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Everyday Language Practice With Deaf Children

Many parents of deaf children ask how to do “language practice” at home, as advised by language teachers and educators. Reading is one way, and another is to talk with your child, in their favoured communication mode. Recently, the IDK team saw a great example of “language practice” online, written by a hard-of-hearing visiting teacher

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14 years ago 4 Comments Hearingcarer, carers, child, children, communication, develop, development, educators, ISL, language, learn, learning, literacy, mode, multi-sensory, parent, practice, read, reading, school, speech, talk, talking, teacher, vocabulary, write, writing

Supported Mainstream Education Of Deaf Children

Interested in mainstream education for deaf children? Want to know more about the issues, experiences and available supports? UPDATE: This event is postponed to the new year. If so, IDK welcomes you to a FREE morning information session, “Choice, Options, Possibilities”, on December 3rd, 2010, in Dublin city centre. The session includes presentations from: Parents

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Advice On FM Systems ‘Versus’ Soundfields

One of Sound Advice’s most-received questions is, “Which system is better for a deaf child to use at creche/school, a (personal) FM system, or a soundfield?” This article, “FM Systems ‘versus’ Soundfields“, from the American Speech-Hearing Association (ASHA), gives great insights into the pros/cons of each. Follow the links below to establish how your child

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14 years ago 5 Comments Hearingaccess, advice, aid, american, ASHA, child, children, cochlear, communication, creche, deaf, deafness, device, devices, ECCE, family, FM, hearing, implant, inclusion, inclusive, insights, ISL, learn, literacy, obtain, preschool, question, questions, school, social, sound-field, soundfield, speech, student, support, system, systems, teachers, tips, training, visual, words

edcoDigital Invites IDK To Submit Lesson Plans

Earlier this year, IDK was invited to submit lesson plans to edcoDigital, the online teachers’ resource devised by The Educational Company of Ireland. IDK’s lesson plans for primary and post-primary level are now available via the edcoDigital resource website, which is designed for teachers to deliver easy-to-use digital content from the Irish curriculum, within the

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14 years ago 1 Comment Captions, Education, Hearingabout, book, books, company, content, curriculum, deafness, digital, edcodigital, educational, English, hearing, images, inclusion, inclusive, interactive, language, lesson, lessons, literacy, names, online, plan, plans, post-primary, primary, publisher, publishing, pupils, resource, screen, teacher, teachers, teaching, text, textbook

Hearing Awareness For Business & Service Providers

With today’s teens doing Transition Year work experience and internships to gain workplace skills, businesses need specific advice on hearing awareness. Multinationals, small businesses, retailers and corner shops can all make their service hearing-friendly to broaden their current customer bases and reduce unintentional discrimination during their daily operations. Some everyday tips from deaf people: For

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14 years ago 2 Comments Captions, Education, Hearing, Smartphonesaccess, accessibility, accessible, aware, awareness, base, based, booking, broad, broaden, business, career, channels, cochlear, communication, CPD, curve, customer, deafness, development, experience, inclusion, inclusive, induction, intercom, Ireland, ISL, learn, learning, literacy, loops, mainstream, office, premises, professional, remote, security, shop, sign, site, social, speech, students, support, systems, teach, teaching, text, train, training, video, videos, visual, words, workplace

Off We Go! Books Joins App Store & Signed Stories

Earlier this year, Limerick-based venture, Off We Go! Publishing and its ‘experience’ books for children were mentioned on this site. Off We Go! is now offering two titles as animated iPhone & iPad apps from the App Store, in English and Spanish, with more titles to follow. The apps teach children to expect sensory experiences

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14 years ago 2 Comments Hearinganimated, animation, book, books, child, children, concept, deafness, families, family, iPad, iPhone, iPod, ISL, language, learn, literacy, mainstream, parent, parents, preschool, read, reading, school, sign, social, speech, teachers, visual

The Salamanca Statement and EPSEN Act (2004)

For the parents of deaf children campaigning for teaching supports at mainstream schools of their choice, here is an outline of two key education acts as a reference. Ten Pieces Of Legislation (Ireland) Ten pieces of legislation cover education supports and hearing services in Ireland. The two acts outlined below are completely separate from each

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14 years ago 4 Comments Captions, Education, Hearing, Language Development1994, 2004, access, accessibility, accessible, act, appeals, board, communication, concept, court, cuts, deafness, educational, EPSEN, funding, inclusion, inclusive, Ireland, ISL, learn, learning, literacy, mainstream, NDA, needs, parent, parents, preschool, provisions, read, Salamanca, school, schools, social, special, student, support, teacher, teachers, technology, training, visual, words

Sound Advice’s E-Learning Posts For Digital Schools Week

For Digital Schools Week, Sound Advice is collating its favourite digital and e-learning pieces into one post. Education practices are rapidly transforming with digital tools, as Silicon Republic reports in its web-feature, and teachers need to use professional development opportunities to upskill for the digital age. Early Language Learning Deaf children don’t automatically hear words

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14 years ago 6 Comments Captions, Education, Hearing, Smartphonesaccess, blog, development, devices, diaries, digital, e-learning age, earbuds, images, iPad, iPod, label, language, laptop, literacy, natural, personal, photo, photos, picture, question, RFID, schools, smartphone, software, storytelling, tablet, teacher, technology, toolkit, tools, upskill, week

Captions In The Classroom Boost Literacy Skills

New educational technologies give teachers an immediate advantage in making their lessons relevant and interesting to students of all ages. With interactive white boards, DVDs, laptops and smart devices, classrooms become exciting places to learn instead of simply reading from a book. Teachers can boost their students’ literacy by using captioned material when teaching, regardless

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14 years ago 8 Comments Captions, Education, Hearing, Language Developmentaccess, accessibility, accessible, book, books, concept, inclusion, inclusive, learn, learning, literacy, mainstream, preschool, read, reading, social, support, teach, visual, words

Digital Readers (eReaders) Improve Child Literacy

Until now, eReaders (digital book-reading devices) were used exclusively by adults, but the release of vTech’s eReader models for children and Apple’s iPad means it is time to explore the benefits of eReaders for kids. One year ago, IDK noted how web technologies make story-telling inclusive for deaf and hearing children who may be in

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14 years ago 7 Comments Hearingaccessibility, accessible, animation, audio, book, books, concept, deafness, e-book, education, inclusion, inclusive, ISL, language, learn, learning, literacy, mainstream, preschool, read, reader, reading, schools, sign, social, speech, story, story-telling, support, teach, teachers, teaching, text, training, visual, voice, words
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