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Welcome to the Hearing
Resource Centre...
The Secondary Hearing Resource
Centre (HRC) caters for the needs of local pupils with Statements of
Special Educational Need who have a severe to profound hearing loss
and require a level of specialist teaching which is greater than
would normally be available in a mainstream secondary school.
The HRC uses
the Natural Aural approach where hearing-impaired pupils’
communication skills are developed through speaking and listening.
The central
aims of the Centre are
·
promoting and
supporting hearing-impaired pupils’ full access to, and inclusion
in, both the curriculum and the life of the school
·
developing
hearing-impaired pupils’ independence in school with regard to
managing their hearing loss and being members of the community
·
preparing
hearing-impaired pupils for leaving Shirley High School and moving
on to further education or employment.
Who works in
the HRC?
There are 4
members of staff who work in the HRC:
·
a full-time Teacher of
the Deaf
·
a part-time Teacher of
the Deaf
·
two Specialist Support
Assistants: one full-time and one part-time.
The Centre is
part of the centrally-funded Communication Support Service.
The Teacher in
Charge of the HRC is responsible to the Head of Service, Mrs
Jennifer Kidd, and works closely with a member of the Senior
Leadership Group at Shirley High School.
The
Communication Support Service also includes the Primary Hearing
Centre at Kingsley Primary School, the Speech and Language Centre at
Applegarth Primary School and the peripatetic teams for the
hearing-impaired and visually-impaired.
For more
information about the Communication Support Service please contact
Mrs J Kidd on 020 8683 4849.
The telephone
number for the HRC is 0208 656 2987.
Quotations
from the school’s Ofsted Inspection Report, May 2006
‘Pupils with
learning difficulties and disabilities, including those with hearing
impairment, achieve as well as other pupils.’
‘Support for
the pupils in the HRC is good, and they are appropriately included
in the life of the school as a whole.’
Useful Links
Croydon Deaf Children's Society
www.croydondeafchildren.org.uk
Croydon Hearing
Resource Centre
www.croydonhearing.org.uk
Royal National
Institute for Deaf People (RNID)
www.rnid.org.uk
National Deaf
Children’s Society (NDCS)
www.ndcs.org.uk
Disability Rights Commission
www.drc-gb.org
DWP (benefits) www.dwp.gov.uk
Connevans (equipment) www.deafequipment.co.uk
British Deaf Association (BDA)
www.bda.org.uk
Forest Bookshop www.forestbooks.com
Other
Agencies
Useful
contact numbers:
Educational
Psychology Service
Assigned
Educational Psychologist, Ms Karina Ng, may visit your child in
school. You will be informed by letter if a visit is arranged. The
service is based at Victoria House, Southbridge Place, Croydon. Tel.
020 8686 0393
Speech
and Language Therapy Service
Our Speech and
Language Therapist is Mrs Helen Dyke. She can be contacted at the
Crystal Centre, St James’ Road, Croydon on 020 8684 4254
Croydon
Paediatric Audiology Clinic
Most of our
pupils are monitored at the Crystal Centre, St James’ Road, Croydon.
Contact: Dr Pappu Goberdhan, Paediatric Audiological Physician and
Mrs Sindi Batchu, Audiological Technician on 020 8689 7472
Mayday
Hearing Centre
The centre
provides ear moulds and hearing aid batteries.
Contact: Ms Inga
Ferme, Chief Audiologist based at Mayday University Hospital on 020
8401 3063
Children with Disabilities Service
This service is based at Taberner House, Park
Lane, Croydon, CR9 3JS. It can provide special equipment for
hearing-impaired children for use in the home, e.g. loop systems,
alarm clocks, door bells, minicoms. The service arranges an
assessment to be carried out in your home and will then recommend
equipment to suit your child’s needs. Equipment is usually provided
free of charge.
Contact 020 8726 6400 or 020 8686 4433 and ask
for the Children with Disabilities team.
Croydon
Hearing Resource Centre
This is based at
Summit House, 50 Wandle Road, Croydon, CR0 1DF. The centre gives
advice, information and practical help to people with hearing losses
living in Croydon. It can also advise on types of environmental
equipment for deaf and hard of hearing people. Contact: David Rose
on 020 8686 0049
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