Had a lovely time with my new class this week. Can you guess our story today?! 🐛🦋Watch our team effort stop motion! ⁦@dedridgeps⁩

This learner was so excited to give myself and Mrs Gardiner beautiful framed posters of our Oak Family with each person a different character from his favourite book series 😭😭💕💕

PG Graduation yesterday and the present I gave myself last night

PSA for autists: When people invite you to dinner, a movie or some other activity, the chances are the activity is just an excuse to meet up and the real objective of the gathering is to socialise. I find this endearing, but want to share it because for years I didn’t know this…

In light of the Queen's passing, there might be lots of questions regarding why people are sad & it's good to encourage everyone to discuss how they're feeling The Signalong signs used are found on our Sign Library, Sign Studio App & Text-a-Sign Service. #signalongsigns #thequeen

Ash Class were working on their cutting skills to create yummy fruit & veg wraps this morning. We then used @goboardmaker visuals to write a recipe review ⭐️😋 🥒 🍓 🫑 🍌 WL Health and Wellbeing WL Equity

This afternoon, Ash Class @dedridgeps took part in a sensory story experiencing the different foods mentioned in The Gruffalo We used a ‘how did it taste?’ visual to communicate our opinions - Owl Ice Cream & Scrambled Snake were our favourites 😋 WL Equity WLASNService

Gruffalo Hunt in the Quad 🦉 🐍 🐭 🦊 there was some great hiding but we managed to find all of the animals! @dedridgeps

Using Book Creator from Kami for @goboardmaker social stories is a GAME CHANGER - easy to access on a device and works almost like a ‘now-next’ timetable when on a trip!

Aided Language Boards will always be my favourite- so simple, yet so effective! Our mini bubbles ALB has allowed this @dedridgeps learner to make his own choices and encourage him to use his voice! #SCERTS WL Equity WLASNService WL Literacy @goboardmaker

Dedridge PS out supporting each other and teachers across Scotland this morning! EIS West Lothian EIS #PayAttention

Our teachers want to be in the classroom, but have been forced into this #EISStrike by the inaction of the Scottish Government and COSLA who have refused to make any improvement to a pay offer that was roundly rejected by teachers three months ago. #PayAttention

Making writing letters to Santa equitable with Widgit 🤩🎅🏼🎄 WL Equity WL Literacy WLASNService @dedridgeps

Guarantee a lot of teachers are using strike day to catch up on work that they just don’t have the time to do #TeacherStrike

My kids’ primary school had ‘The Blue Room’. It was 7ft square. Bare. Blue walls. A high letterbox window and a lock on the door. None of the children wanted to go in there. If the door was open you’d see them naturally skirt as far away as they could. 1/

I had a lovely first day in my new post at @ASLService learning all about the service and job expectations. Now I’m excited to make an impact in the education of children in The City of Edinburgh Council 😁

Highly recommend this podcast episode. I love the analogies that Rachel uses that consider practical examples of how to implement visual supports using motor planning Autism Little Learners Rachel Madel

Loving the Professional Learning opportunities offered by CALL Scotland - I’ve signed up for 3 webinars already!

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In my sensory group this week, we were painting fireworks. We focused on using an ‘I want’ strip to request colours. This was the first time the kids had used a board like this and they picked it up SO quickly! 🥰