Deaf Awareness Week: Celebrating Deaf Identity and Promoting Positive Terminology

Using Positive Language Around Deafness and Hard of Hearing  

Our Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) service embraces positive terminology to support the Deaf community.  

We follow the Positive Terminology guidance by the British Association of Teachers of Deaf Children and Young People (BATOD), co-authored by Martine Monkfield, a Qualified Teacher of the Deaf on our SEND Sensory Support team.  

• Learn more about Positive Terminology on the BATOD website

Watch our video with Martine Monkfield on Positive Terminology:

Resources and Community Support

Deaf Social Network by Disability Action Haringey 

Join Disability Action Haringey for their informal Deaf Social Network gatherings at Winkfield Resource Centre every other month.

• The next event is Thursday, 15 May from 1.30 to 3pm at Winkfield Resource Centre, 33 Winkfield Rd, N22 5RP
• For more information, visit the Disability Action Haringey website.

Stay, Sign and Play Toddler Group at Blanche Nevile School:  

For Deaf and hearing children from 0 to 2 years old.

• Every Wednesday during term-time from 1.30pm to 3pm at Highgate Primary and Blanche Nevile School Community Centre
• For more information, visit the Blanche Nevile School website.

Remark! Community: The UK’s largest collection of Deaf Clubs with 14 across London

• Visit the Remark! Community website.

Community and Advocacy

Haringey and Enfield Children’s Hearing Services Working Group (CHSWG): 

A working group of parents/carers and representatives from Audiology, Speech and Language Therapy, Teachers of the Deaf, Newborn Hearing Screening, local schools for deaf children and more:

• Visit the CHSWG website.

North London Deaf Children’s Society: 

North London Deaf Children’s Society aims to support families of deaf children by sharing experiences and knowledge, offering emotional and social support and by organising events and activities for the children.

• Visit the North London Deaf Children's Society website.

SignHealth Charity Online Resources

Support for deaf young people with information about mental health support, domestic abuse, how to stay safe and more:

• Visit the SignHealth Charity website.

Activities and Outings

• Free British Sign Language Tours at Kew Gardens.
• The National Portrait Gallery BSL Tours
• BSL Tour: The Architecture of the Design Museum.
• Deafinitely Theatre: Producer of professional high-quality theatre for deaf and hearing audiences of all ages and backgrounds.
• London Zoo BSL Tours.
  • Please note a Zoo ticket is required to access this tour 

Haringey Sensory Support Team - Hearing

We have a team of Qualified Teachers of the Deaf and a Deaf Instructor, working across Haringey and Enfield.

• Visit their website to learn more about the team and services they offer.

Visit the SEND Local Offer website for more information, resources and support.