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Outcomes for Children who are Deaf or

Hearing Impaired: Understanding language & literacy challenges - issues in access,

assessment, and intervention Friday, 23rd June, 2017

Time: 10 am - 4 pm Venue: SSC, Edinburgh This series of presentations will cover a range of issues associated with the current educational situation for deaf and hard of hearing leaners. Specifically, topics addressed will include: • Impact of earlier identification and intervention, outcomes of

research, including the Long Term Outcomes for Children with Hearing Impairment (LOCHI) study in Australia and a review of international literature relating to earlier identification and intervention - earlier access to cochlear implant technology, related research into literacy development and outcomes.

• Models of reading development and intervention to argue for the appropriateness of adopting an "interactive model”, examination of the factors that may account for differential outcomes. It will be suggested that the issue of language proficiency is a highly significant factor in accounting for reading difficulties. Implications for practice will be considered.

• Issues in the teaching of literacy will be considered, particularly in the critical area of vocabulary development (vocabulary acquisition - developing and sustaining vocabulary development across the curriculum).

Presenter: Professor Greg Leigh, Renwick Centre, Royal Institute for Deaf & Blind Children, NSW Australia. Course fee: £110

BOOKING INFORMATION Outcomes for Children who are Deaf or Hearing Impaired

Friday, 23rd June, 2017

Please use the form to book a place at this day conference.

The courses are run on a self-financing basis, dependent on a minimum number of applicants to make them viable. If this minimum is not reached by the closing date, the event will be cancelled. Therefore, to avoid disappointment, we would urge you to book early and well before the closing date. Should you need to cancel your place please inform us at least two weeks before the event otherwise 50% of the cost will be charged; cancellations of 24 hours’ notice or less will incur the full rate - colleagues are encouraged to send a substitute. A provisional booking on our application form is acceptable but this should be confirmed by the closing date.

An incomplete form will delay registration onto the course and may be returned in order that missing information is entered. Full invoice details are essential: if your service/school/LA requires a purchase order in order to accept an invoice from the SSC, please attach the purchase order and not just the number.

We would be grateful for information on whether you may be from a mainstream school, special unit, etc, as well as the age range of pupils/students; please supply as much information as possible - thank you.

Bookings will be acknowledged by email, followed by confirmatory details as soon after the closing date as possible, also by email. If you do not receive these, please ring SSC. Every effort is made to keep to advertised arrangements, but the SSC reserves the right to make changes.

Scottish Sensory Centre Tel 0131 651 6501 • Fax 0131 651 6502

sscworkshops@ed.ac.uk

SSC is a national centre funded by Scottish Government (Learning Directorate, Support & Wellbeing) The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body registered in Scotland; Registration No: SC005336.

APPLICATION FORM Outcomes for Children who are Deaf or Hearing Impaired

Friday, 23rd June, 2017 NAME: _____________________________________________________ (Miss, Mrs, Mr, other)

ADDRESS: _________________________________________________ (School/Unit etc) _________________________________________________

______________________ POSTCODE: ________________

REGION: _________________________________________________

JOB TITLE: _________________________________________________

(please circle type below & tick age range focus box) Pupil/Student Age Range Mainstream School • Special School/Unit/Base 0-4 yrs Peripatetic Service • Health Profession(al) • Social Work 5-12 yrs Educational Psychology • Carer or Parent • Interpreter • 12-19 yrs

Rehab Officer • Manager or Head of Dept • Lecturer/Tutor 5-19 yrs

Information Officer • Other: _________________________ 16-25 yrs

PHONE: ________________________ FAX: ________________________

EMAIL: ______________________________________________________

Access Support (please state): ...................................................................... (Braille, large print, BSL interpreter, lipspeaker, loop, wheelchair access, other)

LUNCH: ....................................................………………………………................ (a light lunch is provided, please indicate any dietary requirements you may have)

Payment enclosed: £110 (Payable to University of Edinburgh) OR

Send Invoice to: ORDER NO: ____________________

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_______________________________ POSTCODE: ___________

PHONE: _______________________ FAX: __________________________

Signed: __________________________ Date: ____________ Provisional Application Approved Application

Please return to: The SSC, Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh, Holyrood Road, EDINBURGH, EH8 8AQ by 9th June, 2017.