Early years - Videos

Positive Play for Every Day: Experiences of Scottish Families with Deaf Children (0-5)

Ten children featured in a DVD produced in 2012. Their parents were recorded discussing issues surrounding play and the children were recorded playing in their home environment.

• Positive Play for everyday Videos (MediaHopper)

Positive Play for Every Day 2

Recording Progress, Introducing the Scottish Standards and Parent Voices

• Introducing the Scottish Standards for Deaf Children (0-3) - A film by the Scottish Sensory Centre Early Years working group to suggest ways of how to use the Scottish Standards (YouTube)
• Scottish Standards for Deaf Children (pdf)

Parent Voices

During the making of the Positive Play for Every Day DVD lots of excellent clips were recorded of parents talking about a range of issues relating to their deaf children. These "Parent voices" have been organised around the 6 Scottish standard headings.

1: Sharing the News

2: Working Together in Partnership

3: Parents as the Primary Educators

4: Providing Family-Friendly Services

5: Informed Choice for Families

6: Positive about Deafness

Other Materials

The Monitoring protocol for deaf babies and children has been renamed Developmental journal for deaf babies and children. It is a well established tool for recording progress. Our video gives an overview from the Scottish perspective.

• Recording Progress - A film by the Scottish Sensory Centre Early Years working group to explain how to use the "Monitoring Protocol' (via YouTube)
• Deaf Babies and Children Development Journal - Early Support (Council for Disabled Children)

Please contact us for your own copies of the Positive Play DVDs and the Standards document: sscmail@ed.ac.uk