A new guidance document: Best Practice Guidance on Collaborative Working between Qualified Teachers of the Deaf (QToDs) and Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) has been published.

The document has been developed by the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists (RCSLT) and the British Association for Teachers of the Deaf (BATOD) and aims to improve outcomes for deaf children and young people through the provision of best practice guidance on how to provide effective collaboration between QToDs and SLTs. It replaces the 2007 position paper entitled ‘Collaborative Working between Speech and Language Therapists and Teachers of the Deaf’.

Please click here to access the guidance as well as an accompanying editable ‘roles and responsibilities’ template.