Archive for March, 2010

Parent Question: Is Home Tuition in Irish Funded?

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

This question is highlighted after a comment on the IDK website, so other parents can add their points if wished. Students & parents discuss the issue on the IDK forum, in one of the most-read posts.

Hi, my son is 9 years old. He has a severe hearing loss in both ears and attends mainstream [...]

Arts Council Invites IDK To Future Arts Conference

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

The Arts Council invited IDK to bring three to five deaf teens/young adults (aged 15 to 23) to a EU-funded 3-day seminar in Dublin, March 27-29, 2010, with communication support. The event, Future Arts 2010, consists of a series of arts-based workshops & discussions, ending with dialogue between young people, arts [...]

Including Deaf Children At Preschool – Part Three

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Find more tips from the mum of a deaf boy, and a creche manager online: Including Deaf Children At Preschool (Part One), & Part Two.
Key Question: what information sources did you use for advice on Charlie’s early learning in the creche? (internet / flyers / other?)
(The Mum)
Our creche owner contacted the NAD (now [...]

NCIRL’s Parent-Child Programme Benefits Literacy

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Just recently, the Early Learning Initiative at National College of Ireland launched its new Parent Child Home Programme (PCHP). Many of the programme’s “points” are similar to the home-work the parents of severely to profoundly deaf children need to do, to develop their child’s language as early in life as possible.
Based on a programme started [...]

One Parent’s Feedback: National Audiology Review

Friday, March 12th, 2010

The National Audiology Review is inviting submissions from parents & carers of deaf children and service users, before March 19, 2010.  This feedback comes from a mother of a 4 year old boy who was diagnosed as being profoundly deaf at 14 months old.
1. Newborn Hearing Screening:
Why do babies not automatically have [...]

YouTube Automatic Captioning Moves Out Of Beta

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

In recent years websites such as CaptionTube and independent services made videos and audio more accessible to deaf or hard of hearing people. In November 2009, Google announced the automatic captioning of videos on its YouTube site to boost captioning provision and support text indexing.
Existing captioning services are not always user friendly or free. With [...]

National Audiology Review Seeks Service Feedback

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Ireland’s audiology service raises serious concerns, according to reports in the national press – and forum members on the irishdeafkids.ie website.
March 19th is the deadline for having your say on this essential issue.
The National Audiology Review is looking for parents, carers and service users to inform the HSE of their concerns and experiences with the [...]

Summary Of Deaf Education Conference 4/3/2010

Friday, March 5th, 2010

On March 4th, 2010, deaf education in Ireland took a step toward the future with the launch of a new joint policy document by the Catholic Institute of Deaf People, Trinity College Dublin, the Irish Deaf Society and DeafHear.
This document is historic in being the first agreed approach to education and supports from deaf-led organisations [...]

‘Disability Law News’ Blog Cites IDK’s Advocacy

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

A ‘Disability Law News’ blog post, Deaf Children and Inclusive Education, cites IDK on how live captioning benefits a deaf student at Trinity College.
Trinity College’s Deaf Support in Third-Level (DS3) programme, offers multiple supports to deaf students, of which captioning is just one option.
Education supports help unlock deaf students’ full potential, but the students [...]

Inclusive Education Is ‘All-Encompassing’ Learning

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Inclusive education gives all children mutual learning experiences – while also benefiting teachers’ preparation skills and professional development.
Fundamentally, inclusive education teaches children about diversity, and leads teachers to diversify within their own professions, for social benefit.
This academic blog post, “Inclusion Is Needed In Classrooms“, makes a solid case for inclusive education, with an itemised reading [...]