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United Kingdom
ACE Centre
ACE Centre Advisory Trust
92 Windmill Road
Headington
Oxford
OX3 7DR
United Kingdom
Contact person: Rehana Nasib
Contact Email: info@ace-centre.org.uk
Contact phone: 01865 759800
web site: www.ace-centre.org.uk
Who is served: Anyone in the UK
Brief description: The ACE Centre works in all areas of aided communication, providing help for those who need to understand and use communication aids and assistive technologies. Our therapists, teachers and assistive technologists offer a comprehensive assessment service, plus training, information and consultancy for both parents and professionals. With over twenty years of experience in our field, you can be assured of the quality, independence and expertise of our services, which are available via direct approaches or through cost-effective service level agreements with local authorities and schools.
CALL Scotland
Moray House School of Education
The University of Edinburgh
Paterson’s Land
Holyrood Road
Edinburgh
EH8 8AQ
United Kingdom
Contact person: Sally Millar
Contact Email: callscotland@ed.ac.uk
Contact phone: (+44) 131 651 6235
web site: www.callscotland.org.uk
Who is served: Members of schools in Scotland
Brief description: CALL (Communication, Access, Literacy and Learning) Scotland provides services and carries out research and development projects for people with severe communication disabilities, their families and people who work with them in augmentative communication and specialised computer use.
Assessment & Support Service – Children with complex communication support needs can be referred through schools and education authorities. CALL will assess children in school, and offer recommendations for equipment and approaches, equipment loan, and advice, training and support for staff and families. A small number of assessments are free, but mostly these are funded through ‘service level agreements’.
Information Services – CALL provides information and advice in response to general enquiries on communication technology for people with disabilities. CALL has an open-access reference library.
Loan Bank – CALL offers loans of specialist equipment for communication and learning, to allow for extended assessment and evaluation of a device or system before purchase. Technical support is available.
Training & Staff Development – CALL offers a range of training and CPD relevant to people working with children and adults.
SCTCI
WESTMARC
Southern General Hospital
Govan Road
GLASGOW
Scotland
G51 4TF
United Kingdom
Contact person: Mark Scott
Contact Email: sctci@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Contact phone: 0141 201 2619
web site: www.nhsggc.org.uk/content/default.asp?page=s1027_4
Who is served: Anyone from any of the Scottish NHS health boards except Lothian, Fife, Orkney or Shetland.
Brief description: The Scottish Centre of Technology for the Communication Impaired (SCTCI) exists to provide a high quality tertiary level of AAC service to people referred to SCTCI from 10 of the 14 NHS Boards in Scotland:
Ayrshire and Arran; Borders; Dumfries and Galloway; Forth Valley; Grampian; Greater Glasgow and Clyde; Highland; Lanarkshire; Tayside; and the Western Isles. SCTCI staff work throughout Scotland with both children and adults who have significant limitations to their ability to communicate through speech. Our aim is to help to improve an individual’s communication opportunities through the use of AAC. We do this by: (1) providing an independent assessment service on an outreach basis for people living in Scotland who may benefit from some form of AAC. (2) training and education (3) being available for telephone advice and consultation (4) being involved in research and development (5) having a library of resource materials
Expert AT Services Ltd
County of Surrey
United Kingdom
Contact person: Mike Williams
Contact Email: mike.williams@expertat.co.uk
Contact phone: +44 (0) 7976 879683
web site: www.expertat.co.uk/
Who is served: Anyone in the United Kingdom
Brief description: I provide comprehensive Assistive Technology Assessments for children and adults. I have over 25 years experience in identifying technical solutions and providing support and training for people with the following difficulties: Speech Language and Communication Needs, Sensory Impairment, Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Dyslexia, Physical Difficulties and RSI.
