Hearing impairment

We provide a broad range of specialist teaching services for children and young people with hearing impairment.

What is specialist teaching of hearing impairment?

Specialist teaching of hearing impairment helps children and young people with hearing impairment maximise their potential and lead happy, healthy and fulfilled lives. Our specialist teachers identify and address learning needs whilst making the curriculum as accessible as possible.

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What specialist teaching services do we offer in relation to hearing impairment?

Our specialist hearing impairment teachers offer the following services to education settings and organisations:

• Assessment
• Screening
• Group work
• 1-to-1 intervention
• Sensory work
• Consultancy
• Systemic work
• Training

Hearing impairment can impact children and young people to varying degrees which is why we take a personalised approach to our services, ensuring that they meet needs.

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What interventions and groups can our hearing impairment specialist teachers provide?

Our specialist teachers provide 1-to-1 interventions and group work on the following areas:

• Communication
• Emotional wellbeing
• Social skills
• Resilience
• Language
• Friendship groups
• Academic

As hearing impairment varies between children and young people, our specialist teachers offer bespoke interventions for individuals and groups.

Who we work with

Our specialist services can be accessed by education, health and other professions working with children and young people.

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What consultancy and whole school work do we provide?

Our specialist hearing impairment teachers provide a broad range of consultancy and whole school services. Examples of work provided, includes:

• Setting up and reviewing provision
• Curriculum adaptations
• Using ICT
• Reducing risk

Our consultancy services are also available on an individual and group level. If you would like to speak to a member of our team about our consultancy and whole school work please get in touch and find out how we can help.

What training do our hearing impairment specialist teachers offer?

Our hearing impairment specialist teachers offer a range of training, including:

• Hearing impairment
• British Sign Language (BSL)
• Makaton
• Communication methods
• Curriculum adaptations

Bespoke training for education settings and organisations is also available in addition to our external CPD events which run throughout the year.

Training

Our training is available on and off site for education settings and organisations in relation to health, psychology and education.

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Which children and young people do we work with?

We work with children and young people with all levels of hearing impairment, including those with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan.

Next steps

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  Step 1.Interested?
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  Step 2.Request more information
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  Step 3.Commission EHP

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What are the benefits of using our specialist hearing impairment teachers?

The benefits of using our specialist hearing impairment teachers can be seen on an individual, group and whole school level. Our specialist hearing impairment teachers:

• Maximise potential
• Increase knowledge and understanding
• Narrow the attainment gap
• Upskill education staff

Our flexible service adapts to the needs of children, young people and education settings.

Funding

Our services can be funded through a variety of ways.

Our hearing impairment specialist teaching services provide onsite assessments and interventions for children and young people with hearing impairment. We support each individual student, staff member, education setting or organisation in creating an inclusive, positive environment that maximises potential, wellbeing and progress.

Commission EHP

Our specialist multidisciplinary services can be commissioned through a service level agreement and as standalone input.