4a. Social health
Deaf Children and Young People (DCYP) and families are supported to
- form secure attachments
- have opportunities to experience a variety of relationships (eg after school club)
- develop their social communication skills
- develop an understanding of theory of mind (ToM)
- understand and reflect on different behaviours around deafness and the impact of those
- develop skills around assertiveness in relationships and how to have those interactions
- understand what resilience is and how to build that within self
- develop an awareness of accessibility within different contexts and feelings of exclusion
- find opportunities for peer-to-peer support, for example, modelling positive interactions, use of slang, etc
- understand different social situations and the levels of formality and language linked with those
- develop an awareness of the principles of consent within relationships
- develop strategies to deal with situations around bullying
- know how to keep themselves safe.
- Sign Health Youth advisory board
- British Deaf Association
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- Limping Chicken article –
- NDCS – Supporting young people’s mental health ‘‘
- NDCS – Mental health
- 听 – Dr Joanne Hoskin and Geraldine Garwood
- Childline
- NSPCC
- Marschark, M. et al (2019) 听 The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
- Chilton, H., Mayer, C. and McCracken, W. (2019) The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
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4b. Emotional and mental health
4c.听Physical health
4d. Technology and staying safe
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