0 to 4 years

NDCS has a number of resources that are suitable for parents of deaf children aged 0 to 4.

The titles below are available to download or order here or can be ordered by contacting the Freephone Helpline on 0808 800 8880.

* Please note to download or order publications you will need to be a member of NDCS.

You may find it reassuring to know what causes your child’s deafness and how to interpret the hearing test results

• Understanding audiology 
• Why does my child have a hearing loss?
• Genetic counselling
• Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) and deafness  
• Glue ear 
• Harvey gets grommets
  
• A child with microtia and atresia   
  
• Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder
  
• Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder- To Parents From Parents
  
• Cleft Palate and Deafness
• Down’s syndrome and childhood deafness   
• Deaf children with additional needs   
  
• Mild Deafness
  
• Meningitis and childhood deafness
• Vision care for your deaf child  
• Hearing aids
• Cochlear Implants 
  
• Bone anchored hearing aids
  

Video  How to look after your deaf child's hearing aids

Video How to change the tubing in your child's earmoulds

Video How to manage the whistling in your child's hearing aids

Video Auditory Neuropathy: how my child was diagnosed

Video Cleft palate and hearing loss: family story

Find out about our guide, You and your family. It can be used by parents and the wider family who have just been given the diagnosis that their baby has a hearing loss.

There is a range of specialists who could make a big difference to your deaf child

• People you may meet
• Information for Families pack

Video What is the role of the Teacher of the Deaf?

Video What is the role of an educational psychologist?

Good communication at home between you and your child is the foundation of language learning and use for the rest of their life

• Communication Begins at Home DVD
  
• Communicating with your deaf child
  
• Deaf Children and Speech and Language Therapy
  
• Family Sign Language website (you may need to disable the pop-up blocker on your computer)
• Fingerspelling alphabet postcard

Deaf children often need support to take full advantage of their education. This can be provided from an early age

• Helping your deaf child to learn
  
• Helping your deaf child to develop early maths skills (3-4 year olds)
  
• Helping your deaf child to develop language, read and write (3-4 year olds)
• Personal passports
• Starting school
  
• Which school for your deaf child?
  
• Supporting the achievement of deaf children in early years settings
  
• What are you feeling?  Emotions workbook (guide for professionals working with your child)
  
•  Using phonics to develop your child's reading and writing skills
  
• Phonics Guidance
  
• Here to Learn DVD
  
• Early Years Matters DVD

Video What should I think about when choosing a school?

Video What are Early Years Action and Early Years Action Plus?

Video What is an Individual Education Plan?

Video What is a statement?

Video What is an annual review?

Video What else is available to me and my child's school to help them support my child? 

There are a number of welfare benefits and other sources of support available for a family with a deaf child.

 Find out about financial support.

Communication and language skills are vital for learning, as well as social and emotional development. One of the easiest – and most fun – ways to help your child develop these skills is through play.

• Playtime tips and ideas
• Helping your deaf child to learn
• Bookshine
• What's on
• Me2 resources
• Me2 BSL swimming signs
• Me2 BSL Arts signs
• Local groups

Parents, siblings, grandfathers and others can all make a positive contribution to your deaf child’s emotional well-being

• Parenting a deaf child: Parenting tips
  
• Positive Parenting DVD
  
• Developing parenting skills
  
• Parent Place chat forum

• You and your deaf child: A guide for fathers

• You and your grandchild

• You and your family

• All together DVD: You and your family

• Me and my deaf brother and sister
  

Video My child is unique

Video Reducing stress

Video Behaviour Management

You’re not alone. Getting in touch with other families via our online Parent Place discussion forum or our local groups, can be a wonderful source of ideas, inspiration and friendship

• Parent Place

• NDCS family weekends

• Training and events calendar

• How NDCS can help
  
• Local groups
  
• NDCS on Facebook
  
• NDCS on Twitter
  

Video Meeting other parents

Video What is an NDCS family weekend?

NDCS have published three comics aimed at children about getting grommets, hearing aids and visiting the Hearing Clinic.

• Ali gets hearing aids
  
• Going to the Hearing Clinic
  
• Harvey gets grommets

This resource, written by NDCS for Early Support, is for parents of deaf children and young people up to the age of 25 who have recently been identified as being deaf.

It contains chapters on what happens in the beginning, when your child is identified as being deaf, and then explains what deafness means. The resource goes on to outline things to think about as your child moves from the early years to school years and into adulthood. It finishes with chapters on who can help, resources, and useful organisations and websites.

Parents and carers of deaf children can dip into the chapter most relevant to them or read the whole resource cover to cover.

You can download the resource from the professionals section of our website.