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| Article | Page | Comment |
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| Articles and Reports | ||
| Advancing the profession | 1 | Sue Archbold picked up the reins of BATOD's Presidency at the AGM and Conference in Manchester on 20 November 1999. With all eyes firmly fixed on the new Millennium and anticipating fresh impetus to achieve things, Sue considered where BATOD is heading representing Teachers of the Deaf in the UK. |
| A,B&C moments or Polar bears, Holes and Fishes | 3 | Bob Sawyer, Principal Advisor Stoke-on-Trent has given several expositions about his most favourite topic - interactive maths. Presented in the article is a collection of ideas and thoughts which lead the way to making mental arithmetic an enjoyable experience, diminishing fear and raising standards. The mystery of polar bears, holes and fishes is explained. |
| Training CD ROM on using numbers in British Sign Language | 6 | Lynne Barnes, David Dorrington and Mark Heaton of Deaf Studies, University of central Lancashire have developed a CD ROM to illustrate how number is signed in British Sign Language. Just as spoken English differs from region to region according to dialect and accent, so too BSL differs across regions. This regional variation is very clearly pronounced in the use of number systems in BSL. As regional variation is something that new learners need to be aware of, and more advanced BSL students need practice with, this focus on number allowed the team to produce a CD-ROM of use to a wide range of learners. Contact points to purchase the CD ROM are identified. |
| Recent articles involving numeracy | 7 | Helen Maiden, Surrey Physical & Sensory Support Service has identified recent articles and produced a short review of the content. This is in addition to the regular reviews page. |
| Improving Memory Skills | 9 | Jackie Parsons was awarded a Mary Grace Wilkins Travelling Scholarship to look at children in other environments and ways of helping develop memory skills. The inspiration for the project came from work carried out in a Hearing Impairment Unit in an LEA comprehensive school. The video memory method was used for improving recall/memory skills in deaf pupils who sign. The idea was to transfer the auditory principles of the ARROW technique to the visual mode. Pupils made video recordings of themselves signing the material to be learned for tests in main school lessons. Hearing-impaired pupils' results improved from just below average for their main school set in year 7 to approximately 25% above the average for the set in year 10. The text of the scholarship study and the results are published in this Magazine. |
| Corner House | 17 | Simon Andersson, Project Manager of the Deaf Child and Family Service at Springfield Hospital outlines the plans for the new in-patient service for deaf children and young people. The Deaf Child and Family Service, in partnership with Sign, the mental health charity for Deaf people, and Wandsworth Education Department, through its Hearing-Impaired Service, are working together to set up a new inpatient service for Deaf children and young people aged from 8-16, called Corner House. It is planned to open in January 2001 at a temporary site in Springfield Hospital before moving to a purpose built facility in Balham, south London, in 2002. |
| First European MOVE model and training site | 18 | The Royal Schools for the Deaf Manchester has recently been approved as Europe's first MOVE Model & Training Site. MOVE (Mobility Opportunities Via Education)� is a registered charity that helps children and adults learn the functional skills they will need to lead independent lives. MOVE provides a framework that enables team working and cross agency collaboration. |
| PATHS report | 19 | New report highlights effective method of developing children's emotional skills A new report published by the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS), shows how PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies), a school based curriculum, can significantly help a child's social and emotional development. Quantitative results show PATHS to be particularly effective for providing children with a greater emotional vocabulary and emotional recognition skills. |
| From the BATOD 1998 Survey | 19 | Some information from the Survey shows the need for more accurate information about deaf children and ToDs |
| Advice for new Peris | 20 | This Ewing Foundation Video and the accompanying notes were made in response to requests from new peripatetic Teachers of the Deaf for practical ideas on ways of working with pre-school hearing-impaired children and their families. The video is reviewed by Nicky Ereaut, Oxfordshire Hearing Support Service. |
| Working with the Literacy Strategy | 21 | Judith Johnston, BATOD North Region Committee reports on the North region conference at St John's School, Boston Spa. |
| ICT PAGE | 22 | A fast trip into the world of Information Communication Technology keeping ToDs up to date. |
| The Power of New Technologies for Deaf Learners | 25 | Sally McKeown, BECTa outlines the advances that are available to help deaf children face the challenges of classroom learning. But there are now signs that developers are waking up to the needs of deaf learners. �Elmer' has been produced by the BBC in conjunction with TAG Developments and Sally shows how this programme can help the youngseters ToDs are working with. |
| DE@FCHILD support deaf children in India | 27 | A National Lottery International grant has been secured by the Deafax Trust to initiate a literacy through communication pilot project with deaf children at schools in Madras, India. The DE@FCHILD INDIA project is a 2 year joint programme between Deaf@x and the Nambikkai Foundation and Ability Foundation in India. |
| Deafness and Education International | 30 | Clare Gallaway, Editor, Deafness and Education International updates members on the progress of the Journal as it becomes an internationally acclaimed Journal. The processes of receiving contributions and subsquent refereeing are explained. |
| Remember, remember | 31 | Pam Robinson and Viv Ogg encourage BATOD members attend a reunion of all Manchester 4 year BA Hons graduates in Audiology and Education on Saturday 8th July 2000 at Mill Hall school, Newbury. Come along and reminisce, swap tales of your experiences of teaching, find out where fellow students ended up. It could not only be a fun social afternoon, but also a chance to share ideas and experiences about the education of the deaf. |
| CACDP, Deaf Awareness Week and HRH the Duke of York | 33 | Sandra Dowe keeps BATOD in touch with CACDP events and reports regularly in the Magazine. This year Stewart Simpson retires as Chief Executive of CACDP and Miranda Pickersgill takes over. |
| AUDIOLOGY REFRESHER No 11 | 35 | Sue Westorp explains masking in pure tone audiometry, The technique of masking is used in order to isolate the test ear and ensure that results obtained are the true thresholds of the test ear. |
| Processing Hearing Difficulties - Can We Name Them? | 37 | Jo Franklin, Teacher of the Deaf, writes in the hope that she will stimulate some debate on a subject. Jo asks "What do we call the type of hearing loss which many of the children with whom I work possess? These are children, often Multi-Sensory Impaired, who have intact peripheral hearing systems and whose problems seem to stem from retro-cochlear damage. Their difficulties are in processing sounds, but they are �labelled' variously as having Central Hearing Problems, Cortical Dysfunction, Central Auditory Processing Disorder, or a combination of these and other terms. I have even heard it described as Functional Hearing Loss (which, in my mind, is something quite different)." Discussion is invited from readers of the article. |
| Neonatal Screening - What Next? | 38 | Parents should be regarded as full members of the team supporting the hearing-impaired child, alongside professionals. (Quality Standards in Paediatric Audiology, Vol. II, 19961). Jacqueline Stokes can see that the NDCS principle is fundamental to the development of provision for family friendly support services for neonates. She discusses the clear challenge to organise a style shift in our approach to supporting the hearing impaired infant which truly puts the parents at the centre of our thinking. |
| A Consortium is born.... | 40 | For the past 8 years a group of schools and services (SSG) have worked together to ensure that the rights and entitlements of profoundly deaf sign language users to access National Curriculum Tasks and Tests are upheld.
One of the outcomes of a meeting in November was an agreement that the work on behalf of this group of children should continue. The Heads of Schools and Services Conference in November witnessed the birth of the consortium of Sign Bilingual Schools and Services. Peter Plant, Headteacher, Longwill School reports on the plans for the 'new baby'. |
| TypeTalk Consumer Panel meeting report | 42 | A summary of the regular meeting considering aspects of Typetalk. |
| Information | ||
| Noticeboard | 25 | Details of forth-coming meetings and courses. |
| ICT Newspage | 32 | A successful bid from Deaf@x to organise a conference to share information and good practice, Free on-line resources for teachers and up-and-coming ICT Skills Courses keep BATOD members up to date with ICT and deaf children. |
| Classroom resource reviews | 34 | Practising Teachers of the Deaf use the review materials with their pupils before commenting for these reviews. The �We can stop it' pack consists of a spiral bound teachers handbook and a video is a �whole school approach to combat bullying' and follows the September issue focusing on Safety. |
| Association Business | ||
| Subscription Rates | 43 | New membership rates apply from 1st August. Slight changes to the rules and an opportunity for those over 80 to remain as BATOD members free! |
| Have you moved? Change of address form | 47 | If you are not receiving your BATOD Magazine and Journal perhaps it is because we have no record of your current address. Put this right by completing the form and returning it to Bev McCracken, or simply email him from here. [email protected] Treasurer & Membership Registrar |
| Calendar | ||
| Meetings to know about | 48 | Advertised courses and meetings which are of interest to BATOD members. Looking forward to Year 2000 the calendar is already filling up. Contact the magazine editor to add a one line entry to this valuable page or pay for a small advert on the Noticeboard. |