Personal Understanding of Deafness (PUD)
A specialised curriculum for deaf children to promote independence and self-confidence – Dr Jackie Salter, Caroline Chettleburgh and Susan Winn
“The Personal Understanding of Deafness (PUD) programme was developed to address the specific social, communication confidence and self-esteem needs of children who are deaf and has been used effectively by many Teachers of the Deaf.”
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“The PUD programme consists of 5 strands, each of which consists of a set of progressive learning objectives
1.Independent management of audiological equipment
A checklist of audiological management skills, including a range of technologies
2. Knowledge of personal deafness
To develop an understanding of how ears work and their own specific hearing loss
3. Deaf and hearing awareness
To develop and understanding of the differences between how deaf and hearing people communicate
4. Confidence and understanding to ensure effective communication
To develop the skills to enable them to anticipate, understand and resolve communication difficulties
5. Transition
To ensure support for their communication is sustained across periods of transition and successfully established within the new context
N.B. Issues of safety particular to deafness are embedded throughout the strands.
The programme objectives are designed to be used in a flexible manner so could be delivered:
- Individually by a peripatetic teacher of the deaf
- To a small group of pupils attending resourced or specialist provision
- To a small group of children attending different schools brought together on an occasional or regular basis”
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A PDF version of the sway is available here.
Word documents of the monitoring forms are available here.