Jane Farrall Consulting

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Flip Charts – An important Emergent Writing Tool

A long time ago, I learned about flip charts for emergent writers, thanks to Karen Erickson and David Koppenhaver. Writing flip charts were first

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Today I had the pleasure of running a webinar about the Writing with All Tools Continuum. The session included a run through of the continuum, a

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One of the different types of writing that we want to do every day with every emergent student is Writing with Adults. This is where literacy

1 min read 2022-09-17 11:43:35

We are very pleased to announce the details of the 2023 Literacy Intensive, which will be held at Coomera State Special School on the Gold Coast from

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This blog post has been over a year in the making. It started as a result of the work I do with multiple schools and teaching literacy in AAC.

5 min read 2022-04-28 15:54:02

Recently I was interviewed by Meg Proctor from the Two Sides of the Spectrum Podcast. We talked about lots of different topics around Comprehensive

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In the next couple of weeks, Australian schools are heading back from summer break. As well as the usual “return to school” bits and pieces, we

1 min read 2022-01-25 16:19:27

Tomorrow in my home country, it is a National Holiday. It’s called Australia Day – and is supposed to be a day where we can come together and

1 min read 2022-01-24 16:05:55

10 years ago I started Jane Farrall Consulting – and also started this blog. Over this time, I have blogged quite a bit about word walls – about

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Last week, I made an infographic called “The Problems with Hand-Over-Hand” and shared it on my Facebook page. I’ve had a few requests from

1 min read 2021-10-07 05:02:22

It’s October – and October is AAC Awareness Month. Each year for AAC Awareness Month, lots of people around the world run AAC Awareness events

1 min read 2021-08-21 22:20:23

30 years ago, in 1991, I became a speech pathologist. Very quickly, I became heavily interested in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

1 min read 2021-07-26 08:35:33

What is Anchor, Read, Apply? If you have read Karen Erickson and David Koppenhaver’s text Comprehensive Literacy for All: Teaching Students with

1 min read 2021-07-21 17:57:25

It has been a long time since I first went to a course with Drs Karen Erickson and David Koppenhaver – 21 years to be exact! I attended their

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When we work with transitional and conventional literacy learners, we need to ensure that the Working with Words block occurs as part of their daily