Emotional health & well-being

NDCS believes that the most important influence on a deaf child’s life is their family, therefore the emotional health and well-being of everyone in the family is also very important.

Promoting the positive emotional health and well-being of deaf children and their families is an important part of all of our work. We also have some specific EHWB projects, activities and resources focused on this area. Below are more details of this work:

A deaf child with good emotional health and well-being:

• Feels good about themselves
• Has an appropriate level of independence and feels able to influence the world around them
• Has positive and warm relationships with others
• Is resilient and able to bounce back from setbacks and move on from negative experiences
• Has the language and communication skills to be able to express and understand their emotions
• Acknowledges their deafness and is confident when dealing with any challenges they may face
• Never apologises for being deaf