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Dvd Help For Deaf Children (from Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
A film illustrating options for hearing-impaired children and their parents will be handed out to families.
The DVD, developed by Education Bradford, was paid for by Government funding after Serco, the company behind Education Brad-ford, put in a bid to the Standards fund.
It features children from three months old to school leavers, and talks with parents about options in the district.
The DVD can be screened in Urdu, with subtitles, or with translation by a British Sign Language interpreter.
Bill Horton, Education Bradford's head of support for deaf children, said interpreters would also be available.
He said: "We got the DVD primarily for parents and it is really to give them a number of things.
"Firstly, it will take them through the journey they will go through when their child is diagnosed with hearing problems.
"Secondly, it will give them the range of information to help them make informed choices for their children and also to give parents confidence in the range of provision we have in Bradford."
He said children were tested for hearing problems at birth, adding that any children diagnosed as hearing-impaired would be asked back for a meeting with education and health experts.
Mr Horton said for profoundly deaf children one of the most important decisions for parents was how they would communicate with them.
Mr Horton said children of all ages appeared on the DVD in a bid to show parents that their child would be well provided for at every stage of their development.
"We even see one child at the very end of the video who has left Bradford now because he has gone to Oxford to study," he said.
A film illustrating options for hearing-impaired children and their parents will be handed out to families.
The DVD, developed by Education Bradford, was paid for by Government funding after Serco, the company behind Education Brad-ford, put in a bid to the Standards fund.
It features children from three months old to school leavers, and talks with parents about options in the district.
The DVD can be screened in Urdu, with subtitles, or with translation by a British Sign Language interpreter.
Bill Horton, Education Bradford's head of support for deaf children, said interpreters would also be available.
He said: "We got the DVD primarily for parents and it is really to give them a number of things.
"Firstly, it will take them through the journey they will go through when their child is diagnosed with hearing problems.
"Secondly, it will give them the range of information to help them make informed choices for their children and also to give parents confidence in the range of provision we have in Bradford."
He said children were tested for hearing problems at birth, adding that any children diagnosed as hearing-impaired would be asked back for a meeting with education and health experts.
Mr Horton said for profoundly deaf children one of the most important decisions for parents was how they would communicate with them.
Mr Horton said children of all ages appeared on the DVD in a bid to show parents that their child would be well provided for at every stage of their development.
"We even see one child at the very end of the video who has left Bradford now because he has gone to Oxford to study," he said.