The Team provides qualified and experienced teachers of the deaf to work with both pre-school and school-aged deaf children and young people and their families.
The aim of this support is to ensure that the individual needs of deaf children are met within the context of home and school. These needs are identified in partnership with the pupil, parents, teachers and other professionals.
The Team provides:
Support and information for families to enable them to make informed choices for their deaf children in relation to language development, communication options and educational pathways, etc
Support for pupils in mainstream and special schools to access the curriculum
Support and training to teaching staff and Teaching Assistants
Contribution to Stages of Assessment and IEP formulation
Speech audiometry and other assessments as necessary
Liaison with other agencies
Advice on classroom acoustics and the need for additional auditory equipment such as radio aids and soundfield systems
A teacher of the deaf and specialist practitioner who speak Panjabi/Urdu
Deaf Instructor support for pre-school deaf children
Parent-Toddler Groups that include courses for parents and carers
Deaf awareness and introductory sign language courses for parents and carers
Resources which include library, videos, DVDs, information booklets and leaflets
The Support Team for Deaf Children has an open referral system meaning that anyone can complete a referral form to request input. However, most referrals come direct to the Team from Local Health Trusts.
For children identified through the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme. The Early Years Co-ordinator or Team Leader attends the hospital clinics when the hearing loss is confirmed to parents.
Schools with concerns about a pupil’s hearing are recommended to ask the family to take the child to the GP or ask the school nurse to see the child to determine whether a referral to an ENT consultant is necessary. It is through this route that pupils are referred to the Team.
All referrals will normally receive a response within 10 working days and within 24 hours in the case of a pre-school child identified through the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme.
The referral form can be found on the following BSO page
Referrals come direct to the Team from Local Health Trusts.
For children identified through the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme the Early Years Co-ordinator or Team Leader attends the hospital clinics when the hearing loss is confirmed to parents.
Schools with concerns about a pupil’s hearing are recommended to ask the family to take the child to the GP or ask the school nurse to see the child to determine whether a referral to an ENT consultant is necessary. It is through this route that pupils are referred to the Team.
All referrals will normally receive a response within 10 working days and within 24 hours in the case of a pre-school child.
The Bradford SEND Local Offer is a free and impartial service provided by Bradford Council. The information contained within the website is available for the purposes of identifying services and provision that are available to children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities. This information does not represent a recommendation or an endorsement of a Service or Provider and neither does the Bradford Council or its partners make any representations or warranties as to the accuracy of the information.
Anyone seeking to use or access a service or provision is responsible for undertaking their own checks to determine the suitability and fitness for purpose of that service and provision. Some providers will be registered and inspected by external agencies, such as Ofsted or the Care Quality Commission. Anyone working with children and young people will be required to have appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service Check (the replacement for the Criminal Record Check), safeguarding policies and insurance in place, which they should make available to you on request.
