Nursery World - New strategy to ensure that every deaf child receives the right support early on

A new strategy to ensure deaf children receive the support they need as early as possible so they don’t fall behind their peers has been launched.

'Every Moment Counts' is the National Deaf Children's Society's new five-year strategy to help deaf children get the support they need early on, SCREENGRAB: NDCS

It is in response to figures suggesting that two-thirds of deaf children in England are already behind their peers in their first year of school.

The aim of National Deaf Children’s Society’s five-year strategy, Every Moment Counts, is to close the attainment gap by making sure deaf children get the help they need in their early years – a ‘crucial time’ when deafness has the greatest impact on children’s language, development and social skills.

The strategy has 5 objectives, they are:

The NDCS argues that we are currently ‘failing deaf children’ due to ‘missed opportunities’ to spot deafness and provide the right support.

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