Supporting Deaf Children in Early Years Settings – CPD accredited
Learn about hearing loss and deafness and what this means in the early years.
This workshop is suitable for anyone working in an early years setting, such as nurseries, creches, childminder settings and pre-school and reception classes.
We'll share simple changes you can make to fully include children with deafness or hearing loss in your setting, and you'll learn tips and advice to help you feel more confident and inspired in adapting your practice.
Details
Date and time
Date: Thursday 14 August 2025
Time: 6pm to 7.30pm
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Location
Online on Zoom
Cost
£40
What you'll learn
This training covers:
- understanding deafness and its causes
- language and communication for deaf children aged 0 to 5 years
- technology that can be used with deaf children
- welcoming a deaf child into your setting
- developing play with deaf children
- using books and rhymes with deaf children
- working in partnership with parents
CPD accreditation
2 CPD hours / points. Certified by CPD UK.
You'll receive a certificate when you complete the training.
Accessibility
Communication support, including captions and BSL interpreting, is available on request when booking.
Preparation
Before the workshop, we'll ask you to complete:
- a short survey to tell us a little about how confident you feel working with deaf children
- an e-learning module that will take about 1 hour to complete. You're welcome to work through this at your own pace and you can revisit it anytime.
The survey and the e-learning module will be available on our online training hub before the workshop. You can create an account on our training hub when you book your place.
Contact us
If you have a question about this training workshop, please email training@ndcs.org.uk.
Meet the trainer
Sian Wilson
Sian has worked at the National Deaf Children’s Society since 2011 supporting families of deaf children and professionals who work with deaf children.
Sian has over 30 years’ experience of supporting children and their families, including 6 years in a specialist unit for deaf children in a primary school and 11 years working in a deprived area in Wales as part of Sure Start.
Sian initially qualified as an NNEB and also has a degree in Childhood Studies. She has qualified with Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People (CACDP) stage 2.
What our trainees think
“I can’t say how much I enjoyed the course. It was so brilliantly put together, clear, informative, revealing, profound and moving.”
Music teacher
"This course has been very interesting as I have found out new things to work, resources, information on deafness generally."
Childminder Assistant
"This course has made me think about and make changes to the acoustics of my playroom."
Childminder
Cancel or change your booking
If you need to cancel your place, please email us at training@ndcs.org.uk.
If you cancel:
- 7 working days or less before the planned date, you'll be charged 100% of the total cost
- 8 to 14 working days before the planned date, you'll be charged 50% of the total cost
- 15 working days before the planned date, you won't be charged
You can also give your place to a colleague or friend, but please let us know at least 3 days before the workshop.