Hi to Linda and.. We (my staff and I ) also spend hours preparing tapes, putting them in the place etc.. and then , yes the kids don't bring walkmans.(can't find them, don't want to spend the money etc..) . SO what are we killing ourselves for ?? I try to encourage the kids to bring walkmans but if they don't I can't supply them . (sorry.. not on my salary !!).. CDs may not be the latest technology BUT once you have something on CD it can be uploaded to the computer.. (sorry .. again ask the IT people how ) .. AND all the latest books come with CDs some of which use tracks. AS for the Ministry CDs ,, the only ones I ever saw were pretty useless, (no tracks !!!) but they could be improved.. Really even finding a tape recorder which you can record a voice on today , is a real challenge today. So YES, we do need to say farewell to tapes.. There are options.. !! And last.. thanks to Michele for correcting me.. about the diagnostic and psychological tests.. but still it's a long process not to mention costly !!! Aviva -- Try and Fail BUT Never Fail to try !!!