BATOD North (England) Study Day

BATOD North
17th October 2024
All day

 

Thursday 17th October 2024

Event booking link

Keynote Speaker: Debra Cartlidge

The Deaf Village North West

Multi-award winning, Debra Cartlidge joins us to share her aspirations for creating a space that brings hearing and Deaf communities together in nature. The Deaf Village is a Deaf-Led organisation that promotes inclusivity at its core. Carrying a true message of triumph over adversity, Debra continues to challenge assumptions over deafness and educational achievements.

The Deaf Village strives to, develop, maintain, operate and manage a number of services that are inclusive within the local community and the wider boroughs. Now comprising an ever-expanding specialised Deaf staff team, community outreach service, specialist hybrid residential placements and, in more recent years, the Deaf Village Academy. By actively encouraging community to bridge the distance between hearing and D/deaf worlds, their aim is to create a vibrant outdoor space where our communities can come together in shared endeavours. With a highly-unique approach to education, her team work with individuals with a wide range of abilities, firmly-rooted in the Deaf cultural approach to pedagogy and inclusion.

During the presentation Debra and her team will draw on the experiences of some of the Deaf young people who access The Deaf Village and explore how we, as QToDs can encourage deaf CYP and their families can get involved.

This one day event includes workshop presentations with a specific focus on deaf education including:

Morning Workshops 11:15 – 12:15:

  1. Campaigning for Captions and Live Voice – Soundwaves Foundation
  2. Usher Children – Chloe Joyner
  3. Deaf Children with Additional Needs – Wendy Pallant
  4. Manchester Alumni:
  • Supporting Childminders to deliver effective provision to deaf children – Claire Allison
  • Decision making in purchasing and allocating ALDs for deaf children in mainstream schools – Carly Humphries

Afternoon Workshops 14:15 – 15:15:

  1. Well-being and Mental Health – Rachel Blackburn from St Johns
  2. Deaf CAMHS – Jane Langdale
  3. Aetiology of Deafness – Ellie Smith
  4. Health and Wellbeing of Deaf Children: what is the impact of early language development? – Dr Katherine Rogers

When booking your ticket please make sure you select your workshops at the same time, by clicking ‘Tickets’ then scroll down to choose your (free) add on tickets . Choose one morning workshop and one afternoon workshop.

Interpreters: Please feel free to bring your BSL interpreter to this work related event, you can use Access to Work for this, but note if they require lunch, a seperate lunch ticket will need to be purchased. BATOD North will also provide two interpreters. Please select an interpreter ticket on the Add-on page when selecting your workshops and contact BATOD North at the earliest convenient time, including the workshops you have booked on to. This allows us to allocate suitable rooms for the workshops chosen.

Dietary Requirements: Please highlight to BATOD North if you have a dietary requirement on the Add-On page when selecting your workshops.

Please note, due to non-payments by four authorities at the last Study Day, BATOD North requires payment for tickets in advance and reserves the right to withhold tickets from those authorities that have not yet paid their invoice. BATOD North is run entirely by volunteers and chasing up non-payments is extremely time consuming.

The organisers reserve the right to alter the programme at any time.

For the CANCELLATION POLICY Please refer to the BATOD Website https://www.batod.org.uk/about-us/batods-cancellation-policy/

Disclaimer: Photographs will be taken throughout the day for our social media page and the BATOD newsletter. If you do not wish to have your photo taken and published please see a member of BATOD North during morning registration.

Thank you to our sponsors, who without we would not be able to host a study day at a low cost.

Diamond Sponsors: Advance Bionics; Phonak; Medel.

Sapphire Sponsors: BSL Zone; Roberts Audio Solutions; Connevans.