Advisory Teaching Service Hearing Impairment Team
- Local Offer
The Hearing Impairment Team is part of the Advisory Teaching Service which is a countywide Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) advisory support service. Support is available for children and young people with a diagnosed hearing loss at all stages of the Gloucestershire Pathway. The team consists of qualified specialist advisory teachers of the deaf and multi-sensory impairment, deaf communications tutor, specialist speech and language therapists.
What we do:
- Provide support for children and young people from the confirmation of a permanent hearing impairment until they leave school or further education college (0-25 yrs)
- We work closely with families of pre-school children, helping them to understand the diagnosis, and then offering advice and support to develop communication strategies and language skills
- Support, advise and empower children and young people (CYP), to understand their hearing impairment and audiological equipment
- We work closely with families, school staff, speech therapists and medical professionals enabling us to offer tailored and targeted support and advice aimed at helping children and young people achieve their full potential
- Provide monthly early years (0-5 yrs) support group for parents/carers of children with a hearing impairment and children
- Provide developmental and educational advice in relation to the CYP's hearing impairment
- Ensure that the views, wishes, perspectives and experiences of the CYP's are fully considered in their provision
- Support CYP to develop a positive understanding of their hearing impairment and identity
- Provide, monitor and evaluate use of specialist audiological equipment e.g. radio aids
- We offer and provide a range of training from individual training around a CYP's needs to whole school and area based specialist courses to support continuing professional development in relation hearing impairment
Who to contact
- Contact Name
- Karen Young
- Contact Position
- Advisory Teacher of the Hearing Impaired
- Telephone
- 01452 324376 - Cheltenham ATS 01452 324376 - Cheltenham ATS 01452 426014 - Forest ATS 01452 426014 - Forest ATS 01452 426955 - Gloucester ATS 01452 426955 - Gloucester ATS 01452 583728 - Stroud ATS 01452 583728 - Stroud ATS
- stroud.ats@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Where to go
- Name
- Advisory Teaching Service
- Address
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Dockham Road
Cinderford
- Postcode
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GL14 2DBGet directions to GL14 2DB
Availability
- Age Ranges
- Referral required
- Referral Details
Who can refer and how:
- Health Services at the time of diagnosis, signed referral form
- School, through the Advisory Teaching Service Referral Form
If you have concerns regarding your child's hearing your first port of call should be the GP. If necessary your GP will refer your child to specialist audiology services within your area who will refer to our team as appropriate. As a parent/carer you will be asked for consent for health services to contact a Teacher of the Deaf. The teacher offering support in your area will then contact you directly.
Local Offer
- Description
We work with CYP who have:
- A diagnosed permanent hearing loss
- An ongoing temporary hearing loss that is likely to impact on a CYP's education
How and when we do it:
- We work in homes, early years settings, schools and other educational settings. This is available during term time
- A referral service is provided to cover the school holiday periods for any newly diagnosed babies under the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
- The level of support offered to each child and young person and family is based on the CYP's needs in relation to their hearing loss, their stage of development and the knowledge and support that they have around them.
- Local Offer Age Bands
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0-4 (Birth to Pre-School)
4-11 (Primary School)
11-16 (Secondary School)
16-18 (Transitions into Adulthood)
18-25 (Young Adults) - SEN Provision Type
- Targeted
SEND Local Offer Form
- Who is your service for?
- Targeted
- Local Offer Age Bands
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0-4 (Birth to Pre-School)
4-11 (Primary School)
11-16 (Secondary School)
16-18 (Transitions into Adulthood)
18-25 (Young Adults) - How accessible is your service?
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NA
- Is the building fully wheelchair accessible?
- No
- Is there disabled changing and toilet facilities?
- No
- Describe any training or experience you/your staff, have had or are having in issues around SEND?
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Specialist teachers in SEND
- Experience of working with children and young people with the following disabilities/additional needs.
- Alternative Communication
- Autistic Spectrum Disorders
- Complex Medical/Physical Needs
- Challenging Behaviours
- Please add any further information you feel may be of use for the SEND local offer.
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ATS accept referrals from schools (with the relevant supporting documentation) or directly from Health, along with signed parental consent. Please note that we cannot accept electronic signatures.
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