CYP Now - Deaf children win chance to highlight literacy skills

Six deaf children have won the chance to show-off their excellent literacy skills at the House of Commons, despite the coronavirus lockdown postponing the event for a year.

Callum, aged five, (pictured with sister Daniella) is one of the winners. Picture: AVUK

National charity Auditory Verbal UK (AVUK) launched a creative writing competition for graduates and children currently on its auditory verbal therapy programme to highlight their potential in literacy compared with the levels of deaf children generally.

Some 85 per cent of deaf children who have completed AVUK’s specialist parent-coaching programme, designed to teach deaf children to listen and speak, achieved or exceeded the national standard for reading at Key Stage one, compared with 50 per cent of all deaf children, figures from AVUK show.

Some 77 per cent of children who have completed AVUK’s programme achieved or exceeded the national standard for writing, compared with 44 per cent of all deaf children.

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