Nursery World - Deaf children's resource speaks from experience

Seven deaf children talk in depth about their experiences of school in Scotland, their friends, families, future prospects and approaches to communication in a CD-Rom launched by the National Deaf Children's Society last week. Up to 97 per cent of Scotland's deaf schoolchildren are now educated in mainstream schools, where they may not have opportunities to meet other deaf children or access to deaf role models. The NDCS has produced the CD-Rom to help them find out how other deaf children cope with life at school and discuss experiences that are not shared by hearing pupils.

Up to 97 per cent of Scotland's deaf schoolchildren are now educated in mainstream schools, where they may not have opportunities to meet other deaf children or access to deaf role models. The NDCS has produced the CD-Rom to help them find out how other deaf children cope with life at school and discuss experiences that are not shared by hearing pupils.

Helga McGilp, NDCS Education Initiatives Officer, said, 'Some deaf children may have low expectations of what they can achieve in life, so by giving them the chance to share the experiences of other deaf children, this CD-Rom aims to reduce negativity about themselves and their deafness, boosting self-esteem and raising expectations.

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