LEAs will be able to continue to deliver specialist support services to deaf children Jacqui Smith has stated, in a meeting with BATOD, that LEAs will be able to continue to deliver specialist support services for deaf children despite fears raised by the Schools' White Paper Press Releases FEAPDA President On November 1st 2003 Paul Simpson, BATOD Secretary became the first UK President of FEAPDA (European Federation of Associations of Teachers of the Deaf... Marginalising Teachers of the Deaf In a recent article written for the Evening Standard and associated newspapers David Hartley, President of the British Association of Teachers of the Deaf drew attention to the marginalization of Teachers of the Deaf... | BATOD involved in SEN allowance consultation The Secretary of State has accepted the STRB recommendation that SEN allowances be reviewed. BATOD will be involved in this review. Press Releases for April 2003 On March 18th 2003 the British Government recognised British Sign Language as a language in its own right. This followed many years of campaigning by a variety of organisations including the United Kingdom Council on Deafness, an umbrella body of which BATOD is a member... Press Releases for February 1999 Statement from BATOD National Executive Council. Members may have heard reports of links between the use of radio transmitters and breast cancer... | New training pack project A successful bid to the DFES Small Programmes Fund from DCCAP (Deaf Children's Communication Aids Project) has made funding available for creating training resources for Teachers of the Deaf in England... STRB Report - BATOD Press Release The influence of BATOD is being felt in high places. Over recent years we have been encouraging the STRB to consider the pay and conditions of Teachers of the Deaf working in advisory and support services... Press Releases for November 1998 Good Practice Review: The Education of Deaf Children - What is good practice? If you have an interest in the education of deaf children we need to know what you think... |