Education

Education for Deaf Students in NSW Schools

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Some NSW Public Primary and High Schools have Hearing Support Units

Itinerant support teachers hearing
Itinerant support teachers hearing, IST(H), are specialists with training in the education of deaf students and offer support to the staff of the local school, the students and the parents or caregivers. Students can be supported by their IST(H) from the time of identification of their hearing loss through to Year 12.

Contact the Principal at your local school for more information.

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

Catholic Special Schools

St. Dominic's Centre for Hearing-Impaired Children

Website: http://www.mayfieldsd.catholic.edu.au/

St. Gabriel's Auditory-Verbal Early Intervention Centre

Website: http://www.stgabriels.nsw.edu.au

Itinerant support teachers
Contact the Principal of your local Catholic school or your local Catholic Education Office.

INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

Independent schools for deaf children

Specialist support

School support services for students in mainstream schools (largely independent schools, where Department of Education resources are not available).
Phone: 02 9871 1233.

Resources

NSW Public Schools website
Are You Being Heard? - Information and Teaching Tips for Teachers of Students with a Hearing Loss
Literacy - a mother's story