Membership for professionals

NDCS recognises that high quality services in education, health and social care are vital for removing the barriers to achievement by deaf and partially hearing children and young people. That’s why we’re pleased to offer you free NDCS membership – it’s a great way to access further staff resources to support your vital work.

Your NDCS membership gives you access to the Professional Support area of our website - the world’s largest website on childhood deafness.

Joining NDCS is not just about accessing our information and services – it is also about being part of a strategic partnership that unites parents and professionals into a wider community dedicated to achieving a world without barriers for every deaf child.

People join us from both specialist and mainstream services. Our members include:

• teachers, educational staff and school governors
• nursery workers
• audiologists and health workers
• speech and language therapists
• social care workers
• communication support workers
• students who are training for a profession
• people involved in governance – such as charity trustees and local councillors
• professionals from all walks of life.
  

You may already belong to a professional association. NDCS membership makes an ideal complement to any existing professional scheme because it’s free and gives you access to further expert resources.

Read on for six great reasons to join NDCS or join us online now.

Members enjoy exclusive access to the NDCS website’s Professional Support area. You can read, download or order print copies of useful staff materials, for example:

• Deaf Friendly guides for nurseries, pre-schools and schools
• Good practice guidelines and quality standards for audiology professionals.

In addition, the Professional Support section includes:

• NDCS research programmes on childhood deafness
• professional conferences and events
• government consultation papers.
  

You can download or order from our full range of over 70 free publications written for families and use these as handouts for your service users. Many are written in collaboration with the UK’s leading experts in education, audiology and social care.

Topics include:

• childhood deafness
• glue ear
• hearing aids
• cochlear implants
• deaf children with additional needs
• parenting tips
• communication
• technology
• financial support.

Our specially trained information workers are ready to answer your query about any aspect of childhood deafness. Call the NDCS Freephone Helpline on 0808 800 8880.

Insight, ideas and inspiration – the NDCS magazine is packed with news, real-life family stories and practical features.

The magazine is guided by what you have told us you want to read about.

It is now so highly rated by families and professionals alike that it was awarded the prestigious Memcom Charity Magazine of the Year award 2007.

Our regular email Update newsletter with all the latest news is delivered straight to your inbox.

This will alert you to crucial developments affecting deaf children and their families and the professionals who work with them.

The NDCS vision is a world without barriers for every deaf child. To achieve this, NDCS campaigns for change and lobbies key decision makers at national and local level in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Our campaign mandate is much stronger if we have a large and well informed membership drawn from both families of deaf children and young people, and those who work with them.

But while we’ve made great progress, there’s still much more to do before we achieve the NDCS vision of a world without barriers for every deaf child.

By joining NDCS, along with thousands of other families and professionals, your membership adds strength-in-numbers to our campaign work.

Membership for professionals is free - join us online today >