some background hearing loss on average, 1 australian child is identified with impaired hearing...
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Some Background
Hearing Loss
On average , 1 Australian child is identified with impaired hearing every day
1 in 1000 babies is born with significant hearing loss
By age 10 the 1:1000 is 3:1000
Vision Loss
RIDBC estimates that 4 out of every 10,000 children born in Australia will be diagnosed with severe vision impairment or blindness by their first birthday.
Vision impairment is generally accompanied by another disability
RIDBC Provides
Early intervention programs for children from birth to 5 years.
5 preschool programs for children aged 3-5 years based on a reverse integration model, and support in mainstream preschools.
3 schools as well as a school support service for children with hearing or vision loss who attend mainstream schools.
Teleschool - A regional & remote service where families and children are receiving services via videoconference.
Assessment and planning services, including orthoptics and audiology.
Outreach programs in Indigenous Communities
Renwick Centre - a world class research program and postgraduate courses for professionals working with children with hearing or vision loss.
RIDBC
Renwick Centre Structure
Postgraduate (Coursework) Education Research and Publication Continuing Professional Education Library and Information Services
Renwick Centre Structure
Postgraduate (Coursework) Education Research and Publication Continuing Professional Education Library and Information Services
Academic staff
Rebecca Bull Dr Breda Carty Dr Robyn Cantle Moore Dr Jill Duncan Dr Frances Gentle
Dr Desiree Gallimore Prof. Greg Leigh Prof. Philip Newall Sue Silveira Dr Mike Steer
Graduate Studies
172 students in 2013 (57.5 EFTSU) 84 graduations in 2013 More than 750 graduates overall
Enrolments and Graduations
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Enrolments Number Graduated
International Engagement
Student and graduate locations
Graduate Locations
Postgraduate Education
Master of Special Education Graduate Certificate in Educational
Studies Master of Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy
Master of Special Education
Blind/Vision Impaired Specialisation Deaf/Hard of Hearing Specialisation Sensory Disabilities Specialisation
Research
Collaborations• NAL (Australian Hearing)• WAFDC• MARCS Auditory Research Centre• Hearing CRC• Hearing Hub (Macquarie University)• Herriot-Watt University (Edinburgh)
Research
Some current projects:• Infant Monitor of Production (IMP)
TYPICALTYPICAL
Infant Monitor of vocal Production (IMP)
Cantle Moore (2006, 2008)
Research
Some current projects:• Infant Monitor of Production (IMP)• Paediatric hearing assessment with tele-audiology: An investigation
in rural and remote populations• Australian Childhood Vision Impairment Register (ACVIR)
Australian Childhood Vision Impairment Register (ACVIR)
www.vifamilynetwork.org.au
Research
Some current projects:• Infant Monitor of Production (IMP)• Paediatric hearing assessment with tele-audiology: An investigation
in rural and remote populations• Australian Childhood Vision Impairment Register (ACVIR)• Assessment of patterns of teacher-student interactions in sign
language-inclusive classrooms
Question-response latency
1 5432 876
HS: answer (3.57 secs)T: response
(3 mins+)T: Question (2.23
secs)
Interpretation: previous instruction
Research
Some current projects:• Infant Monitor of Production (IMP)
• Paediatric hearing assessment with tele-audiology: An investigation in rural and remote populations
• Australian Childhood Vision Impairment Register (ACVIR)
• Assessment of patterns of teacher-student interactions in sign language-inclusive classrooms
• Social Capital and Hearing Loss
• Auditory-Oral progress of infants in a Deaf family environment: Three parallel case-studies
• LOCHI Study (psychosocial development, early literacy development)
• Early Communicative Environment Prior to Cochlear Implantation
Research (RHD)
Current RHD student projects:• Factors influencing the nature of intervention by itinerant support
teachers of deaf and hard of hearing students• The effectiveness of telepractice in delivering specialist early
intervention services to deaf and hard of hearing children and their families
• Effectiveness of support service structures for people of working age with a hearing loss
• Phonological awareness in school-age children with cochlear implants: Effects of structured intervention
Continuing Professional Education
Seminars, workshops, conferences Collaborations and Partnerships: Cochlear,
VDEI, WAFDC (events now held in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Darwin, New Zealand and South East Asia)
3,120 person-days of CPE in 2013
Continuing Professional Education
All events advertised at http://www.ridbc.org.au/renwick/calendar-events plus print catalogue
Library and Information Services
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/renwick/
