SpeakEasy

PC and Mac CD-ROM | Age range 8-16 | £75.20 inc. VAT
Available from Information PLUS

SpeakEasy has been specifically developed as a follow up and companion to My Life Story, to enable looked after children and young people to express their opinions, wishes and feelings as part of the statutory review process.

It aims to engage children and young people in this process by being interactive and fun. Using a popular mix of fill in fields and interactive activities, SpeakEasy helps young people say how they feel in 6 interactive sections including: My Review, My Health, Keeping in Touch, and Future Plans. Each section also includes additional information and resources.

As well as being able to print and save all input, SpeakEasy also produces a compact report for reviews and planning meetings - all in all an exciting new way of involving young people in the key decisions affecting their lives.

"This interactive CD-ROM allows young people in care to fill in fields to help them say what they think and feel about being in care. Along with a range of other interactive activities, it is an exciting way of involving young people in the key decisions affecting their lives. SpeakEasy makes substantial use of voice clips to further improve accessibility and contains a wealth of information young people need to understand what is going on."

Children Now Magazine - 19th-25th May 2004

Features:

  • 6 interactive sections: My Review, Where I live, My Health, My Education, Keeping in Touch and Future Plans
  • dozens of fill in fields and interactive activities
  • printable worksheets and professional training guide
  • all pages printable for a child's record of their information
  • all data can be saved for future use
  • produces a compact dated report for submission to a child care review meeting
  • runs from the CD enabling use over an unlimited number of computers with an unlimited number of children