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What Tertiary Supports Do Deaf Students Need?

Statistically, more deaf and hard-of-hearing students are enrolling in mainstream third-level institutions in the US (Raue & Lewis, 2011). The same is happening in Ireland, with more students in this diverse deaf population accessing higher education than ever before. Tertiary education supports students who: have hearing aids and use their residual hearing have a cochlear implant (CI)

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The Visiting Teacher Service: Background Details

What is a Visiting Teacher? Many parents of newly-confirmed deaf children ask this, on learning of the VT service from the Department of Education. Over 3,300 deaf and hard-of-hearing children at mainstream schools in Ireland, are supported by 32 visiting teachers working in 29 full-time posts. (PDF) Visiting Teachers for Children who are Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Parents can

‘There Are Other Educational Choices Too’

Parents’ responses are still being received by the team here, after the recent Derek Mooney radio interview with parent Eithne Carroll and Liam O’Dwyer of the CIDP. >> Listen to the podcast (RTE1, 2011). This email response is from Orla Sexton, a parent in Cork. Dear Derek, I refer to your recent interview with Eithne

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Supported Mainstream Education Of Deaf Children

Interested in mainstream education for deaf children, from preschool stage? Want to know more about the issues, experiences and available supports? If so, IDK welcomes you to a FREE morning information session, “Choice, Options, Possibilities”, on March 4th, 2011, in Dublin city centre. The session includes presentations from: Parents of deaf children on their experiences

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Supported Mainstream Education Of Deaf Children

Interested in mainstream education for deaf children? Want to know more about the issues, experiences and available supports? UPDATE: This event is postponed to the new year. If so, IDK welcomes you to a FREE morning information session, “Choice, Options, Possibilities”, on December 3rd, 2010, in Dublin city centre. The session includes presentations from: Parents

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Lipreading (And Hearing) Spanish Words Online

Deaf students with good English language skills are able to learn European languages the same way they did English – visually, and through reading. The use of web-based videos in language-learning allows deaf students to simultaneously see + hear new words in the new language being learned. A good example is SpanishDict.com, the online Spanish

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Bilingualism In The Home & School Environments

With cochlear implants, deaf children can be fluent in one or more spoken languages (whether sign is used). This is a new form of spoken bilingualism! A few deaf children grow up to be spoken/manual bilingual – communicating in English and in Irish sign language. How Many People In Ireland Use Sign Language? Ireland has about

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Deaf Education Conference – March 4, 2010

A conference on The Future of Deaf Education in Ireland took place at The Croke Park Conference Centre in Dublin, on March 4th, 2010. The conference saw the launch of a new policy document compiled by DeafHear.ie, The Catholic Institute of Deaf People and the IDS that aimed to set out a new future for

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Training For Specialist Teachers of Deaf Pupils

Teachers in Ireland who wish to specifically work with deaf children, should first complete an undergraduate degree course in education, which enables them to teach in every primary and secondary school nationwide. E-Learning Courses In The UK Ireland currently has no courses for specialist teachers of deaf pupils but the UK has several flexible postgraduate

Communication Options Chart for Deaf Children

Communication is a major decision for parents of deaf children, as it will shape their child’s life and prospects from an early age, with implications for their education and working life. Here’s a communication options chart with all the options and their commitments for families to review. Printing the chart to discuss with your family and others may help

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