Address:

Boundary Road,
Worthing,
West Sussex,
PO21 2SY

Centre Head:

Valerie Walker RGN RMA JP – Matron
Sally Cook – Senior Occupational Therapist

Phone number:

01903 213458

Email:

s-cook@qahh.org.uk

Website:

www.qahh.org.uk

Date centre established:

September 2011

Focus of Centre:

Adapted technology for individual and group training.

The Clients:

Long stay and respite residents who are Ex-Servicemen and Women with a physical disability. Acquired Brain Injury, Parkinsons, paralysis, amputation, suffers of strokes and 90% of our residents are wheelchair users.

The Technology:

Assisted computers, speech assisted software, large screen projectors for group training, assessment kits, Ipads, Kinect, Wii, Digital cameras and video recorders

Assistive Technology:

Say-it! SAM speech assisted technology, Dragon Dictate Naturally Speaking Software, Predictable software for iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch

Staffing:

4

Opening hours:

5 days a week to the residents within the Hospital Home

Services on offer to the network:

Sharing of knowledge of benefits and experiences of the residents and the equipment. Specialist field of Neuro disability

Name of centre:
Young Epilepsy

Address:
Young Epilepsy
St Piers Lane
Lingfield
Surrey
RH7 6PW

Host organisation name:
Young Epilepsy, St Piers Further Education College

Name of Centre Head:
Eddie Erasmus

Phone number:
01342 832243

Email:
eerasmus@youngepilepsy.org.uk

Website:
http://www.youngepilepsy.org.uk

Date centre established:
June 2011

What does your Centre do:

The Media Suite offers a range of curriculum activities and learning opportunities for our students.

We have developed a multi-purpose media suite with state-of-the-art computer facilities and software which aims to introduce activities such as filmmaking, broadcasting, editing, music recording, marketing and journalism to our students. The software also support other curriculum areas by developing the use of multi-media with a particular emphasis on e-learning and ‘e-folio’s’.

An important aim of the project is to introduce ‘Young Epilepsy TV’. The media suite contains broadcasting facilities which can be used for streaming of student films, campus updates and playback of onsite drama performances. It would allow our students to participate in every aspect of broadcasting and production, an area of learning which they have not had access to before.  This area of the activities of the media suite is still in development, but we hope to start broadcasts in 2012.

The media suite also supports the creative activities which already took place in the Nicholson hall, where it is located, such as drama performances and youth club. The suite house controls for lighting, sound and visual effects for theatrical performances which could all be operated by our students, allowing them to learn new skills in theatre production.

The media students has also used the facility setup a mini-enterprise, converting old media formats such as tape, VHS, slides, photos and LPs to digital formats for staff on campus.  This activity is growing and we hope to advertise the services in the local community in future.

We have managed to secure the services of a fulltime Media Technician for the following academic year to fully develop the use of the centre and hope to be able to continue this post in the future.

Who are the clients:

(eg fulltime learners, day centre clients, drop-in clients)

All day and residential learners from St Piers Further Education College

What disabilities do your clients have?:

Epilepsy and other neurological conditions

What technology do you have in your Centre:

Audio and video recording equipment
Lighting and sound effects equipment
IPTV broadcasting equipment
iMac computers with audio and video editing software
Projector and screen
Stage lighting

Digital conversion equipment – USB LP Player, USB Cassette Player, slide scanner, flatbed scanner, VHS converter
What assistive technology is used?:

We do not use assistive technology, but try to use software and hardware that students can easily obtain and get access to, such as:
Logic Express
Garage Band
iMovie

We also try to adapt standard hardware for access rather than use specially manufactured equipment, for example remote record switches on cameras
How many staff work in the Centre:

Only the Media Technician is a dedicated member of staff for the centre, several members of staff has been trained in aspects of using the technology and they are fully supported by the IT Department as necessary

What days/hours per week does your centre provide learning or development?

The centre is in use throughout the week and over weekends, during daytime, mostly for curriculum or staff training activities and in the evenings and over weekends for clubs and other activities.

What service could your Centre offer the network, if any?
Digital re-mastering of old media formats

Recording and editing of audio and video
Green screen recording for overlay editing

Advice and assistance on IPTV setup and configuration

Are you working in partnership with any other organisation? and if so in what? None currently

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