CIICA CONVERSATION: PARENTS TALKING: GETTING THE BEST EDUCATION FOR YOUR CHILD

This conversation was led by Leona Pejcharova, Pieter Bolle, Sue Archbold.

Summary available here: CIICA CONVERSATION 20 NOVEMBER 2024 PARENTS GETTTING THE BEST EDUCATION FOR YOUR CHILD

In research, parents tell us that they have to fight for a good education for their children with CI – and that it often gets more challenging as they get older. In this one hour conversation, Sue Archbold shared some of this research, and Leona described the changes she and her team are making in mainstream schools across the Czech Republic.

Pieter shared the card he and his wife had used when their son started school believing it is important to start right!

There were 17 attendees from 10 countries: the group was mainly parents, but also 2 audiologists, a therapist, a teacher of the deaf and one ENT professional. Live captioning was provided. Participants were from Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Romania, Serbia, S Africa, UK and USA.

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