Deaf Education Discussion
The Review of Special Education sought feedback on a broad range of issues. In deaf education there are a number of specific drivers for change and we would like your help to improve specialist education services for deaf and hearing impaired children and young people.
In this section
- Welcome
- Introduction to the Deaf Education Discussion
- Appendix B
- Shows population dispersal of deaf and hearing impaired children from early childhood to school age
- Background
- In New Zealand, approximately 2,600 deaf and hearing impaired children and young people receive specialist education support from birth to the time they transition out of school
- Options on deaf education service provision models
- Based on the criteria that we believe enable services to better meet the needs of deaf and hearing impaired children and young people, we would like you to consider these four major options
- Appendix A
- Information about the members of the Deaf Education Steering Group
- Seeking your views
- We would like your feedback on the following questions