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The
THRASS (Teaching
Handwriting Reading And Spelling Skills) synthetic phonics programme is
currently being used with remarkable success in
thousands of schools across
Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Caribbean and the
USA to teach children of all ages to read and spell.
Girlington Primary School in Bradford,
West Yorkshire, England, first
introduced THRASS as a programme to help their profoundly
deaf children. The successes have been so
remarkable that the programme is to be extended to other
classes and year groups during the new school year 2008-09.
Girlington is a primary school with a designated
specialist provision (DSP) for children who are deaf and
hearing impaired. This video includes interviews with teacher
of the deaf Jo Allen, who introduced THRASS to the school,
and Sue Wright, Head of the DSP.
Profoundly deaf children, with Punjabi as their first
language, are making really good progress with learning
English phonics, using THRASS SING-A-LONG and other THRASS
resources.
The
children all have cochlear implants (CI). These surgically
implanted electronic devices provide a sense of sound. Unlike
hearing aids, the implants do not amplify sound. The implants
stimulate auditory nerves through an electric impulse.
Alan
Davies, educational psychologist, takes the class to see how
much the children have learned about THRASS.
As you will see, everyone is very impressed by the progress
that has been made by these Punjabi-speaking deaf children -
and in such a short period of time.
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SING-A-LONG
CONCERT, 18 JULY 2008, HARROGATE, NORTH YORKSHIRE
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