Deaf-friendly education and training
Our resources provide education professionals with advice on deaf-friendly teaching and support
This resource is for anyone working with deaf children in an early years setting, including:
- nurseries – local authority, private or voluntary
- pre-school
- childminder
- nanny
- after-school club
- crèche
- playgroup.
This resource is for teachers, those with responsibility for coordinating special needs provision and any other education professional working with deaf children in primary schools. It sets out simple tips for deaf friendly teaching and inclusion in the classroom.
This resource is for teachers, those with responsibility for coordinating special needs provision and any other education professional working with deaf children in primary schools. It sets out simple tips for deaf friendly teaching and inclusion in the classroom.
Download Deaf-friendly teaching: For secondary school staff
A summary version of this resource is also available along with a series of video clips for teachers, including subject specific advice for teachers of English, Maths, Science and Modern Foreign Languages.
This resource is for staff working in special schools attended by deaf children with complex needs.
Download Deaf-friendly teaching: For staff in special schools
The resource provides advice on support to deaf children of all ages who speak English as an additional language (EAL), including children who have yet to start school and their families. The resource is aimed at Teachers of the Deaf and other professionals who work with deaf children who use EAL, including special or additional needs coordinators and EAL coordinators.
Download Supporting the achievement of deaf children who use English as an additional language (EAL)
A short top-tips video on supporting children who use EAL is also available.
We would like to thank the Bell Foundation for their funding, expertise and support in the development of these resources.
This resource is for anyone who works with deaf children in educational settings in Northern Ireland. It will help you to improve teaching for deaf children.
This resource has been developed with funding from A Fair Start, a Department of Education (DE) Northern Ireland programme.
The aim of this resource is to help staff in further education:
- make effective provision for deaf students so that they make good progress and develop the independent learning and life skills they will need in adulthood
- take the reasonable steps required under the Equality Act 2010 to ensure that deaf students are not treated less favourably than other students.
It does this by:
- explaining the implications of deafness on language and learning
providing advice on how to help a deaf student make a successful transition to college - describing the measures college staff can take to enable a deaf student to succeed.
Download Deaf-friendly teaching: For further education staff
Our resource for apprenticeship training providers gives advice on how to ensure deaf young people can successfully complete their apprenticeship.
Download Supporting the achievement of deaf young people on apprenticeships
This resource for staff working in higher education provides advice on how to support deaf young people in higher education and on higher apprenticeships.