6. Inclusive can now bring the best possible support to these learners, and at the best possible prices, in spite of exchange rate fluctuations.

Why not enter your school for a 21st Century Learning Alliance award? Through the award, the Alliance will identify and celebrate the achievements of schools that are excelling in how they approach key areas of their work or environment. The four areas to be considered for the award are: teaching and learning methods; people, resources and the curriculum; time; and space. The deadline to enter has been extended to 17 April 2009.

Ideal for learning touch monitor and interactive plasma screen skills. Touch the screen to make something happen! Motivating activities support the visual skills of locating, fixing and tracking static and moving objects. These highly structured programs begin at cause and effect levels and progress through the stages of targeting and touching single, multiple, ‘peeping', scattered and moving prompts on-screen. Target and Touch: Patterns uses over 40 high contrast and motivating spokes, ripples and spirals pattern shapes. Target and Touch: Music is based around appealing musicians, their instruments and music.

Have fun while learning how to use two switches effectively. Switch Skills for Two Set One has 16 activities that encourage the learner to move beyond the stage of cause and effect. Choose a dancer to perform on-screen by pressing the left or right switch. There are also spacemen to jump into rockets and blast off, basketball players to help shoot baskets, a crocodile to be woken up and fed and much more. Switch Skills for Two Set Two introduces switch scanning skills and help move the learner towards the skills required to use, for example, a scanning communicator.

AdVOCAte+ is a multi-featured communication and environmental control device, with a wide range of access options to suit the needs of different users. Its trainable infrared can learn IR codes and operate a wide range of home entertainment equipment such as TVs, DVD players, stereos and infrared toys. It also provides high quality speech output and switch accessibility – all at just £395.