Access to mainstream crisis mental health services for Deaf people is almost non-existent, and yet Deaf people are twice as likely to experience mental health problems than hearing people, facing communication barriers and difficulties accessing healthcare. As part of World Suicide Prevention Day, SignHealth, powered by Shout, is launching a new free text message service […]
The Dot Sign Language team got together to celebrate the beginning of the festive season. December is a busy month with students taking assessments on our BSL level 1, 2 and 3 courses; as well as on Kathleen’s undergraduate courses at The University of Surrey. We have new courses starting in February to prepare, and […]
Due to requests from students we have changed our timetable and will now be running BSL Pre-Level 3 on Saturday afternoons, starting February 8th 2020. Pre-Level 3 is a relaxed course with no assessments. It is ideal for students who have completed BSL Level 2 and want to carry on learning, but feel that they […]
If you haven’t already been to a BSL Homework Group meeting, the next will be this coming Saturday – December 7th, starting at 1.30pm. ‘Going The Extra Mile’ is a student led homework group set up by Level 3 student Jacque aimed at supporting Dot students, especially Level 1, Level 2 and Pre-Level 3 by […]
We are delighted that Jacque – one of our Level 3 students, is supporting Dot Sign Language by setting up a homework group. The group is called ‘Going the Extra Mile’ – named, like Dot Sign Language after renown BSL poet Dorothy ‘Dot’ Miles. ‘Going The Extra Mile’ is a student led homework group aimed at supporting […]
We frequently have students on our British Sign Language (BSL) courses who work in schools supporting deaf children as Teachers of the Deaf or Teaching Assistants. We VERY much welcome them. In the schools they use Sign Supported English (SSE) much of the time, speaking as they sign. They can find it confusing knowing what […]
It was with great sadness that Dot Sign Language learned of the death of Dr Terry Riley OBE. Terry worked for the British Deaf Association (BDA) for over 50 years, in the position of Chair from 2008-2018. He was also a board member of the World Federation of the Deaf. At the WFD Congress this […]
We were delighted to appear on BBC Sussex and Surrey’s Lewis Mason’s show last week to talk about the work we do at Dot Sign Language. Jan (with input from Director of Dot Sign Language Kathleen Grehan) talked about how learning sign language is becoming more popular in this country. Jan said that more organisations […]
If you haven’t listened to this yet, it is definitely worth half an hour of your time! Stephen Fry examines the linguistics, history and culture of British Sign Language. The programme includes interviews with Professor Bencie Woll and Dr Kate Rowley from UCL, and Dr Adam Schembri from The University of Birmingham. (Dot Sign Language […]
Incredible News from Chloe’s and Sophie’s Special Ears Fund (CSSEF)… From CSSEF: “We are delighted to share that we have funding available for 10 teachers to learn British Sign Language Level 1, including with Dot Sign Language starting from September 2019. “We want teachers who want to make a difference to deaf children in their education. Teachers […]
