Specialist schools
Policy Consultation 7 March 2005
Comments from the Disabilities Trust, the National Deaf Children's Society, and the Institute of Education.
Special-needs schools
Policy Consultation 17 February 2005
Comment from the Department for Education and Skills, the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, National Autistic Society, the Royal National Institute of the Blind, the Institute of Education, the National Deaf Childrens Society and the Disability Rights Commission
Gwen Carr - National Deaf Childrens Society
Stakeholder Interview 20 December 2004
Gwen Carr, chief executive of the National Deaf Children's Society, talks to ePolitix about their 60th anniversary.
Sign language
Policy Consultation 5 October 2004
Comment from the British Deaf Association and the National Deaf Children's Society.
Extended school hours
Policy Consultation 8 September 2004
Comment from the Department for Education and Skills, the Liberal Democrats, the Conservatives, 4Children, National Union of Teachers, the GMB and the National Deaf Childrens Society
Inclusive education
Policy Consultation 6 August 2004
Comment from the National Association of Schoolmaster and Union of Women Teachers, the Disabilities Trust, the Disability Rights Commission, the National Deaf Children's Society and the Institute of Education.
Forum Brief: Smacking
Policy Consultation 5 July 2004
Comment from the Liberal Democrats, 4Children, the National Deaf Childrens Society and the British Youth Council
Forum Brief: Special needs learning
Policy Consultation 11 February 2004
Comments from the National Union of Teachers; and the National Deaf Children's Society
National Deaf Childrens Society
Government Affairs Website
National Deaf Childrens Society: Welcome
Government Affairs Website Page
Forum Brief: Queen's Speech - Other bills
Policy Consultation 26 November 2003
Forum members comment on the government's legislative proposals on a range of topics.
Forum Brief: Services for disabled children
Policy Consultation 18 September 2003
Disabled children in England and Wales are missing out on leading ordinary lives because public services are failing to meet their real needs, according to a report by the Audit
Elisa Pruvost - head of education policy and research at the National Deaf Children's Society
Stakeholder Interview 4 July 2003
Question: The NDCS recently conducted research among groups of parents into education provision for deaf children. What was the main reason for this?
Forum Brief: Deafblind week
Policy Consultation 25 June 2003
As Deafblind Week draws to a close, the government provision of resources for the rehabilitation of deaf and blind people has come under the spotlight.
Forum Brief: Deaf awareness
Policy Consultation 6 May 2003
National Deaf Awareness Week last week prompted calls for deaf awareness training to be available to staff working in mainstream schools attended by deaf children.
