What is Central Voice?
Central Voice is a collection of visually engaging, interactive digital assessment activities thoughtfully developed by Educational Psychologists to enable professionals to capture the voice of children and young people. Central Voice activities can be used for face to face and/or remote work (via share screen) with children.
Key Features of Central Voice:
Enhances engagement and motivation for children with a wide range of needs.
Promotes confidence and self-expression through fun, low demand, collaborative activities.
Captures childrens’ voices in key areas, including their perceived strengths and needs, social skills, learning, self-concept and emotions.
Easily accessible and administered via the Central Voice user portal on desktop, laptop or iPad:
Reset activities to use again unlimited times.
Type child’s responses into editable text boxes and tiles.
Download completed activities to save to your device.
Track progress over time through repeat administration.
Include visual results in reports, consultation documentation or Annual reviews.
Try out 2 free activities on the Central Voice Portal
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Try out 2 free activities on the Central Voice Portal ⋆
Access Central Voice activities :
Create a free user account to access 2 free activities for 30 days (no commitment required).
Purchase the Core Pack to access all 8 activities (with unlimited uses) for £60 per year.
Contact us to enquire about team package options (Local Authority, school or other organisation).
Is Central Voice for me?
Central Voice is designed for Psychologists, SENCos, school staff and other professionals who:
Work with children and young people aged 4-16 years.
Wish to capture the voices of children and young people to inform decisions around their needs, such as:
Education, Health and Care needs assessments
Annual Reviews
Support planning
Are looking for engaging and interactive ways of assessing children’s views and perceptions of themselves and their needs.
Are looking for visual tools that are compatible with remote assessment practices.
Would like to work and store pupil feedback digitally to decrease paper-based storage of information.
A closer look..
Central Voice is an exciting, evolving resource which offers a selection of interactive activities to capture the voices of children and young people digitally. Central Voice currently offers 8 activities, which can be accessed, administered and downloaded from the Central Voice portal.
Activities are grouped into four categories:
About Me: My Amazing Strengths and Finish the Sentence
Learning at School: School Tasks: Easy or Hard? and What Helps me Learn?
My Social World: Me and my Friendships and My Social Strengths and Needs
Me and My Feelings: How I Feel at School and What feeds my Volcano?
View video demonstrations of all 8 activities, by creating a free account on the Central Voice User Portal ->
Watch a video walk through of the Central Voice portal on YouTube ->
View more on our Linkedin Page here ->
Testimonials
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"I had a lovely session with a 10 year old who loved these! He was thrilled that he could edit and add his own ideas. He loved moving cards to just the right place so that he could accurately represent his thoughts and ideas."
Educational Psychologist and ELSA trainer and supervisor
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"We are using the activities for Nurture support at school and the children absolutely love them."
SENCo
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"I used the 2 free activities today during an online assessment I had with a very anxious 6 year old girl. What a difference they made to how she engaged. We had a really productive session. Thank you for creating these, they will be real asset to my practice."
Educational Psychologist
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"This tool was invaluable to both me and my client. He was so happy that his views were heard and could then be shared."
Educational Psychologist
