Caterham High School

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Caterham High School
Hearing Impaired Provision
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History of the H. I. Provision

• Opened in September 93 with 4 statemented
  hearing impaired students and 1 teacher of the
  deaf.
• By 2000 there were 24 students.
• In 2005 students who use BSL were admitted to the
  dept.
• Currently there are 13 students and a large team
  of teachers of the deaf and special support
  assistants.

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Philosophy of the H. I. Provison

• The HIP has a communication policy based on the
  total communication model., All students work on
  developing listening and speaking skills,
  students may also use signed communication.
  Students communication needs are reviewed
  regularly.
• Students use their residual hearing with hearing
  aids and radio aids systems to maximise their
  listening.
• The students are placed in tutor groups.
• The aim is for the HI students to reach their
  educational, social and emotional potential
  within a mainstream environment.
• Students receive in class support from either
  teachers of the deaf or special support
  assistants.
• Depending upon the students individual needs
  they receive between 70 100 of their lessons
  in the mainstream.

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Daily Audiological Checks

• Students arrive at 8 am to have their hearing
  aids and radio aids checked.
• It is imperative that the audiological equipment
  is functioning properly for the students to gain
  maximum benefit from their residual hearing.
• High maintenance also involves close liaison with
  local Audiology Clinic.
• Staff attend appointments to keep up to date with
  new digital hearing aids and their maintenance
  procedures.

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Pre and Post Teaching

• Extra time for teaching and support is made
  available for the HI
• students
• Before school 8- 8.30
• Afternoon registrations 20 mins
• After school 3.15 3.30
• Pre teaching During these sessions staff in the
  Provision introduce new
• topics to the students to prepare them for their
  lesson
• Consolidation Alternatively, these sessions are
  used for reinforcement
• of the days concepts and vocabulary.

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Pre and post teaching

• This is a crucial part of the success of the HI
  students at Caterham.
• The time created for this is outside lesson time,
  thus allowing for more inclusion.
• It boosts the students confidence they are
  prepared for the lesson and can participate
  alongside their peers.
• Most importantly it ensures that the inclusion is
  meaningful experience.

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Support in the classroom

• Students are supported by specialist staff in all
  curriculum areas.
• Support staff use a variety of strategies to
  ensure accessibility of the curriculum.
• Liaison with mainstream staff is crucial for
  meaningful inclusion.

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Support Strategies

• Use of support books, to provide written
  reinforcement of new vocab and concepts.
• Use of OHP to ensure that reading of the text
  and lip reading the teacher can be done
  simultaneously.
• Use of video transcripts or subtitled videos to
  provide access to otherwise inaccessible
  educational videos.
• Modify/differentiate tasks to ensure that text
  are linguistically accessible.
• Pass the radio aids microphone around to hear
  students contributions.

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Supported Studies - an option

• Key Stage 3
• In Years 8 and 9, HI students requiring more
  small group teaching can opt to do one less
  Modern Foreign Lang.
• This creates time on their timetable for
  Supported Studies.
• Delivered by specialist staff.
• Focus is on supporting core curriculum subjects.

• Key Stage 4
• Supported Studies can be taken as an option at
  GCSE level.
• 5 lessons over a two week cycle
• This creates time for more support for core
  curriculum subjects.
• Close liaison with subject teachers is important
  to maximise on learning time in these lessons.

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Signing at Caterham

• At the beginning of 2005 Caterham welcomed into
  the hearing Impaired Provision four students who
  use sign language to aid communication and
  support their learning.
• staff in the hearing Impaired provision have been
  preparing to use signing in the classroom. All
  teachers of the deaf and most support assistants
  have achieved their level 1 or level 2 BSL
  certificate and one is now working towards level
  3.
• There are two communication support workers to
  support students

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Signing at Caterham

• Many students have already shown an interest in
  learning to sign. Non-signing students, both
  hearing and hearing impaired, will be able to
  learn more about sign language and develop some
  useful signing skills at the lunch-time sign
  clubs offered by the HIP

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Speech and Language Therapy

• Speech Therapists visit the school regularly
• They work on speech articulation with the
  students
• The students value these one to one sessions to
  develop discuss their speech concerns in a safe
  place.
• Therapists liase with specialist staff so that
  students speech targets are known by all
  department.

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Assessment/IEP

• HI students follow the schools assessment
  procedure.
• To aid inclusion, each student has an Individual
  Education Plan IEP.
• This provides subject staff with background info
  on the student and gives their current targets.
• Also the students undergo Annual Review
  procedures to maintain their status as
  Statemented students.
• There is involvement of Educational
  Psychologists, social workers and local NDCS
  representatives.
• In addition the HI students have regular hearing,
  speech and language assessments. The results are
  monitored closely to ensure that progress is
  being made.

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Exams and Transition

• Applications for modified papers are made.
• The students are entitled to extra time and the
  exams take place in acoustically treated rooms.
• Staff are allowed to explain the carrier language
  of questions but not technical terms to the
  students.
• The HI students meet with Career Advisors to
  decide whether to stay on at Caterham or to go
  onto a local college.
• Some choose to do vocational courses at college
  and are supported by specialist teams there.
• Many have stayed on to do A levels/GNVQs and have
  gone on to University.

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Primary Liaison

• A teacher of the the Deaf will attend reviews of
  HI students in year 5( and subsequent reviews)
  to make initial contact with Parents/ students
  (when present at reviews) and give information
  regarding the provision at CHS to inform decision
  making
• During year 5 parents are encouraged to arrange
  informal visits to the HIP if they are
  considering applying for a place
• In Sept/Oct new Intake evening is held for all
  parents and students in year 6. HIP staff display
  work and equipment, talk with students and
  parents and offer advice and information
• In addition primary schools bring students to
  spend a morning at CHS during the school day in
  Sept/Oct
• Feb/March of yr 6 students are notified of their
  placement for year 7
• July of yr 6. HIP staff organise a picnic/team
  building event for current students and those
  joining in Sept.
• September New students are welcomed and given
  an HIP Buddy. Communication contracts are drawn
  up with students and support schedules
  established