FAMILY SERVICES ::
Language Aide
Help with communication
The service aims to support a deaf child and their family within their home environment.
For parents, having a deaf child may be the first time they come into contact with a hearing loss and all the associated problems it brings. It is a worrying time, and for most being able to communicate with their deaf child presents a major barrier..
The language Aide service works directly with the family, providing communication support and an understanding of what it is like to be deaf.
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The service is funded by Norfolk County Council and is free to families who have a deaf child.
The service aims to support children of all ages and all types of hearing loss.
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Language Aide workers, who
are mainly deaf people themselves, are trained
and employed to carry out the support. An individual
programme is designed for each family, taking
place over ten weeks.
The Language Aide worker then
visits at agreed times and works both with the
child and family members, encouraging language
development between both parties. This is achieved
through play and story telling using the parents
choice of communication support which can be sign
language, oralism or any other appropriate method
of encouraging communication.
This may be the first time that
family members have met a deaf adult and the parents
find this very positive.
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