Welcome to the NatSIP Website
This website offers access to a wealth of SI resources, most of which are now freely available. We encourage you to register on the site for full access to everything we have to offer. Registration is free, and open to anyone. A walkthrough/howto on the registration process is here.
- Written by: Brian lamb
NHSE have now published the Children’s Hearing Services Working Groups (CHSWG) guidance which supports multi-disciplinary teams across health and social care to join with patient and parent representatives to consider how to improve service for Deaf children to provide them with the best possible start in life both in a health, educational and social setting.
It can be accessed through this link: https://www.england.nhs.
- Written by: Tina Wakefield
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.
- Written by: Lindsey Rousseau
The SI Community Forums Project was founded, created and powered by NatSIP and is supported by DfE through Whole School SEND/nasen. It has taken on the running and technical management of the four of the former DfE-hosted forums for the SI community. Currently these are:
- Heads of SI Support Services (HoSS)
- Teachers of the Deaf (QToD)
- Teachers of the MSI and deafblind (MSI/deafblind)
- Teachers of the Vision Impaired (VI)
As of November 2019, these email lists are now active on their new platform. For more information, see the SI Community Forums website.
- Written by: Lindsey Rousseau
NatSIP/HoSS Event - Evidencing the Impact
| Date: | Wednesday 2 October 2019 |
| Venue: | Hamilton House Mabledon Place London WC1H 9BD |
The follwing presentations from the above event are available:
Session 1:
document André Imich (DfE) - Update from the DfE on SEND
Session 2:
document Nick Whittaker (Ofsted) The new Ofsted framework
Session 3:
-- Lunch --
Session 4:
Session 5: Updates from the sector:
document 5.1 Tina Wakefield - The Apprenticeship model for SI MQs
document 5.2 Lindsey Rousseau - A new membership model for NatSIP
Session 6:
6.4 Sarah Holton (RNIB) - Evidencing impact with children with VI in the early years [Presentation not available]
document
6.4.1 RNIB Events Document
document
6.4.2 Workshop Handout
6.5 Emma Fraser and Tina Wakefield (NDCS) - Looking at the updated HI monitoring protocol to evidence impact in the early years. A facilitated discussion. [No presentation] More information will be available as the work develops
- Written by: Ian Noon
Kim Coulson is a trainee clinical psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire who is currently undertaking a piece of research to explore sensory processing in d/Deaf people and how this might link to their mental wellbeing.
"We know d/Deaf people are more at risk of developing mental health difficulties. We know this can be related to the social issues d/Deaf people contend with. However, there are other factors which can also impact mental health which are under-researched among d/Deaf people. We know a child's mental wellbeing can be impacted by the way they process sensory information; however, this has never been investigated in d/Deaf children. I am trying to reach parents/caregivers of d/Deaf children between 5 and 10 years old in order to try and better understand any link between these two areas. I would be asking them to fill out an online questionnaire about their child's sensory processing and mental wellbeing There would be no commitments beyond this. Here is a link to the survey itself: Exploring Sensory Processing Profiles among d/Deaf People
For your records, this project has been approved by the University of Hertfordshire's Health, Science, Engineering and Technology Ethics Committee with Delegated Authority. The UH protocol number is LMS/PGT/UH/03814. Regulations governing the conduct of studies involving human participants can be accessed here if you would like to explore these."
If you do have any questions or queries about the project, including wanting to know more please do not hesitate to contact Kim at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Written by: Ian Noon
The University of Sheffield have been developing some short videos for families on language and communication in the early years.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiKwROOiu2Dm8fph0F-prztKIEhrNjHDG
They would very much welcome feedback on the videos.
A short survey for professionals to complete can be found at:
https://forms.gle/Ev29BcozchN9Etat7
A short survey for families is also available at: https://forms.gle/7rJCpVJkjzuHZr849
In addition, NDCS intend to put these videos on their website in coming months on our section for families about supporting your child’s learning.
- Written by: Ian Noon
NDCS has created another two technology videos in which deaf children and young people talk about how products on their Technology Test Drive benefit them, and they show in a very simple way how these products can make an important difference to their lives.
One video is on radio aids; the other is on different types of ‘headphones’ to listen to music or make phone calls. Both videos are great for raising awareness on the importance of technology for accessing communication and entertainment, and for reducing social isolation and anxiety.
FYI: This is the link to the full technology videos play list.
- Written by: Ian Noon
NDCS has just published a briefing on what the government’s SEN data says about deaf children. The briefing makes a few comparisons with CRIDE data.
www.ndcs.org.uk/media/4719/note-on-data-on-special-educational-needs-and-deaf-children.docx
A short summary blog on this can be found at:
https://www.ndcs.org.uk/blog/nine-things-we-ve-learnt-from-the-latest-government-data-on-sen/
- Written by: Stuart D Whyte
The UK Children’s Radio Aid Working Group is pleased to announce a new product to support the educational and social inclusion of deaf children and young people.
It was interesting to see the BBC’s article on radio aids in response to the NDCS:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48921175
UK Children’s Radio Aid Working Group Quality Standards for the use of personal radio aids: Promoting easier listening for deaf children (published by the NDCS, 2017) promotes the use of remote microphone systems beyond just the educational setting. Aspen Associates have just announced 'Insurance4radioaidsystems', a specialist insurance policy for radio aid systems.
Full details are on the website http://aspenassociates.co.uk/
- Written by: Ian Noon
NDCS have just published a research report by the University of Edinburgh – called Telling it like it is. This report looks at the views and experiences of families living on a low income and with deaf children. In particular, it explored the information and support families had about language development to meet the needs of their deaf child.
The full report and a summary can be downloaded from the NDCS website at www.ndcs.org.uk/research
In addition, the University of Edinburgh website also includes an online lecture about the research and as well as summary reports in other languages.
- Written by: Ian Noon
NDCS have updated some of their resources around preventing bullying in deaf children:
- · Protecting deaf children from bullying – a resource for primary and secondary schools
- · Bullying webpages – information for parents.
Both resources have been developed with support from the Anti-Bullying Alliance.
- Written by: Brian Lamb
New guidance on Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JSNAs) was published on 25 June 2019. This guidance will be crucial in helping health and social commissioners address the needs of children and adults with hearing loss. The JSNA guide is designed to be used alongside NHS England’s Commissioning Services for People with Hearing Loss: A Framework for Clinical Commissioning Groups.
The guidance is part of the continuing work on the Action Plan on Hearing Loss. The guide was co produced by NHS England, the Local Government Association, the Association of Directors of Public Health, Public Health England, Action on Hearing Loss, National Community Hearing Association and the National Deaf Children’s Society.
It can be accessed here:
and there is an associated data tool to support the planning process at;
– https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/joint-strategic-needs-assessment-toolkit/
- Written by: Lindsey Rousseau
Great Ormond Street Hospital, London are building the new Sight and Sound centre. The Norrie disease community have been invited to take part in an exciting pilot programme for dual sensory clinics ahead of completion of the new centre. Children with Norrie disease up to the age of and including 18 years are invited to attend GOSH for two appointments.
The initial assessment will be a dual sensory appointment with ophthalmology, audiology and vestibular testing. The appointment will take up to 4 hours.
There will be a subsequent second audiology assessment, 6 months after the initial clinic visit, to check for any decline in hearing. For those traveling long distances, reasonable standard rate traveling expenses will be reimbursed, though GOSH cannot pay for any overnight stay.
- Written by: Ian Noon
Colleagues at City, University of London are seeking help to recruit deaf children to participate in their exciting new study looking at early language and emerging reading (Preschool Language and Literacy study). The study is being run by Dr Fiona Kyle, Prof Ros Herman, Dr Katie Mason and Indie Beedie at City, University of London. The main aim is to understand how preschool language and emerging literacy skills are related to later reading ability.
- Written by: Ian Noon
NDCS have updated and redesigned their 'Communicating with deaf children' flyer and it's available to order or download on the website now.
It’s aimed at adults who might not have much experience communicating with deaf children so could be useful for parents of deaf children to give out to other family members, friends, teachers, sports coaches etc. It would also be good for anyone creating displays/resources around general deaf awareness. You can find it on the NDCS website here.
- Written by: Lindsey Rousseau
Richard Kramer (CEO) has announced that at Sense today, they have launched their new strategy for 2019-2022: ‘No one left out of life.’
Richard says, "our overarching vision is to achieve a world where no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, is left out, isolated, or unable to fulfil their potential. In pursuit of this, we will focus on four key outcomes, which aim to put the people we support at the heart of everything we do:
By giving children and families the best possible start, we’ll be giving families the right support, at the right time, in turn strengthening and supporting families.
By supporting adults to live and learn at every stage of their lives, we’ll be supporting adults to develop skills, confidence and independence to get the most out of life.
By helping individuals be less lonely and more connected with their communities, we’ll help people to build confidence, access new environments, create a sense of connection within their local community, and find a route out of loneliness.
By increasing awareness and of the impact of our work and inspiring people to take action, we’ll help society as a whole know and understand the experience of the people we support and inspire everyone to do something about it.
You can read the strategy on our website.
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