Courses and conferences 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.

• Self-paced courses and online lectures given by international speakers. To register and to watch recordings of previous lectures visit Phonak iLearn here
• Various eLearning courses, now with BAA CPD points, visit AudiologyOnline here
• Department of Health in partnership with the NHS and Professional Bodies, visit E-Learning for Healthcare here

• Live International Otolaryngology Network (LION), 27 May. Further information here

• Developing Thinking Skills - Early Years, 22 February, Nottingham. Further information here
• Tait Video Analysis Workshop, 23 February, Nottingham. Further information here
• Children with Cochlear Implants: The Pre-School Years, 24th February, Nottingham. Further information here
• Supporting Deaf Teenagers: Coping with Teenage Angst, 25 February, Berkshire. Further information email: training@maryhare.org.uk or here
• Numeracy and the Curriculum, 26 February, Nottingham. Further information here
• Safeguarding Knowledge Workshops, throughout March. Various locations. Further information here
• Leaping on with Language: Moving children from simple sentences to complex conversations (aged 5-11), 2 March, Exeter. Further information here
• Masterclass in Advanced Audiology; Advances in Cochlear Implants,  2-4 March, London. Further information here
• UKCoD and The Ear Foundation conference 'Advancing technologies: opening new communication opportunities', 4 March. Further information here
• BAEA Conference, 5 March, Birmingham. Further information here
• Is Your 10 O’clock Patient Suitable for a Cochlear Implant? 8 March, Southampton. Further information tel: 023 8059 3522, email: soecic@isvr.soton.ac.uk or here
• David Lutterman @ The Ear Foundation series of workshops, 9-11 March, Nottingham. Further information here
• Deaf Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder, 10 March, Berkshire. Further information: email: training@maryhare.org.uk or here
• Hearing Aid Fitting in Very Young Children 0-6 months, 10 March, Manchester. Further information email: Ailsa Johnson at nhsp.training@manchester.ac.uk or tel: 0161 275 8572 or register  here
• British Paediatric Otolaryngology Course, 11-12 March, London. Further information here
• Working with Families in Homes and Early Years Settings, 15 March, Berkshire. Further information email: training@maryhare.org.uk or here
• NHS Evidence - Hearing Disorders Annual Evidence Update, 15 March, London. Further information here
• NHSP Annual Conference 2010, 16 March, London. Additional events planned Mon 15 and Wed 17 as part of the National Knowledge Week for Hearing. Further information here
• Promoting Deaf Children’s Access to the Science Curriculum, 16 March, Berkshire. Further information email: training@maryhare.org.uk or here
• Access to Music in the Curriculum Early Foundation to Secondary School, 17 March, Berkshire. Further information email: training@maryhare.org.uk or here
• Open Day for Professionals; Mary Hare Secondary School, 18 March, Berkshire. Further information email: training@maryhare.org.uk or here
• Ushers Syndrome: Workshops for Professionals and Families, 19-20 March, Nottingham. Further information here
• Bilateral Implantation, 23 March, Nottingham. Further information here
• Sharing the news: supporting & empowering families of deaf children through effective communication, Sheffield, 23-24 March. Further information email: Ailsa Johnson at nhsp.training@manchester.ac.uk or tel: 0161 275 8572 or register here
• Medel Workshop: Rehabilitation Resources for Children, 24 March, Nottingham. Further information here
• Supporting Deaf Pupils with Difficulties in Numeracy, 25 March, Berkshire. Further information email: training@maryhare.org.uk or here
• Deaf Professinals and Cochlear Implants, 25 March, Nottingham. Further information here
• AudiologyNOW! 2010, 14-17 April, San Diego, California. Further information here
• First Mediterranean Cochlear Implant Course and Satellite BAHA and Cochlear Implant Symposium, 14-16 April, Malta. Further information here
• Supporting Deaf Children at Primary School for LSAs, 20 April, Nottingham. Further information here
• BCIG Conference, 22-23 April, Southampton. Further information here
• Working with Children with Cochlear Implants in the Secondary Years, 27 April, Nottingham. Further information here
• Middle Ear Course, 27-28 April, Birmingham. Further information here
• Young People and Cochlear Implants 16 - 18 years, 28 April, Nottingham. Further information here
• Supporting English for the Secondary Aged Child, 29 April, Berkshire. Further information email: training@maryhare.org.uk or here
• Assessment and Monitoring in the Secondary Years, 29 April, Nottingham. Further information here
• Deaf Teenagers: Social and Emotional Issues, 30 April, Nottingham. Further information here
• Supporting Deaf Students at Secondary School for LSAs, 4 May, Nottingham. Further information here
• 28th European Course on the Management of Tinnitus and Hyperacusis, 4-7 May, Cambridge. Further information here
• Music and Deaf Children, 6 May, Nottingham. Further information here
• Hearing Aid Programming: ‘Hands on’, 6 May, Berkshire. Further information email: training@maryhare.org.uk or here
• 11th International Advanced Middle Ear Surgery Course, 6-7 May, Slough. Further information email: maura.stock@hwph-tr.nhs.uk
  
• Cytomegalovirus Focus Day, 11 May, Nottingham. Further information here
• Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Cochlear Implants, 12 May, Nottingham. Further information here
• 10th BSA/PAIG Conference; ANSD - Is the message getting through?, 13 May, Sheffield. Further information here
• Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder - Rehabilitation Focus, 13 May, Nottingham. Further information here
• 6th Widex Congress of Paediatric Audiology, 13-15 May, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Further information here
• Auditory Processing Disorder, 14 May, Nottingham. Further information here
• Annual Electric Response Audiometry and Oto-Acoustic Emissions (ERA & OAE) Course, 17-21 May, Harrogate. Further information here
• 24th Glasgow Otology and Audiology Course, 18-21 May, Glasgow. Further information email: carole@ihr.gla.ac.uk
  
• Promoting Resilience with Disabled Children & their Families: Evidence-Based Assessment, Support & Intervention, 20 May, London. Further information here
• Sharpening your Non Professional Counselling Skills, 21 May, Nottingham. Further information here
• Working with Ethnic Minority Families, 25 May, Nottingham. Further information here
• Working with Children with Cochlear Implants in Sign Bilingual Settings, 27 May, Nottingham. Further information here
• Routes to Literacy, 28 May, Nottingham. Further information here
• 1st Scottish ENT Update Course, 3-5 June, Aberdeen. Further information email: f.paterson2@nhs.net
• BSA Certificate in Otoscopy & Impression Taking (Paediatric), 3 June, Newbury. Further information here
• Listening with the Third Ear - Counselling skills for Clinicians with Kristina English, 8 June, Nottingham. Further information here
• BSA Certificate in Otoscopy & Impression Taking (Paediatric), 3 June, Berkshire. Further information: email: training@maryhare.org.uk or here
• 10th International Conference of the European Society of Paediatric Otolaryngology (ESPO), 5 to 8 June, Pamplona, Spain. Further information here.
• NHS 2010 - Beyond Newborn Hearing Screening: Infant and Childhood Hearing in Science and Clinical Practice, 8 to 10 June, Cernobbio, Italy. Further information - Email: nhs@polimi.it.
• The Analytical Writing Assessment: Finding and addressing the missing pieces in deaf children’s literacy, 15 June, Berkshire. Further information: email: training@maryhare.org.uk or here
• Cochlear Europe Workshop - Baha Information Day, 16 June, Nottingham. Further information here
• Children with Cochlear Implants: The Pre-school Years, 17 June, Cardiff. Further information here
• Masterclass for ENT Trainees (cochlear implants), 18 June, Nottingham. Further information here
• Transitions for Deaf Children and Young People, 22 June, Berkshire. Further information: email: training@maryhare.org.uk or here
• State of the Art Symposium on Auditory Brainstem Implants, 29 June, Sweden. Further information here
• Trouble-shooting Cochlear Implants including Day to Day Management and FM Sysytems, 29 June, Exeter. Further information here
  
• 11th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Auditory Technologies, 30 June - 3 July, Sweden. Further information: here
• SNAP Dragons: Story Narrative Assessment Procedure, 1 July, Nottingham. Further information here
• Profile of Actual Linguistic Skills (PALS), 6 July, Nottingham. Further information here
• The Reynell Developmental Language Scales (RDLS) Version 3;  Using the RDLS to assess and monitor deaf children's language levels, 8 - 9 July, Nottingham. Further information here
• Introduction to Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD), 12 July, Southampton. Further information: tel: 023 8059 3522, email: soecic@isvr.soton.ac.uk or here
• Mary Hare Annual Conference; Effective Provision for Hearing Impaired Children: Making a Difference and Knowing It, 12 July, Newbury. Further information here
• Introduction to Auditory Processing Disorder (APD), 13 July, Southampton. Further information: Sue White, tel: 023 8059 3522, email: soecic@isvr.soton.ac.uk or here
• Medel Workshop: Vibrant Soundbridge Middle Ear Implants (MEI) and Electric Acoustic Stimulation (EAS) Implants Information Day, 1 September, Nottingham. Further information here
• BSA Annual Conference; Uniting basic, translational & clinical research and practice, 8-10 September, Manchester. Further information here    
• ENT UK Annual Meeting, 10 September, London. Further information here
• British Association for Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology (BAPO): Academic Meeting, 17 September, London. Further information here
• Introduction to Non Professional Counselling, 22 September, Nottingham. Further information here
• Introduction to Supporting Deaf Children, 24 September, Nottingham. Further information here
• Children with Cochlear Implants: Slow to Progress, 28 September, Nottingham. Further information here
• Bilateral Implantation, 29 September, Nottingham. Further information here
• Working with Children with Cochlear Implants in the Primary School, 1 October, Exeter. Further information here
• Behaviour Management: Under 11s, 5 October, Nottingham. Further information here
• Complex Children with Cochlear Implants, 6 October, Cardiff. Further information here
• Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder, 13 October, Nottingham. Further information here
• Literacy in the Primary Years, 15 October, Nottingham. Further information here
• Assessment & Monitoring in the Primary Years, 18 October, Nottingham. Further information here
• Supporting Deaf Children in the Early Years for LSAs, 20 October, Nottingham. Further information here
• Behaviour Management: Teens, 2 November, Nottingham. Further information here
• Cochlear Implants 2010: The State of the Art, 5 November, Nottingham. Further information here
• Behaviour Management for LSAs, 9 November, Nottingham. Further information here
• British Academy of Audiology Annual Conference, 10-12 November, Edinburgh International Convention Centre. Further information here
• Supporting Deaf Children at Primary School for LSAs, 18 November, Nottingham. Further information here
• Supporting Deaf Children at Secondary School for LSAs, 23 November, Nottingham. Further information here
• Complex Children with Cochlear Implants, 1 December, Nottingham. Further information here
• Trouble-shooting Cochlear Implants including Day to Day Management and FM Sysytems, 6 December, Nottingham. Further information here
• ASSE Auditory Sound Speech Evaluation, 7 December, Nottingham. Further information here
• Cochlear Europe Workshop - Baha Information Day, 8 December, Nottingham. Further information here
• Speech Acoustics: What is the Deaf Child Hearing?, 9 December, Nottingham. Further information here
• Developing Thinking Skills: KS2 and Beyond, 10 December, Nottingham. Further information here

• AudiologyNow! 2011, 6-9 April, Chicago. Further information: here
• Otitis Media Meeting, 1 May, New Orleans, USA. Further information here
• 10th European Symposium on Paediatric Cochlear Implantation, 12-15 May, Athens, Greece. Further information here
• ENT UK Annual Meeting, 9 September, London. Further information here

• 12th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and other Implantable Auditory Technologies, 3-5 May, Baltimore, USA. Further information here

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