Two in three teachers don’t know how to teach a deaf child
68% of teachers aren’t confident they can teach deaf children effectively.A third aren’t receiving crucial support from specialist staff.Deaf children already achieve an entire grade less at GCSE,...
View ArticleTwo deaf young people win seats in Welsh Youth Parliament
Swansea resident Kelsey Brookes, 13 and Barry resident Dan Downton, 12, have been elected to the Welsh Youth Parliament. Dan, Kelsey and the six other deaf young candidates were mentored and supported...
View Article“Horrendous” children’s audiology failings at NHS Lothian “must never be...
New report shows at least 887 children have been failed by NHS Lothian, 155 of them significantly.Huge failures across NHS Lothian’s children’s audiology services have been revealed, with 88% of the...
View ArticleAll about Auditory Verbal Therapy
Frances Clark discusses the Auditory Verbal approach, a method of learning to speak through listening. What is Auditory Verbal Therapy? 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents, many of whom...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hearing update 2023
Liz Rothwell discusses the possibilities for deaf children in 2023 and how their needs can be met in mainstream education. For even the most profoundly deaf child, the key to developing the spoken...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Deaf children are being failed by the education system
Academically, deaf children are just as capable as hearing children, and there’s no reason why they should achieve less. So why are they falling behind their classmates? asks Ian Noon. There are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Can you recognise deafblindness?
All young people have the right to a high quality education which is tailored to their specific needs, says Carolyn Greig. However young people are taught, there are some simple things which all...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BSL for all
British Sign Language is a language for everyone, says Matthew Kleiner-Mann. It’s not often that you walk into a primary school classroom and it’s so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. So when I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Auditory Verbal Therapy
Liz Hamilton discusses AV therapy, a technique for stimulating the listening part of the brain, the auditory cortex. ■ We adapt each session to the child. For deaf children to listen, they need...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Recognition for digital BSL pack
Sheila Lundberg on the Highland Deaf Education Service’s award-winning digital BSL Pack. When the Scottish Government introduced their 1+2 language learning initiative to help more children learn...
View Article