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HIPEN FEAPDA

This presentation discusses the collaboration between FEAPDA and HIPEN in promoting excellence in deaf education. It covers topics such as the role of FEAPDA, the Leonardo project, future collaborations with HIPEN, and terminology related to deafness. The speaker, Paul Simpson, shares his experience as a teacher and leader in the field of deaf education.

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HIPEN FEAPDA

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  1. HIPENFEAPDA Paul Simpson President, FEAPDA (and NEO, BATOD) Romania, May 2015

  2. Structure of presentation Who am I? What is FEAPDA? Leonardo project and Europe Future collaboration with HIPEN?

  3. Terminology Deaf Hearing-impaired Hard of Hearing

  4. Who am I? Teacher in a secondary school for deaf children and housemaster for 95 deaf boys aged 11 to 19 Peripatetic Teacher of the Deaf in the Midlands University Lecturer in Birmingham training Teachers of the Deaf Head of service for deaf and vision impaired children in the South of England Head teacher of primary school for deaf children Author of educational publications for Teachers of the Deaf Teacher in a primary resource base for deaf children National Executive Officer of BATOD ….. and President of FEAPDA

  5. BATOD National Executive Officer British Association of Teachers of the Deaf The onlyemployee 1350 members – the majority of the ToDs in the UK

  6. BATOD Magazine (5 times per year) Journal (4 times per year) Websitewww.batod.org.uk Electronic forum Meetings Conferences Publications Representation

  7. BATODBritish Association of Teachers of the Deaf National College of Teachers of the Deaf and the Society of Teachers of the Deaf 1976 BATOD is the sole association for Teachers of the Deaf in the UK – promoting excellence in deafeducation

  8. BATOD website

  9. The work of the Association workswith local and national government to support Teachers of the Deaf and deafchildren responds to consultations on legislationaffectingdeafchildren givesadvice on the National Curriculum and examinations aims to improveterms and condition of employment ensuresthat training of ToDs is of high quality organises national and local conferences and meetings keeps up to date with new technology

  10. Consortium for Research Into Deaf Education (CRIDE) BATOD National Deaf Children’s Society (parent organisation) Universityresearchers Head teachers of schools for the deaf Ewing Foundation (charityproviding training and information about language and technology) EarFoundation (organisation providing training and information for Teachers of the Deaf about CIs and BCHIs)

  11. Special schools in the UK 1900 87 1982 75 1991 48 2003 33 2007 31 2009 24 2011 17

  12. 40000 deaf children in the UK 88% in mainstream education (7% in resource bases) 2.5% in schools for the deaf 9.5% in other special schools

  13. Teachers of the Deaf in the UK 1,437 Teacher of the Deaf posts in services across the UK plus special schools, cochlear implant centres and other settings

  14. 48000 deaf children in the UK 87% of deaf children communicate only using spoken English in their school or other education setting. Around 9% use sign language in some form, either on its own or alongside another language eg Signs Supporting English. BSL alone – around 4%

  15. What is FEAPDA? FédérationEuropéenned'Associations de Professeurs de DéficientsAuditifs European Federation of Associations of Teachers of the Deaf The Federation was established in 1969 in Brussels (BE) The headquarters is now in Luxembourg

  16. What is FEAPDA? Council and the Executive Committee Each association is represented in the Council by 2 or 3 delegates The Council meets every year The delegates are elected for a period of 4 years The Committee is composed of the President, the Vice-President, the Secretary, the Treasurer and the Congress Secretary The members of the Committee are elected for a period of 4 years The Committee meets twice a year and is responsible for carrying out the decisions of the Council

  17. What is FEAPDA? Current members come from B, D, L, MK, NL, S, SLO, UK Represents the associations and promotes good practice Congress everytwoyears www.feapda.eu

  18. FEAPDA Congresses 2013 Koper, Slovenia: Supportingdeaf teenagers 2011 SintMichielsgestel, Netherlands: literacy 2009 Verona, Italy: workingwithfamilies 2007 Friedberg, Germany: cochlear implants 2005 Geneva, Switzerland: ethnicminorities 2003 Cardiff, Wales, UK: behaviour problems 2001 Strasbourg, France: new challenges 1999 Orebrö, Sweden: signbilingualism 1997 Antwerp, Belgium: early intervention

  19. FEAPDA Congresses 2016 Centre de logopédie Luxembourg Inclusion and whatitmeans for deafchildren Flyers

  20. FEAPDA Congresses The aim of these biennial congresses is to spread good practice, to hear about new developments in the field and to allow Teachers of the Deaf to meet each other to discuss their work with deaf children and young people.

  21. Leonardo da Vinci Project Researched status and qualifications Findings - different arrangements across Europe EU – standardisation of generic teacher competencies Highest common denominator Encourage wider consistency for European deaf children Experts involved from across the content

  22. Leonardo da Vinci Consultation online Report http://www.feapda.eu/leonardo Example Press conference – individual countries and the EU Presentation and seminar at ICED in July 2015

  23. University of Malta

  24. iCARE Project iCARE four-year European Marie Curie Initial Training improving Children’s Auditory REhabilitation (iCARE) i) to provide training to create a new generation of researchers capable of exploiting the synergies between different disciplines to optimise spoken communication in children with hearing impairment

  25. iCARE Project improving Children’s Auditory REhabilitation (iCARE) ii) to combine research across disciplines to develop novel methods, training skills and procedures for improving auditory rehabilitation.

  26. iCARE Project The range of professionals includes: professor in the department of neuroscience working in the field of audiology and speech pathology in Belgium special education psychologist ENT consultant from Greece researcher from University College London post-doctoral student from Germany employee of Cochlear

  27. iCARE Project The range of professionals includes: audiologist researcher into binaural hearing professors of acoustics, biophysics, e-learning, electrical engineering and acoustics a developer from Ecophon

  28. iCARE Project FEADPA provides: learning and exchange experiences through its members links to the work on the ToD competencies arising from the Leonardo da Vinci project. Part of the delivery of training in the overall project will be e-learning –n a possibility for teachers across Europe learning to improve their knowledge, skills and understanding about the education of deaf children

  29. Looking to the future Congress Website Membership

  30. Any questions? president@feapda.org

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