Here to Learn

Here to Learn is intended for mainstream school staff who have little or no experience of working with deaf children. The resource aims to develop their understanding of a deaf child’s needs.

This is the introductory chapter for the Here to Learn film. It introduces some of the issues that schools staff need to be aware of when working with deaf children.

This clip gives tips on good communication and how to avoid some common communication problems.

Deaf children tell us how background noise affects them, and there is a simulation of what it can be in a noisy classroom for a deaf child wearing a hearing aid. This clip includes useful tips on how to reduce noise.

Some useful information about positioning deaf children in the classroom for lessons.

This clip highlights what can improve acoustics in classrooms. Some are small changes and some will require more planning.

Deaf children tell us what helps them in their learning, and school staff tell us what they do to ensure that deaf children get the most out of lessons.

This clip shows a bad example of group work and then shows how the situation can be improved, providing useful ideas on how you can make sure deaf children are fully included.

This clip introduces us to the different professionals that work with deaf children, and helps mainstream staff to understand their roles and how they can work with them.

Deaf children tell us what their experiences are of school life outside of lesson times, and simulations of school environments for deaf children help us to understand what break times can be like. This clip gives tips on how to make sure that deaf children get the most out of school life.

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