For general services, training, communication and resources for schools please go to the Kirklees Business Solutions website.
Newsome High School have produced a video which helps to explain what Deaf Aware Teaching is, in the video "our school" is referred to as this was aimed at teachers in Newsome school, however the advice is useful for all teachers. (Click image to access the video)
Additional support for children and young people with hearing impairment is provided by the Kirklees Hearing Impairment outreach team (HI team).
More information about these outreach services can be found on the Local Offer outreach page (opens in new window)
The National Deaf Children's Society has a number of online training courses available for anyone who works with children or young people with a hearing impairment.
They have some mini modules which are only 10 minutes long, as well as longer modules which last 1 hour.
More information can be found on the NDCS website (opens in new window).
