5a. Moves and changes in educational settings
Deaf Children and Young People (DCYP) and their families
- experience an effective and positive transition from one setting to another and within setting
- have the information to make decisions about educational placements
- have access to information about support available and feel confident in the management of the support available
- understand their rights within the education system to be fully included
- have the tools, knowledge, and skills to self-advocate
- know about different study and what their need to achieve to achieve their aspirations
- have an understanding of the support mechanisms available to manage transition beyond secondary school
- have an awareness of the additional support available in their next educational setting
- know about the appeals process.
Suggested resources
- Deaf Unity – Advice-for-deaf-students-starting-university
- The Additional Learning Needs Code– Welsh Government website
- SEND code of practice: 0 to 25 years – English Government website
- Special educational needs: code of practice – Northern Irish Education for Education website
- Supporting Children’s Learning: code of practice – Scottish Government website
- Council for disabled children – Transition Guides
- NDCS – Next steps: Supporting successful transitions into post-16 education and employment for deaf young people in England
- NDCS with support from NatSIP – Supporting deaf young people through transition
- NatSIP – Quality improvement for services
Next pages
5b Understand their own access needs
5c Moving to adult NHS services
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Section 1 Deaf identity
Section 2 Communication, language, and literacy
Section 3 Understand access to sound
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