An Introduction to the Deaf Pupil in your Primary Class - cochlear implant users

Aims

• To develop the skills of staff working to support and teach learners with hearing loss
• To enable those working in the field to share practice
• To develop a general understanding of deafness by exploring types of hearing loss, degrees of deafness and how deafness might impact learning
• To learn strategies to support learning in the classroom

Overview

This course is an introduction to working with deaf learners in the classroom. Staff from the Haringey and Enfield Sensory Support Team will give an overview of deafness, as well as the kind of provision available to enable access and improve learning in the classroom. This will be linked to the different difficulties learners might experience in relation to acquiring literacy and numeracy skills.