• New Members
• Annual Deafness Conference -  6 November 2008
• Counselling Training in BSL
• Deaf Parenting UK Conference 2008: Empowering, Enabling and Supporting Deaf Parents
• Deafness and Genetics: What do deaf people want?
• Department of Health Third Sector Investment Programme
• LINK National Convention for People Living with Acquired Hearing Loss

 

Welcome to our new member joining this month:

 

Cambridge CAMTAD runs to help service hearing aids and give advice on equipment, runs training in deaf awareness and promotes the interests of those with acquired deafness in Cambridgeshire. Contact: Cambridge CAMTAD, 8A Romsey Terrace, Cambridge, CB1 3NH. Tel 01223 416141 Email admin.camtad@tiscali.co.uk Website  www.colc.co.uk/cambridge/camtad

 

Welcome to our new affiliates joining this month:

 

The Hearing Times
Diversus UK
Deaf Studies, University of Sussex
Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education

 

Full contact details can be found in the Affiliates Directory at www.deafcouncil.org.uk/affila.htm

 

Annual Deafness Conference -  6 November 2008

 

This year's UK Council on Deafness Annual Deafness Conference will be held outside London for the first time, at the Birmingham Deaf Cultural Centre on 6th November. The programme and booking forms will be available in September.

 

Call for Papers - Abstracts of papers for consideration by the conference committee are requested on any subject relating to Deafness. Abstracts must be submitted by email attachment in text (.doc, .txt, .rtf) to j.isaac@deafcouncil.org.uk by 31 August 2008. The conference committee will select the most appropriate presentations and a decision will be made by 10 September. Full papers will be required by 31 October to give time for the communication support team to prepare for your presentation. There will also be an exhibition attached to the conference, organisations interested in booking exhibition space please contact Clare Long, the conference organiser, at c.long@deafcouncil.org.uk
 

 

Counselling Training in BSL
 
Are you interested in working as a counsellor with deaf people? Now you can train to be a qualified counsellor in British Sign Language (BSL). Inter-Psyche are a counselling and psychotherapy training centre based at the Kent and Medway NHS that trains students to British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) accredited diploma standard. Inter-Psyche are offering two courses delivered in BSL:
 
• 1 Year Certificate in Counselling Skills, starting in October 2008
• 2 Year Diploma in Integrative Counselling, starting in October 2009
 
If you would like to meet the tutors and other people involved in the course, please come to one of the Information Days.  We can tell you more about the course, and offer support to complete the application forms if you need it. Our information days will be at
 
• Newcastle Deaf Centre on 18 August
• Birmingham Deaf Cultural Centre on 19 August
• Vassall Centre in Bristol on 20 August
 
If you want to know more about the Information Days contact SignHealth Counselling on counselling@signhealth.org.uk
 

 

 

Deaf Parenting UK are delighted to host their Annual Deaf Parenting Conference 2008 on Saturday 4th October 2008 at Deaf Cultural Centre, Birmingham. Sabina Iqbal, Chair/Founder of Deaf Parenting UK explained: “As 90% of Deaf children comes from hearing families and when they grow up into adults and become parents and yet very little resources and support is available to them in an accessible format. This is particularly noticeable as Deaf Adults have a 90% chance of having hearing children where access is a real issue. The conference will have decision-makers from Government and that is a fantastic opportunity for all of us as Deaf parents and professionals to put forward questions, influence and raise issues on the needs of Deaf parents and what can Government do to ensure that Deaf parents/ families have equal access to all services without barriers.”

 

The conference provides an exciting programme of speakers and workshops as well as crèche with fun activities for children of Deaf parents. This is also an excellent opportunity for you all to meet with other Deaf parents, families and professionals, to work together of how we can move forward toward empowering, enabling and supporting Deaf parents. If you want to know more about the conference or to book your place, please contact Deaf Parenting UK on info@deafparent.org.uk

 

Deafness and Genetics: What do deaf people want?

 

Public Consultation: Thursday 18 September 2008, Millennium Centre, Cardiff. 11am-5pm. Aims: to feedback results from a national study gathering views about genetics and genetic counselling. The Department of Health have funded a research project to gather the views of deaf and hard of hearing people across the UK towards various issues surrounding genetics. Genetic Counselling offers information to families about the chances of  passing on different genetic conditions, most consultations are requested to discuss a family history of cancer. It is known that deaf and hard of hearing adults rarely access genetic counselling services. Why is this?  The following factors may be important: lack of information, worries about communication, attitudinal barriers, fears. Join us to discuss. Research Team: Dr Anna Middleton, Cardiff University, Dr Steve Emery, Heriot-Watt University, Prof Graham Turner, Heriot-Watt University, Prof Angus Clarke, Cardiff University, Dr Maria Bitner-Glindzicz, Institute of Child Health, London. This event is free, but you need to reserve a place. This event is funded by the Department of Health and supported by the RNID. It will be interpreted into British Sign Language. This event will be filmed. Please contact Angela at burgessam@cf.ac.uk or 029 2068 2140 (voice) or via TypeTalk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To make a booking please contact c.long@deafcouncil.org.uk or complete booking form as attached.  Further information can also be found at www.linkdp.org

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