Title

Supporting Deaf and Hearing Impaired Children in Primary School

Description of training

Content: understanding hearing loss, implications for communication, language and learning, hearing aids and other assistive devices, pupil and parent perspectives, strategies for supporting learning in school, identifying problems and advice on steps to take.

Outcomes: equip teaching assistants with the knowledge and skills to meet the needs of the deaf/hearing impaired children they support.

Suitable for

Teaching Assistants currently involved with children with permanent hearing loss

Delivered by

Teacher of the Deaf with input from other specialist colleagues

Date/s, times and venue

The course will run over two half-day sessions:

Tuesday 7 November 2017

0900-1200 hours

and

Tuesday 28 November 2017

1300-1600 hours

View Room, Margaret Macmillan Tower

To book by 20 October 2017

Refreshments

Refreshments are included with drinks on arrival and mid-morning or mid-afternoon

Price

£110 per person