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ABOUT the Deaf Society of New South Wales

• Services
• Staff
• Vision and Mission

• Deaf Society Board
• History
• Organisational structure
• Organisational Chart
• Constitution
• Relationships with other organisations
• Australian Federation of Deaf Societies (AFDS)
• Privacy Policy
  • Privacy Policy for Clients
  • Privacy Policy for Customers
  • Privacy Policy for Grant Recipients
  • Privacy Policy for Students
  • Privacy Policy for Supporters

ADVOCACY

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• Staff
• Services
• Need help with interpreting
• Need help at work
• Your rights
• Your responsibilities
• More information

ADVOCACY - Deaf Community Questions to NSW Parliament

CONTACT the Deaf Society of New South Wales

• Our office contact details
• Our staff contact details
• Work with Us (jobs at the Deaf Society)
• Become a member
  • Online membership form
  • Membership form to print
• Constitution of The Deaf Society of New South Wales
  • Request a copy of the Constitution
• Give feedback
  • Feedback to Interpreting
  • Feedback to Families and Children
  • Feedback to Support and Community Services
  • Feedback to Deaf People with Special Needs
  • Feedback to Courses
  • Feedback to Employment and Workplace Support
  • Feedback to Advocacy
  • Feedback to Rural and Regional Services
  • Feedback to the Executives
  • Feedback to Administration, Finance and Human Resources
  • Feedback to Quality Assurance
  • Feedback to Marketing and Development
  • Feedback to Webmaster
• Make a donation
• Make a bequest (leave money to the Deaf Society in your will)
• Anne MacRae Technology Scheme
  • Online application form for the Anne MacRae Technology Scheme
• Kenneth W Tribe Schollarship Fund
  • Guidelines for Kenneth W Tribe Schollarship Fund
  • Application form for Kenneth W Tribe Schollarship Fund
  • Referee form for Kenneth W Tribe Schollarship Fund - (part of application process)
• Fund for establishing a Deaf Community Centre
• Who do I contact?

COURSES - Deaf Education Network (DEN)

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• DEN staff and teachers
• Courses run by DEN
  • Courses for Deaf People
  • Accredited Auslan courses
  • Basic (community) Auslan courses
    • Auslan Only Weekend
    • Auslan Only BBQ
    • Auslan Heritage School
• Pathways to learning Auslan
• Workplace training
• DEN course brochure
• Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Credit Transfer
• Enrolment guidelines
• Enrolment conditions
  • Code of Conduct
• Ways of enrolling
• Browse (look at) courses online
• Download the latest DEN Brochure
• Online Enrolments - register as a student and log on
• Download an Enrolment Form
• About DEN - history
• About DEN's logo
• More information
  • Audiograms (information sheet)
  • Auslan Statistics (information sheet)
  • Deaf Community Membership (information sheet)
  • Deaf Culture (information sheet)
  • Established and Productive Signs (information sheet)
  • Fingerspelling (information sheet)
  • Perspectives on Deafness (information sheet)
  • Sign Structures (information sheet)

Deaf People with Special Needs - including Independent Living Skills Program (ILSP)

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• Staff
• Services
• Independent living skills training
  • About the ILSP Guidelines
  • See the ILSP Guidelines
  • Order a copy of the ILSP Guidelines in Auslan
  • Book a meeting to discuss the ILSP Guidelines
• D.E.A.F. Club - Deaf Education, Activities and Fun Club
• Deafblindness
• More about Deafblindness
• Mental Health Service
• Children with Diasbilities
• Events
• More information

Employment and Workplace Support - Deaf Society Employment Service

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• Staff
• How the Employment Service operates
• The Deaf Society's Employment Room
• Services offered by the Deaf Society Employment Service
• Services for clients
• Job search
• Job vacancy list
• Jobs available at the Deaf Society
• Services for employees
• Benefits for employers
  • Auslan for Employment Program
  • Wage Subsidy Scheme
  • Workpalce Modification Scheme
• Employers' obligations
• Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Cultural Diversity
• Human rights legislation
• Tips to make your workplace Deaf-friendly
• How to communicate with a Deaf persion
• Interviewing a Deaf person
• Job Capacity Assessment (JCA)
  • Conducting a JCA
  • JCA Tutorial Curriculum
• Register with the Deaf Society Employment Service
  • Register online
  • Download a Registration Form
• Client privacy
• Disability Employment Network Capped Programs
• Disability Employment Network Uncapped Programs
• Quality standards
• "School is Over - What Now?" booklet
• More information

Events

• Deaf Society events
• Deaf Community Newsboard
• Register an event
• Courses

Families and Children

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• Services
• Children
• Young People
• Parents
  • Parenting education and information sessions
  • Parent to Parent program
    • Parent to Parent program - information in Arabic
    • Parent to Parent program - information in Chinese
    • Parent to Parent program - information in Vietnamese
    • Parent to Parent mentor
• Deaf-freindly Families program
• Sign 'N' Tots Playgroup
• Talking with Teens program
• Events
• Special projects
• Baby Cry Alarm Borrowing Scheme
  • Flyer about the scheme
  • Guidelines
  • Agreement Form
• More information

INFORMATION

• How to Communication with a Deaf Person
• About Deafness
• Deaf Community Membership (information sheet)
• Consultation with the Deaf Community
• Deaf Culture (information sheet)
• Deaf, deaf, hard of hearing or hearing impaired?
• Perspectives on Deafness (information sheet)
• Help for people who are losing their hearing
• Audiograms (information sheet)
• What is Auslan?
• Auslan Statistics (information sheet)
• Established and Productive Signs (information sheet)
• Fingerspelling (information sheet)
• Sign Structures (information sheet)
• Where can I learn Auslan?
• Auslan Practice Groups
• "Think deafness is a disability? Think again." - television ad
• "Think deafness is a disability? Think again." - television ad with captions
• Captions
• Equipment
• Audio Hearing Loops
• TTY (Telephone Typewriter)
• National Relay Service (NRS)

• Links to other Organisations
• Links to Deaf organisations
• Links to organisations that provide services to Deaf people
• Links to Deaf social and sporting groups
• Links to Auslan Practice Groups
• Register a Deaf social or sporting group

• The Deaf Society Library - see resources available
• Publications
  • Constitution of the Deaf Society of New South Wales
  • Strategic Plan 2007-2010
  • Disability Action Plan
  • Distribution of New South Wales’ sign language users
  • Seniors Report 2009
  • Seniors Report 1999
  • Voices - The Deaf/Hearing-Impaired Women’s Health Project 2001–2002
  • School is Over - What Now?
• Annual Reports
  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2007
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003
  • 2002
  • 2001
• Newsletters
• Hands On News
• Deaf Regional News
• Auslan Student Newsletter
• Newsbrief
  • Order a newsletter
    • Order Hands On News
    • Order Deaf Regional News
    • Order Auslan Student Newsletter
    • Order Newsbrief

• Deafnet (webcam) Project
• Deafnet tutorials
• Intro to the Internet - PowerPoint Slideshow version
• Intro to the Internet - PowerPoint version
• Internet Explorer Home Page - PowerPoint Slideshow version
• Internet Explorer Home Page - PowerPoint version
• Internet Explorer Print Webpages - PowerPoint Slideshow version
• Internet Explorer Print Webpages - PowerPoint version
• Searching with Google - PowerPoint Slideshow version
• Searching with Google - PowerPoint version
• Google Advanced Searching - PowerPoint Slideshow version
• Google Advanced Searching - PowerPoint version
• Hotmail Sign Up - PowerPoint Slideshow version
• Hotmail Sign Up - PowerPoint version
• Managing Your Hotmail Inbox - PowerPoint Slideshow version
• Managing Your Hotmail Inbox - PowerPoint version
• A Brief History of the Internet - PowerPoint Slideshow version

Information about GOING TO COURT

• Going to court - video with Auslan (part 1)
• Going to court - video with Auslan (part 2)
• Going to court - video with Auslan (part 3)
• Going to court - video with Auslan (part 4)
• Courtroom diagram
• Domestic violence
• Help with divorce
• Legal advice
• Finding a lawyer
• Legal words - a glossary of definitions for 45 different legal words and phrases
• Defendant
  • Information for a Defendant
• Witness
  • Information for a Witness
• Preparing for court
• Links to more information

• Website disclaimer
• Site map

Information about SAVING, SPENDING AND BUDGETING

• Project overview
• Introduction
• Part 1 - Spending Leaks
• Part 2 - Spending Diary
• Part 3 - Needs and Wants
• Part 4 - Paperwork and Bills
• Part 5 - Comparison Shopping
• Forms

INTERPRETING - SLC NSW (Sign Language Communications)

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• Staff and interpreters
• Staff
• Services
• Sign Language Communications - introduction letter to the Deaf Community
• Translation Service
  • Translation Service promotional video
  • Translation Service client testimonials
• Notetakers
• Interpreters Register
  • Deafblind interpreters
  • Sydney interpreters
  • ACT interpreters
  • Central Coast interpreters
  • Newcastle/Hunter interpreters
  • Coffs Coast interpreters
  • Northern NSW interpreters
  • Southern and Western interpreters
• Relay interpreting
• Tandem interpreting
• Deafblind interpreting
• VRI (video remote interpreting
• Tips for working with interpreters
• More information
• SLC NSW client testimonials
• Employment oppportunities

• Book an interpreter
• Booking System instructions
• Booking Policy
• Costs and fees
• Cost of provision

• Policies for clients
• Feedback card
• Quality assurance
• External agencies which can assist with complaint
• Complaints procedure

• Guidelines for interpreters
  • Recruitment and selection of interpreters
  • Employment conditions
  • Commitment to professional development
  • Code of Ethics for sign language interpreters
  • Guidelines for the Application of the ASLIA Code of Ethics
  • Deafblind interpreting guidelines
  • Policies for Notetakers
  • OH&S guidelines: radiation and megnetic imaging
  • Debriefing

LATEST NEWS

RURAL AND REGIONAL SERVICES

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• Staff
• Services
• Hunter and Central Coast
• Coffs Coast
• Northern NSW
• New England
• South Coast
• Central West
• Riverina
• Far West
• Outreach
• Deafnet (webcam) project
• Deafnet tutorials
  • Order a copy of the Deafnet tutorials on a disc

SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

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• Staff
• Services
• Individual support
• Drop In Service
• Older Deaf people
• Mental health services
• Womens Leadership Program
• Communication with a Deaf Person
• More information