Sound Therapy

If you were looking for the music gym site you’ve been directed here to our blog  because that site is currently down for maintenance but all going according to plan it should be up by next week.

We take a look at the Spordas Slo Mo Bump Balls, perfect for special needs activities and play. If you’ve never heard of these before prepare to have your eyes opened (and if you decide to buy some, be sure to look around, some companies think a 300% markup is acceptable…)

“Stuff in cupboards” is a phrase you’ll often hear in special education. It’s used to describe technology  acquired at some point in the past, stored somewhere and eventually forgotten about. Generally someone enthusiastically champions the item, convinces others of the need to own one and becomes the resident expert. But when this visionary leaves the [...]

We’ve written several times lately about people and organisations who’ve inspired our thinking. It was sad news at the weekend to hear of the death of Mario Barp who was a huge influence on Tom and John in the early days of Decoda.
Mario was an activities organiser at Highglades day service in St Leonards where Tom [...]

Association Les Pas Perdus
This month we turn our lens to one of our earliest inspirations for the multi sensory space known as the Music Gym, the organisation whose research and findings helped lead towards the foundation of our unique special needs activity.

A Robot Named KASPAR

Kaspar is a robot with a mission, a mission to help young people with autism learn to communicate, play and interact with others. His name is an acronym for Kinesics And Synchronisation in Personal Assistant Robots (Kaspar is a lot easier on the tongue!) and he was developed by the Adaptive Systems [...]

A how to guide to configuring the PS3 Buzz! Wireless switches working on a PC.
How do I get the Wireless Buzz! buzzers working on a PC? Its a question we were asking ourselves this week. Follow us on this step by step guide as we show you how to use the PS3 Buzz! wireless controllers on a PC.