Including Deaf Children At Preschool - Part Two
Thursday, February 25th, 2010This post continues the piece, Including Deaf Children At Preschool (Part One). A key question was put to the mum & creche manager:
How did you identify the potential challenges you (mum & creche) might meet during Charlie’s early days there?
(The Mum)
Once Charlie’s deafness was confirmed, we understood that communication methods had to be adjusted. He [...]
IDK Wins At Ireland’s eGovernment Awards 2010
Friday, February 19th, 2010At the eighth annual Ireland’s eGovernment Awards ceremony today in Dublin, IDK beat off stiff competition to win the Education category.
The awards, presented in association with Eircom, aim to “raise awareness and recognise the innovators, developers, forward thinkers and experts who are pioneering the changes happening in how the Irish Government delivers services to its [...]
Including Deaf Children At Preschool - Part One
Monday, February 15th, 2010This spring, the Irish government rolls out its free preschool year for all children born between February 2, 2005 to June 30, 2006 (with exemptions for children with special needs). The Early Child Care & Education (ECCE) initiative, which is open to all preschools in Ireland, is profiled on IDK.
IDK will this week [...]
Deaf Education Conference - March 4, 2010
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010A 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 [...]
Irish Deaf Kids 2010 Calendar Sales Outlets
Sunday, December 6th, 2009The Irish Deaf Kids 2010 calendar with drawings from our “Ben” book can be picked up at bookstores like Easons, Hughes & Hughes, Hodges Figgis, Waterstones & other stockists in Ireland, and ordered online or by post.
Additional sales outlets include:
Cultivate, The Greenhouse, St Andrew’s Street, Dublin 2
Enniskerry Gallery Gift Shop, Clonlea Church Hill, Enniskerry, Co [...]
TV Subtitling Explained - Interview With RTE
Thursday, October 1st, 2009RTE, Ireland’s national TV broadcaster, aims to subtitle all its shows by 2014, with the help of digital tools. For now, here’s an outline of the work involved, as discovered by Miriam Walsh, IDK’s journalist intern.
It may be hard to believe - but subtitles don’t just magically pop up on TV screens as soon [...]
IDK’s 2010 Calendar Showcases “Ben” Drawings
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009IDK’s 2010 calendar complements its childrens’ book, “A Birthday For Ben” (August 2009). The calendars are available at Easons, Hughes & Hughes, Hodges Figgis & Waterstones, or by email / post from IDK (see below).
All proceeds will be reinvested in the Irish Deaf Kids website and venture.
Perfect for the home or office, the calendar has 13 drawings [...]
“A Birthday for Ben” - A Story About Deafness
Thursday, August 6th, 2009Irish Deaf Kids has teamed with Irish publishing house Special Stories, to release an exciting new children’s book, “A Birthday for Ben”, which is about young children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
The book is beautifully illustrated by Karen Quirke, a Dublin-born talented deaf artist, and sensitively written by Kate Gaynor, a Dublin [...]
IDK Receives Website Usability Report From NCI
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009Last April, Irish Deaf Kids received an Innovation Voucher worth €5,000 from Enterprise Ireland, to be used to solve a business issue. The Innovation Voucher initiative, introduced in 2007 by Enterprise Ireland, aims to create links between Irish knowledge providers and small businesses.
To qualify for an Innovation Voucher, a company must have a business issue [...]
Subtitling On Irish Television: What Do You Think?
Sunday, July 12th, 2009Over 185,000 people in Ireland have hearing issues and may use subtitling and/or sign interpretation services provided by the national broadcasters.
To this end OCS Consulting is carrying out research on behalf of the BCI (Broadcasting Commission of Ireland). They wish to better understand the deaf and hard of hearing community’s views on the level and [...]