The National Deaf Childrens Society (NDCS)

Key Facts

Location

All areas

Project Criteria

Disability

Project funding

£231,372

Funding round

Round 1

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Established in 1944, The National Deaf Children's Society is the leading national charity dedicated to the welfare of all deaf children whatever their degree of hearing impairment. We provide a range of support services, information, advice and advocacy on every aspect of childhood deafness.

We are using the Parenting Fund to:

• Increase the provision of, and access to, specialist parenting support for parents of deaf children. This includes those who in the past may have had difficulty getting hold of the services they need e.g. Black Minority Ethnic (BME) parents, fathers of deaf children and deaf parents of deaf children.
• Increase awareness among mainstream parenting providers of the specific parenting needs of parents of deaf children.
• Share good practice and promote inclusive services.

We will do this in the following ways:

• Reviewing current research and auditing parenting programmes to discover:
  
  • the relevance of mainstream parenting programmes to parents of deaf children
  • organisations experience of providing support to parents of deaf children
  • common parenting topics
  • models of good practice
  • the accessibility of mainstream parenting programmes for deaf or disabled parents.
• Carrying out parent consultation covering:
  
  • types of parenting support required
  • preferred method of delivery of parenting programmes
  • key parenting topics to address
  • parents' experience of mainstream parenting programmes
  • specific needs of BME parents
  • preferred format of parenting materials.
• Identifying the topics that will provide the framework for the development of a parenting curriculum aimed at parents of deaf children.
• Pilot and develop different models for delivering Parenting Programmes.
• Provide parenting information seminars covering self esteem, discipline and siblings.
• Develop a Parenting Programme Curriculum covering key parenting topics and delivered over 10-12 weeks in a local setting.
• Provide web-based Parenting Resources. These will include:
  
  • parent-to-parent publications and practical parenting resources, e.g. activity and communication boards.
    
  • provide support to help professionals include parents with deaf children within mainstream parenting support.