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VTOD 5

Review Of The Visiting Teacher Service (Ireland)

The Visiting Teacher Service in Ireland is being reviewed by the Department of Education in the context of pupils’ changed needs and new technologies. January 20th, 2014 is YOUR deadline to feed back on your experiences of the Visiting Teacher Service (VTS) in Ireland, for this review. Dept of Education: Review of the Visiting Teacher Service

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11 years ago 1 Comment Hearingchild, children, cochlear, communication, concept, deaf, deafness, education, family, hearing, inclusion, inclusive, Ireland, itinerant teacher, language, learn, learning, literacy, mainstream, parent, parents, preschool, read, reading, school, schools, social, speech, student, students, support, teach, teacher, teacher of the deaf, teachers, teaching, TOD, training, visiting teacher, visual, VT, VTOD, words

Deaf Children In The UK Face Teaching Cuts

Yesterday, an article on mainstream supports for deaf children in the UK (by Cathy Heffernan) ran in the UK’s Guardian broadsheet newspaper. Deaf pupils will bear the brunt of education cuts Eighty-five per cent of deaf pupils in the UK are mainstream-educated at present. Like in Ireland, these pupils, their families and school teachers draw vital

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14 years ago 1 Comment Hearingclassmates, classroom, coaching, cuts, education, families, family, focus, hours, inclusion, inclusive, integrate, integrated, integration, mainstream, number, numbers, parent, parents, ratio, resource, school, support, system, training, tutor, tutoring, visiting teacher, visiting teachers, VTHI, VTOD

The Visiting Teacher Service: Background Details

What is a Visiting Teacher? Many parents of newly-confirmed deaf children ask this, on learning of the VT service from the Department of Education. Over 3,300 deaf and hard-of-hearing children at mainstream schools in Ireland, are supported by 32 visiting teachers working in 29 full-time posts. (PDF) Visiting Teachers for Children who are Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Parents can

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14 years ago 11 Comments Education, Hearing, Language Developmentbaby, child, children, choices, communication, deelopment, department, department of education, DES, early, education, family, guidance, information, informed choice, intervention, language, mainstream, NCCE, options, preschool, school, schools, speech, support, teach, teacher of deaf, teacher of the deaf, teaching, TOD, visiting teacher, visiting teacher of the deaf, visiting teacher service, vocabulary, VTHI, VTOD

‘There Are Other Educational Choices Too’

Parents’ responses are still being received by the team here, after the recent Derek Mooney radio interview with parent Eithne Carroll and Liam O’Dwyer of the CIDP.  >> Listen to the podcast (RTE1, 2011). This email response is from Orla Sexton, a parent in Cork. Dear Derek, I refer to your recent interview with Eithne

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Audio14 years ago 4 Comments Education, Hearing, Language Developmentaccess, child, children, choice, choices, cochlear, communication, deaf, deaf education in Ireland, deafness, department of education, education, educational, families, family, hearing, inclusion, inclusive, informed choice, Ireland, language, learning, literacy, mainstream, mooney, mother, NCSE, one-sided, option, options, parent, parents, preschool, profoundly, read, reading, representative, school, schools, service, services, supports, teacher, teachers, technology, visiting, visual, VT, VTOD, words

Teacher Question: Finding Support For Deaf Pupils

A teacher just contacted IDK to advise that a young deaf pupil had arrived in her class without prior notice, and what were the next steps to take? For anyone else who may be in the same position, here’s some advice: 1) Ask your pupil’s parents/guardian if their hearing has been tested and if hearing

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