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The ‘Now Hear’ Continuum

2016 Australian and New Zealand

Conference for Educators of the Deaf

Denyse Bainbridge

9th July 2016


School Support ServicesStudent SupportHearing Team

» Denyse Bainbridge – Senior Advisor» Marie Hayek – Darwin/Palmerston» Lynnette Rosenberg – Darwin/Palmerston/Arnhem/Katherine» Christine Brickhill – Alice Springs/Barkly


Northern Territory ContextNSW 7,644,200

Vic. 5,966,700

NT 244,500


Distribution of Population


Regional, Rural and Remote Communities


Cities and Towns


Indigenous Population

»About 30% of the NT population, or 72,250 at June 2014 were Indigenous (10% of Australia’s Indigenous population).

»The majority of the NT Indigenous population reside in very remote locations.


Young Growing Population

Three-quarters (75%) of the NT’s very remote population are Indigenous and for the school-age population the Indigenous

proportion is higher at almost nine out of ten people.


Young Growing Population


Northern Territory Communities

Aputula (Finke) Community Wadeye Community


Northern Territory Islands

Bathurst Island


Travel to Rural and Remote Schools


Travel to Remote Schools


Client Group

Permanent/Long Term SNHL & CHL

High Needs - Direct support to clients, schools and families

Moderate to Low Needs – Monitored: support through school


Client Group

Fluctuating/Temporary Conductive HL

2013/2014 Number of Indigenous NT Children from Remote Communities seen with

- Hearing Loss 61% (963)- Chronic (long term) Ear Disease 41% (887)- Transient Ear Disease 30% (624)- No Ear Disease 29% (586)

Population Based Strategies


Indigenous Education Review

Commissioned in 2013 To get an informed understanding of the impact of

programs and initiatives To make recommendations to optimise education and

training outcomes for Indigenous students Published in 2014



The review report made a number of recommendations which were endorsed by government.

A 10-year Indigenous Education Strategy was developed to implement the recommendations of the review.


Indigenous Education ReviewChapter 11: Wellbeing and Behaviour

Respondents to the review drew attention to a range of specific and general health issues that impact on learning. Most prominent among these was otitis media and the consequent conductive hearing loss. (p 184) With the possible exception of social and emotional issues, the hearing issue is the most prevalent barrier faced by Indigenous children in the NT. (p 184)

The Now Hear program was designed specifically for the NT to support children with hearing loss. (p 185)

- The Now Hear continuum is a tool that provides schools with a guide to maximise the learning environment for students with conductive hearing loss. (p 185)- These matters cannot be addressed within education alone. As noted here and elsewhere, there is a critical need for an integrated approach across health and education, and in some cases more broadly. (p 186)



Chapter 11: Wellbeing and Behaviour – Recommendations

38. Work with the Behaviour Management Taskforce to develop and resource a whole-system approach to behaviour management and wellbeing, including:c. mandating the use of Now Hear in all Priority 1 schools and other schools with students experiencing the effects of conductive hearing loss, along with provision of specialist hearing support and the investigation of amplification and acoustic treatment of classrooms;http://www.education.nt.gov.au/parents-community/students-learning/indigenous-education-review-1

http://www.education.nt.gov.au/parents-community/students-learning/indigenous-education-review-1


Now Hear Continuum

Beginning with 19 schoolso These schools will have had 32 principals since the end of 2015

(6 months)

Hearing Teamo 4 Positions – 6 different advisors in the past 12 months


Now Hear Continuum

Overview Acoustics and Amplification Classroom/Teaching Strategies Ear Health Identification and Management of Hearing Loss Program Sustainability – Whole school approach


Now Hear Continuum

Audit Action Plan Evaluation

Professional Development


iHearing Project

Department of Health - developing software and a database to provide up to date electronic information about children's ear health and hearing status.

Working with the Hearing Team to provide educational recommendations that are automatically triggered based on both the latest information and ear and hearing history.


iHearing Project

This information: will be able to be accessed on individual children, by class, school and region will be able to be accessed by teachers, Special Education Teachers, Principals etc. for their own

schools will be able to provide teachers with the most effective teaching and learning strategies for their

class cohort, based on the most recent ear health and hearing information can provide cost effective recommendations about individual and class amplification and

adjustments can be a centralised place to register the use of sound field systems in schools can be a centralised place to show where each school is up to with the Now Hear Continuum


iHearing Project


iHearing Project


NCCD

Nationally consistent data collection http://www.schooldisabilitydatapl.edu.au/#introduction_1

Currently, each state and territory counts its students with disability on a different basis. The model is intended to count the number of students with disability in a consistent manner across Australia.

http://www.schooldisabilitydatapl.edu.au/#introduction_1


Hearing Health Care Plans


Hearing Awareness Program

BBC Program/How the ear works Transition – How the ear works/Ear and nose hygiene/Ear

infections Year 1 – Learning is hard if we can’t hear/Noises can hurt our

ears Year 2 – Noise pollution/Developing strategies when we can’t

hear well Year 3 – Hearing is one of the 5 senses/Making healthy

choices


Hearing Awareness Program

BBC Program/How the ear works Year 4 – People who help us with our ears and hearing Year 5 – Cultural Hearing Year 6 – Sound and Music


Classroom Acoustic Kits

South Australia Northern Territory 2015

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION www.education.nt.gov.au

Arnhem Land – Galuwin’ku

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