Courses and events for professionals working with deaf children

This page lists events and courses organised by NDCS as well as those run by other organisations.

If you run courses and events for professionals who work with deaf children and their families, and would like to tell NDCS members about them, please email professionals@ndcs.org.uk.

You may also be interested in training and events run by the National Children’s Bureau (NCB). Previous and current courses include successful commissioning, involving disabled children in choices and decisions, demystifying research evidence, involving disabled children in planning and reviews, supporting children, parents and families, and building a culture of participation. Further information here.

• Various eLearning courses, now with BAA CPD points, visit AudiologyOnline.
• American Academy of Audiology eAudiology offers online live and on-demand seminars, many free of charge.
• Cochlear Academy offer a series of online presentations that have BAA CPD points about their cochlear implants, bone anchored hearing aids and accessories.
• Department of Health in partnership with the NHS and Professional Bodies, visit E-Learning for Healthcare.
• The Ida Institute offer modules through their e-Learning Lab which have BAA CPD points.
• Live International Otolaryngology Network (LION) A Worldwide video conferencing network dedicated to Otolaryngology.
• Self-paced courses and online lectures given by international speakers. To register and to watch recordings of previous lectures visit Phonak iLearn
• To download presentations from previous Phonak conferences

• Effective amplification for infants and children,  CPD or MSc level module, University of Manchester, School of Psychological Sciences. 

• Aston University offers a Certificate In Audiology (Return to Work Programme), modules in diagnosis and management of ear disease, counselling skills, teaching relaxation to audiology patients, managing your tinnitus patient, basic ear care (wax removal), and an MSc in Clinical Health Management. Aston University Audiology Courses Booklet 2012 (4965 kb)
• Mary Hare Postgraduate Education, offers a PG Certificate Educational Studies (Early Years and Deafness) and other university courses in association with Oxford Brookes University and the University of Wales, Newport. 
• Northumbria University offer a module in Working with Deaf Children and Adolescents in Mental Health Services (193 kb)
• Queen Margaret University, Edingburgh offers CPD courses in audiology.
• UCL Ear Institute offers advanced audiology masterclasses.
  
• University of Birmingham offers AdCert, BPhil, BPhil + MQ, PGCert, PGDip, PGDip + MQ, MEd level in Multisensory Impairment (Deafblindness) and BPhil Degree (Level H) or Postgraduate Diploma (Level M) in Teachers of Deaf Children with Hearing Impairment.
• University of Manchester offers part-time CPD or masters level modules in audiology.

• Developing Thinking Skills in the Early Years, 15 May, Nottingham.
• Otology & Audiology Course, 15-18 May, Glasgow. Further information email ggb @ ihr . gla . ac . uk
• BSA Paediatric Audiology Interest Group Annual Conference, 17 May, Sheffield.
• Assessing Functional Listening and Speech Development, 18 May, Nottingham.
• 11th International Congress of the European Society of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (ESPO2012), 20-23 May, Amsterdam. 
• Deaf Children at Secondary School: for Teaching Assistants, 22 May, Nottingham.
  
• NASEN Live 2012, 23-24 May, Bolton.
• 5th International Congress on Mental Health and Deafness, 23-25 May, Mexico.
  
• Children Deafened by Meningitis, 24 May, Nottingham.
• ERA & OAE Course, 28 May - 1 June, Manchester.
  
• 1st International Congress on Family-Centred Early Intervention for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, 30 May - 1 June, Austria. 
• Vestibular Rehabilitation Masterclass, 30 May-1 June, London.
• 3rd Scottish ENT Update Course, 30 May - 1 June, Aberdeen. Further information email nhsg . ent @ nhs . net
• 7th Widex Paediatric Congress, 4 June, Como, Italy. 
• NHS 2012 - Beyond Newborn Hearing Screening. Infant and Childhood Hearing in Science and Clinical Practice, 5-7 June, Como, Italy. 
• Children with Cochlear Implants at Secondary School, 14 June, Nottingham.
  
• Considering a Bone Anchored Hearing Device? An Information day for Families, 16 June, Nottingham.
• Tinnitus Adviser Training Course, 18-19 June, Glasgow. 
• Hearing Aids: The Inside Track - An update & refresher course on NHS hearing aids, 20-22 June, Middlesborough. Further information email anne . davies @ stees . nhs . uk
• Deaf Education: Moving on with Cochlear Implantation?, 21-22 June, Nottingham.
  
• Complex Needs and Deafness: for Staff in Special Education Settings, 27 June, Nottingham.
• The Advanced Balance Course, 27-29 June, Southampton.
• ACE: Assessment of Comprehension & Expression, 2 July, Nottingham. 
• Calibration Course for Audiology, 2-4 July, Sheffield. Further information email Brigitte . Kaviani @ sth . nhs . uk
  
• 14th British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology (BACO), 4-6 July, Glasgow. 
• BSA Annual Conference, 5-7 September, Nottingham. 
• ENT UK Annual Conference, 7 September, London.
• Tinnitus Adviser Training Course, 21-22 September, Nottingham.
  
• Auditory Processing Disorders Masterclass, 9-11 October, London.
• Deaf Children Development Conference (DCAL), 11 September, London.
• British Academy of Audiology Annual Conference, 12-13 November, Manchester. 

• American Academy of Audiology Annual Meeting & Audiology Now! Exhibition 2013, 3-6 April, Anaheim, USA. 
• Advances in Cochlear Implants Masterclass, 15-17 October 2013, London.
  
  

• American Academy of Audiology Annual Meeting & Audiology Now! Exhibition 2014, 26-29 March, Orlando, USA. 

• American Academy of Audiology Annual Meeting & Audiology Now! Exhibition 2015, 25-28 March, San Antonio, Texas, USA. 

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