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SSC/Adept Conference: Programme

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Aiming higher for deaf students - What works? What could work?

Date: Saturday, 24th June 2017
Venue: University of Edinburgh, School of Education, EH8 8AQ
Time: 10 am - 5 pm
Cost: £50

Programme

9.30 - 10.00 am	Registration
10.00 - 10.15 am	Welcome from Professor John Ravenscroft, University of Edinburgh
10.15 - 11.15 am	Keynote Address: Professor Greg Leigh, University of Newcastle, Renwick Centre, "Changing Educational Outcomes for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children: Building on Early Identification"
11.15 am - 12.15 pm	A: Listening and Text Support	B: Interpreters in Education	C: IT Workshop
	Video use in education - are deaf students being left out? Natalya Dell, UK	The communication access of deaf and hard of hearing students during lectures Magda Nikolaraizi, Greece	DCAL Assessment Portal Wolfgang Mann, UK
	Subtitling live events through re-speaking Zoe Moores, UK	Interpreter continuity in educational settings: the benefits and the challenges Rachel Mapson, Scotland
	Research into attainment using soundfield technology Brian Shannan, Scotland	How deaf children are represented through interpreters to teachers and peers Jemina Napier/Rosie Oram/Alys Young, UK
12.15 - 1.15 pm	Lunch & Exhibition
12.45 - 1.15 pm	Adept AGM (for Adept Members)
1.15 - 2.00 pm	Keynote Address: Dr Audrey Cameron, "10-year review of the BSL Glossary project"
2.00 - 3.00 pm	D: Working with deaf students	E: BSL and schools	F: Presentation/discussion
	The challenges for D/deaf teachers wishing to become teachers of the deaf Conor Mervyn, Scotland	Examining the process of creating new signs in BSL for science and maths concepts Gary Quinn, Scotland	Academic performance of deaf children in the co-enrolment programme, Hong Kong Chris Yiu, Hong Kong
	Analysing the 2016 survey of Teachers of deaf children in Scotland Rachel O'Neill, Scotland	Including young deaf people in the BSL (Scotland) Act Alison Hendry, Scotland
	Supporting effective working relationships in mainstream classrooms: the role of the teaching assistant Jackie Salter, UK	Deaf Roots and Pride project Sue Barry, UK
3.00 - 4.00 pm	G: Developing and understanding language skills	H: Deaf students’ attainment	I: Workshop
	Communities of practice: literacy and young deaf children Lise Kristoffersen, Norway	Learning from government data on post-16 deaf learners in UK Martin McLean, UK	Recent developments in hearing aid and radio aid technology Joe O'Donnell, Scotland
	~~Communication and language profiles of deafblind children~~ ~~Jesper Dammeyer, Denmark~~ (presentation cancelled on the day) When two language modalities meet and the impact on education Ola Hendar, Sweden	Attainment and deaf learners Brian Shannan, Scotland
	Dynamic assessment of deaf children’s language and literacy Wolfgang Mann, UK	Measuring listening effort Helen Willis, UK
4.00 - 4.10 pm	Conclusion: Rachel O'Neill

Paterson's Land, Moray House

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Who are we?

This conference has been jointly organised by the SSC and Adept (formerly NATED).

The SSC is funded by the Scottish Government and provides courses, resources and development projects/research into deaf and visually impaired children's education.

Adept is a UK-wide organisation concerned with access deaf students have to the curriculum. Adept focus on post-16 issues for deaf learners, and provide information and support for staff working with all age groups of deaf learner. The Adept Scotland group is particularly active and has organised a number of other conferences just for Scotland over the past few years.

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