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.

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

• 7th Annual National ENT Masterclass, 28-30 January 2011, Doncaster. Free live webcast. Further information here
  
  
  

• Acoustics and calibration, CPD or MSc level module, University of Manchester, School of Psychological Sciences. Further information here
• Auditory science, CPD or MSc level module, University of Manchester, School of Psychological Sciences. Further information here
• PG Certificate Educational Studies (Early Years and Deafness), Mary Hare Postgraduate Education, Berkshire. Further information here
• MSc Educational Audiology, Mary Hare Postgraduate Education, Berkshire. Further information here
• MA Educational Studies (Hearing Impairment),  Mary Hare Postgraduate Education, Berkshire. Further information here
• Effective amplification for infants and children,  CPD or MSc level module, University of Manchester, School of Psychological Sciences. Further information here
• Hearing aids, CPD or MSc level module, University of Manchester, School of Psychological Sciences. Further information here
• PG Diploma Hearing Impairment (Wales), Mary Hare Postgraduate Education, Berkshire. Further information here
• Paediatric audiology, CPD or MSc level module, University of Manchester, School of Psychological Sciences. Further information here
• Vestibular assessment & management, CPD or MSc level module, University of Manchester, School of Psychological Sciences. Further information here

• New to Peripatetic Work, 6 September, Berkshire. Further information here
• Evening meeting on Implantable Devices for Hearing, 7 September, Middlesbrough. Further information email: Andree at enter1@onyxnet.co.uk
• BSA Annual Conference; Uniting basic, translational & clinical research and practice, 8-10 September, Manchester. Further information here  
  
• British Tinnitus Association Conference, 9 September, Sheffield. Further information email: krys@tinnitus.org.uk
  
• ENT UK Clinical Audit and Practice Advisory Group (CAPAG) Meeting, 9 September, London. Further information here
• ENT UK Annual Meeting, 10 September, London. Further information here
• BSA Certificate in Basic Audiometry & Tympanometry, 13-15 September, Berkshire. Further information here
• Physics of Sound, 14 September, Berkshire. Further information here
  
• British Association for Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology (BAPO): Academic Meeting, 17 September, Stratford upon Avon. Further information here
• ABR Refresher, 21 September, Manchester. Further information here
• XVth Anniversary Symposium in Audiological Medicine, 19-22 September, Krakow, Poland. Further information here
• Introduction to Non Professional Counselling, 22 September, Nottingham. Further information here
• Earmoulds/Impressions Refresher Course, 23 September, Berkshire. Further information here
• Deaf Children with Complex Needs: A Virtual Conference, 23 September,virtual conference. Further information here
• Nurse led management in ENT Disorders, 24 September, Edinburgh. Further information here
• British Society for the History of ENT: Annual Meeting, 24 September, London. Further information email: Richard.Irving@uhb.nhs.uk
  
• Introduction to Supporting Deaf Children, 24 September, Nottingham. Further information here
• Supporting Early Listening Skills, 24 September, Berkshire. Further information here
• Tinnitus Adviser Training Course, 24-25 September, Nottingham. Further information email: krys@tinnitus.org.uk

• 14th Tinnitus Update Course, 27-28 September, Bristol. Further information email tulc-chbs@bristol.ac.uk

• Children with Cochlear Implants: Slow to Progress, 28 September, Nottingham. Further information here
• Bilateral Implantation, 29 September, Nottingham. Further information here
• Mary Hare Secondary School Open Day for Professionals, 30 September, Berkshire. Further information here
  
• Working with Children with Cochlear Implants in the Primary School, 1 October, Exeter. Further information here
• Cochlear Implant Information Day (for those considering an implant, users themselves and professionals), 1 October, Bradford. Further information email: louiseb@abionics.fr
  
• Behaviour Management: Under 11s, 5 October, Nottingham. Further information here
• Complex Children with Cochlear Implants, 6 October, Cardiff. Further information here
• Cochlear Implant Information Day (for those considering an implant, users themselves and professionals), 6 October, Warrington. Further information email: louiseb@abionics.fr
  
• 51st Annual Meeting of the Irish Otolaryngology Society, 9-10 October, Enniskillen. Further information here
• Critical Self Review (Day 1 of 2 Day Course - second day 3 December), 11 October, Berkshire. Further information here
• Auditory Implant Information Day for Referrers (Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust), 11 October, London. Further information Susie Altham tel: 020 7188 6245
  
• Transition to Higher Education, 12 October, Berkshire. Further information here
• Aetiological investigation of babies identified by the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme in the UK, 12-13 October, London. Further information here
• Sharing the news: supporting and empowering families through effective communication, 12-13 October, Birmingham. Further information here
• BATOD North Conference; Audiological competencies: making a difference, 13 October, Chorley. Further information here
• Cochlear Implant Information Day (for those considering an implant, users themselves and professionals), 13 October, Birmingham.  Further information email: louiseb@abionics.fr
  
• Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder, 13 October, Nottingham. Further information here
• BSA Certifcate in Otoscopy & Impression Taking (Paediatric), 14 October, Berkshire. Further information here
  
• Literacy in the Primary Years, 15 October, Nottingham. Further information here
• Working with Cochlear Implants in the Early Years, 15 October, Berkshire. 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
• SORD (Social Research with Deaf People) Launch Conference, 22-23 Oct, Manchester. Further information email sord@manchester.ac.uk
• Hyperacusis Seminar, 25 October, Guildford. Further information here
• Behaviour Management: Teens, 2 November, Nottingham. Further information here
• Paediatric Assessment: A Refresher Course, 2-4 November, Middlesborough. Further information tel: 01642 854051 or email: anne.davies@stees.nhs.uk
• ENT Course for Nurses, 3-4 November, London. Further information here
• Audiology Refresher Course, 4 November, Berkshire. Further information here
• Cochlear Implants 2010: The State of the Art, 5 November, Nottingham. Further information here
• 5th International Paediatric Audiology Conference; 'A Sound Foundation through Early Amplification', 8-10 November, Chicago. Further information here
  
• Behaviour Management for LSAs, 9 November, Nottingham. Further information here
• Hearing aid fitting in very young babies 0-6 months, 11 November, Birmingham. Further information here
• British Academy of Audiology Annual Conference, 10-12 November, Edinburgh International Convention Centre. Further information here
• Scottish Otolaryngological Society Centenary Meeting and Celebrations, 10-12 November, Edinburgh. Further information here
• Mary Hare Primary School Open Day for Professionals, 18 November, Berkshire. Further information here
• Supporting Deaf Children at Primary School for LSAs, 18 November, Nottingham. Further information here
• Circle of Friends: enhancing inclusion in a mainstream setting, 22 November, Berkshire. Further information here
• Supporting Deaf Children at Secondary School for LSAs, 23 November, Nottingham. Further information here
• Signal to Noise Ratio, 30 November, Berkshire. Further information here
• Balance: Back to Basics, 30 November, Wrexham. Further information tel: Terri Roberts 01978 725074
• Complex Children with Cochlear Implants, 1 December, Nottingham. Further information here
• Test Boxes: Hands On Workshop, 2 December, Berkshire. Further information here
• Cochlear Implant Information Day (those considering an implant, users themselves and professionals), 3 December, Nottingham. Further information email: louiseb@abionics.fr
  
• Tinnitus Adviser Training Course, 3-4 December, Nottingham. Further information email: krys@tinnitus.org.uk
  
• 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
• Three Rules of Masking, 8-9 December, Berkshire. Further information here
• Sharing the news: supporting and empowering families through effective communication, 8-9 December, London. 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

• Using ICT to Support Deaf Children's Literacy, 17 January, Berkshire. Further information here
• 5th National Ear, Nose & Throat Conference, 20-21 January, London. Further information here
• Enhancing Access to the Humanities, 25 January, Berkshire. Further information here
• Sharing the news: supporting and empowering families through effective communication, 26-27 January, Manchester. Further information here
• Developing Thinking Skills (Early Years), 28 January, Berkshire. Further information here
• 3rd Journal of ENT Masterclass, 28 January, Doncaster. Further information here
• 7th Annual National ENT Masterclass, 28-30 January 2011, Doncaster. Further information here
• Working with Cochlear Implanted Children Who Make Slow Progress, 31 January, Berkshire. Further information here
• 'Steering a True Course: Leadership and Service Development in the Changing World of Audiology', 1-3 February, Durham. Further information: Anne Davies tel: 01642-854051
  
• Emotional Literacy, 4 February, Berkshire. Further information here
• 16th Course on Updates in the Education and Rehabilitation of Cochlear Implants, 5 February, Spain. Further information email: clinica@clinicaclaros.com
  
• Training the Trainers, 7 February, Berkshire. Further information here
• Mary Hare Primary School Open Day for Professionals, 10 February, Berkshire. Further information here
• British Society of Otology (BSO): Annual Meeting, 11 February, Birmingham. Further information here
• Techniques for Measuring Vulnerability to Background Noise, 15 February, Berkshire. Further information here
• BSA Certificate in Otoscopy & Impression Taking (over 5 yrs), 16-17 February, Berkshire. Further information here
• Cochlear Implants and Radio Aids, 1 March, Berkshire. Further information here
• Teaching Modern Foreign Languages to Deaf Children, 2 March, Berkshire. Further information here
• British Society of Otology (BSO): Tinnitus Course, 3 March, London. Further information here
• Earmoulds/Impressions Refresher Course, 3 March, Berkshire. Further information here
• Demonstrating Value Added (Early Years), 4 March, Berkshire. Further information here
• Hearing aid fitting in very young babies 0-6 months, 16 March, London. Further information here
• ACE: Assessment of Comprehension and Expression, 21-22 March, Berkshire. Further information here
• Breaking Bad News: impact of diagnosis on parents/carers, 23 March, Berkshire. Further information here
• Mary Hare Secondary School Open Day for Professionals, 24 March, Berkshire. Further information here
• BSA Certificate for Parents in Otoscopy & Impression Taking (Paediatric), 28-30 March, Berkshire. Further information here
• Reynell Developmental Language Scales, 31 March - 1 April, Berkshire. Further information here
• Literacy for Deaf Students and Adults, 4 April, Berkshire. Further information here
  
• AudiologyNow! 2011, 6-9 April, Chicago. Further information here
• Supporting Deaf Teenagers: coping with teenage angst, 7 April, Berkshire. Further information here
  
• Otitis Media Meeting, 1 May, New Orleans, USA. Further information here
• Bone Anchored Hearing Aids (BAHA), 4 May, Berkshire. Further information here
• Working with Families in Homes  & Early Years settings, 6 May, Berkshire. Further information here
  
• 10th European Symposium on Paediatric Cochlear Implantation, 12-15 May, Athens, Greece. Further information here
• Supporting Deaf, Dyslexic Pupils, 16 May, Berkshire. Further information here
• BSA/PAIG 11th Annual Conference, 19 May, Sheffield. Advance warning of date. Further information will be here when available
• Supporting English for the Secondary Aged Child, 23 May, Berkshire. Further information here
• Hearing Aid Programming: Hands On Workshop, 9 June, Berkshire. Further information here
• Promoting Deaf Children's Access to Science, 17 June, Berkshire. Further information here
• Analytical Writing Assessment: Finding and addressing the missing pieces in deaf children's literacy, 21 June, Berkshire. Further information here
• Transitions for Deaf Children and Young People, 23 June, Berkshire. Further information here
• Developing Thinking Skills (Key Stage 2 & beyond), 27 June, Berkshire. Further information here
• Deaf Babies and Children in Early Years Settings, 30 June, Berkshire. Further information here
  
• 1st Congress of CE-ORL-HNS, 2-6 July, Spain. Further information here
• ENTUK Clinical Audit and Practice Advisory Group (CAPAG) Meeting, 8 September, London. Further information here
• ENT UK Annual Conference, 9 September, London. Further information here

• American Academy of Audiology Annual Meeting & Audiology Now! Exhibition 2012, 28-31 March, Boston, USA. Further information here
• 12th International Conference on Cochlear Implants and other Implantable Auditory Technologies, 3-5 May, Baltimore, USA. Further information here
• 11th International Congress of the European Society of Pediatric otorhinolaryngology (ESPO2012), 12-13 May, Amsterdam. Further information here
• 14th British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology (BACO), 3-6 July, Glasgow. Further information here
  
  

• American Academy of Audiology Annual Meeting & Audiology Now! Exhibition 2013, 3-6 April, Anaheim, USA. Further information here

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

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