DPDC Discussion: Speech therapy – does your child have it at home or at school?
Question: What arrangements do you have for your child’s speech therapy if that is an option for you? Does you child have speech therapy at …
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DPDC Discussions: Should my deaf child use a Level 6 interpreter or a CSW?
Question: My child (4) has a Level 6 Interpreter at school. Everyone seems to have different views on whether a child should have an interpreter …
DPDC Discussions: Making friends and attachment to the BSL interpreter.
Question: How can I help my mainstreamed child make friends and ensure he/she does not get too glued to his/her interpreter at the school. One …
DPDC Discussions: SEN Statements and dealing with your Local Education Authority (LEA)
Question: A family explained that they were planning to move south, they wanted to get the statement for their 3 ½ year old child agreed …
DPDC Discussions: Should my child learn Langue des Signes Française (LSF) as well as French at school?
Question: My four year old has started French lessons at school. She is taught French via BSL. Should we ask our child’s interpreter to learn …
DPDC Discussions: Hearing aids – Do you encourage or force your child to wear them?
Question: My child is four and she does not wear hearing aids at her mainstream school. They don’t seem to benefit her and she always …
Report on the DPDC Derby Event!
After an appeal for sponsors, Communication ID, Zebra Uno, Lexicon Signstream, The Thorntons Derbyshire Fund and Derbyshire Community Foundation, Rolls Royce, Communication Plus, Arboretum Café, Clarion, ALSI and BSL interpreter Emily Copping all came to the rescue! …
Gosling Sports Park Deaf Tennis Squad – Saturday 7th September!
The monthly tennis coaching for all deaf children aged 3-14 at the Gosling Sports Park has gone from strength to strength, we now have an …