Deaf children to be helped by new school resources

[Miss-Delectable]

Education News

Deaf children attending mainstream schools will be able to benefit from a new set of resources provided by the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS).

Teachers can access the Deaf Friendly Teachers' Training Pack from September that is designed to help educational professionals include deaf pupils into mainstream teaching techniques.

NDCS education development manager Lorna Simpson added that a Starting schools pack is also available, which will guide teachers through every stage of the school system for deaf children.

'We urge teaching professionals to take advantage of our new free resources which will equip them with the knowledge and skills to enable the full inclusion of deaf children at school,' she said.

Ms Simpson added that over 80 per cent of deaf pupils attend mainstream schools.

Recently, the NDCS warned parents that changes to the tribunals system could mean parents of deaf children may find it more difficult to enforce their child's right to an education.

 

[shel90]

Education News

Deaf children attending mainstream schools will be able to benefit from a new set of resources provided by the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS).

Teachers can access the Deaf Friendly Teachers' Training Pack from September that is designed to help educational professionals include deaf pupils into mainstream teaching techniques.

NDCS education development manager Lorna Simpson added that a Starting schools pack is also available, which will guide teachers through every stage of the school system for deaf children.

'We urge teaching professionals to take advantage of our new free resources which will equip them with the knowledge and skills to enable the full inclusion of deaf children at school,' she said.

Ms Simpson added that over 80 per cent of deaf pupils attend mainstream schools.

Recently, the NDCS warned parents that changes to the tribunals system could mean parents of deaf children may find it more difficult to enforce their child's right to an education.[/QUOTE]


Not surprising there.

Like I said the public school teachers need the training to develop the knowledge and skills on how to properly educate deaf children especially when it comes to socio/emotional issues.

One teacher from the one of the public schools nearby told me that they have a signing deaf population who all go to this one school where they have a deaf program. She said that almost all 24 of the students range from kindergarten to 6th grade and they tend to hang out with each other because the hearing kids isolate them from social situations. She told me that she prefers them to go to the Deaf school where they can hang out with peers their own age instead of having a 6th grader hanging out with a 1st grader. She told me that was not healthy at all but the parents want their kids to go to a "normal" school. Oh geez..here we go with the "normal" school thing again. What is so normal about the kinds of social skills these kinds are developing?

 

[jillio]

Education News

Deaf children attending mainstream schools will be able to benefit from a new set of resources provided by the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS).

Teachers can access the Deaf Friendly Teachers' Training Pack from September that is designed to help educational professionals include deaf pupils into mainstream teaching techniques.

NDCS education development manager Lorna Simpson added that a Starting schools pack is also available, which will guide teachers through every stage of the school system for deaf children.

'We urge teaching professionals to take advantage of our new free resources which will equip them with the knowledge and skills to enable the full inclusion of deaf children at school,' she said.

Ms Simpson added that over 80 per cent of deaf pupils attend mainstream schools.

Recently, the NDCS warned parents that changes to the tribunals system could mean parents of deaf children may find it more difficult to enforce their child's right to an education.[/QUOTE]


Not surprising there.

Like I said the public school teachers need the training to develop the knowledge and skills on how to properly educate deaf children especially when it comes to socio/emotional issues.

One teacher from the one of the public schools nearby told me that they have a signing deaf population who all go to this one school where they have a deaf program. She said that almost all 24 of the students range from kindergarten to 6th grade and they tend to hang out with each other because the hearing kids isolate them from social situations. She told me that she prefers them to go to the Deaf school where they can hang out with peers their own age instead of having a 6th grader hanging out with a 1st grader. She told me that was not healthy at all but the parents want their kids to go to a "normal" school. Oh geez..here we go with the "normal" school thing again. What is so normal about the kinds of social skills these kinds are developing?

Agree 100%. It is not healthy for the 1st grader or the 6th grader.

Maybe this packet will help some. Question is, will the mainstream teachers take advantage of the fact that it is available? Probably not, sadly.