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Review of education provision for deaf and hearing impaired children

Proposed re-organisation of resourced provision in mainstream schools

Earlier this year an extensive consultation took place on the County Council's provision for deaf and hearing impaired children. Having considered a report on the outcome of that consultation, the Executive Member for Children's Services asked for the consultation to be extended, to give further consideration to the future organisation of our resourced provision in mainstream schools.

I attach the consultation pack outlining the issues on which further views are invited. This includes the report considered by the Executive Member in October.

We hope that you will consider these issues carefully and let us have your views on the attached form. You may already have sent comments during the earlier consultation. It is not necessary to repeat or re-send those comments, as all the previous responses will be taken into account when a report is prepared on this extension to the consultation.

Response sheets should be returned by Friday, 5 January 2007.

Meetings have been arranged during the consultation period: see Appendix 6.

The outcome of the consultation will be reported to the Executive Member early in the new year.

Yours sincerely

Eric Smith

Education Officer SEN

Provision for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Children : proposed re-organisation of resourced provision in mainstream schools : consultation papers

Distribution list:

Chair of Special School Executive Committee

Secretary Special School Executive Committee

Chair of Primary Headteachers' Conference

Secretary Primary Headteachers' Conference

Chair of Secondary Headteachers' Conference

Secretary Secondary Headteachers' Conference

Chair of Primary Headteachers' Standing Committee (C & F)

Chair of Secondary Headteachers' Standing Committee (C & F)

Headteachers, chairs of governors and teachers in charge of resourced schools (Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton)

Members of the County Deaf and HI Group

All Hampshire County Councillors

Neighbouring LEAs (Portsmouth, Southampton, Bournemouth, Dorset, Wiltshire, West Berks, Reading, Surrey, West Sussex)

Hampshire County Council Social Care

Deaf Services

STA HI team

Assistant Principal Educational Psychologists

SEN Inspector

National Health Services: Audiology Departments

Speech & Language Therapy Services Managers

School Medical Officers

Children's Lead Officers, Hampshire PCT

Voluntary Organisations: Elizabeth Foundation

Hampshire Deaf Association

National Deaf Children's Society

Face Us

Parents: of pupils attending resourced provision and

of those with similar needs.

Prof. Associations/Trade Unions:

All MPs for Hampshire constituencies (for information)