Archive for January, 2010

IBM’s KidSmart PC Supports Language Teaching

Friday, January 29th, 2010

IBM’s KidSmart program was recently displayed at the Young Scientists’ Exhibition in the RDS. This program aims to integrate interactive teaching and learning activities into pre-schools and is aimed at 3-7 year olds.
The program is currently used with over 2 million children in 60 countries. The focus is on underprivileged areas as well as educating [...]

Deaf Education Conference – March 4, 2010

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

A conference on The Future of Deaf Education in Ireland will take place at The Croke Park Conference Centre in Dublin, on March 4th.
The conference will see the launch of a new policy document compiled by DeafHear.ie, The Catholic Institute of Deaf People and The Irish Deaf Society. This policy sets out a new future [...]

‘Experience’ Books From Off We Go! Publishing

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Irish company, Off We Go! Publishing, has released a set of books for children to learn about different first-time experiences in early life.
These books benefit those with special needs and any young child experiencing these outings for the first time.
Twelve different titles are in the series, including “Going on a Plane’, “Going to the Optician” [...]

Information Sessions For DARE Access Programme

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Some information sessions are planned nationwide for students considering the DARE supplementary admission programme for third-level education.
DARE, the Disability Access Route to Education, is a process for students to bring a disability to the attention of the college or higher education institution to which they are applying.
Details of DARE are on the qualifax.ie website, with [...]

Hearing Screening For Newborns Brings Results

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

A pilot scheme in the UK which aims to improve service co-ordination for children with deafness, is expected to be underway by early 2010.
The Local Record of Deaf Children in the UK seeks to improve services and raise awareness of the numbers of young people living with hearing loss. Information will be shared by state [...]

New Simply Signing Initiative For Parents/Teachers

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Simply Signing is inviting members to join its new “Now I Can Sign Programme” (NICSP), which is geared to parents and teachers.
The NICSP gives the skills to learn basic vocabulary in Irish sign language (ISL) such as “more” and “all gone”. These signs can be easily introduced to all babies and children from as young [...]