ATLA

Creating a world in which lipreading classes are available to all those who need them.

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About ATLA

Joining ATLA

ATLA membership is intended for qualified teachers of lipreading only. Membership is not open to the general public.

ATLA is the only professional association for lipreading teachers in the world - and as such it is at the leading edge of teaching lipreading.

ATLA members must have completed a recognised lipreading teacher training programme. ATLA members subscribe to a Code of Ethics and agree to undertake professional development to maintain teaching standards. Members have access to:

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Committee Members

The following officers were elected as trustees on 7 May 2009 at the AGM held in London:

Chair: Heidi Walsh

Vice-chair: Bert Smale (also acts as Development Officer)

Secretary: Carol Riley

Treasurer: Janet Thomas

Membership Officer: Pat Tester

Class Information Officer: Jayne Wilkins

Catchword Editor: Maggie Short

Newsletter Editor: Mary Bayntun

Events Officers: Philippa Cornforth & Tracy Caroll

Leaflets Officer: Bill Allen

 

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Aims and Principles

Our Vision, Purpose and Aims

This article describes ATLA's vision and purpose, and lists our aims and credo.

VISION

To create a world where lipreading classes are available to all those who need them.

PURPOSE

To provide a professional and recognised association for teachers of lipreading to adults, and to work in partnership with others to ensure that everyone challenged by hearing loss has access to lipreading classes and appropriate support.
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Newsflash

The RNID will be carrying out a research project into the provision of lipreading classes across England and Wales.

The project is being run in conjunction with ATLA, Hearing Concern LINK and UKCoD.

The project will be carried out in May/June 2010 and aims to look at lipreading class provision as a whole - including classes taught by ATLA members and other classes - to gain as accurate and complete a picture as possible.

The data collected will be used to inform the campaign for lipreading classes in England and Wales.

The RNID in Scotland has already carried out some research into lipreading class provision and thus Scotland is not included in this research project.

A new section on the campaign and research is available for ATLA members - simply log in for access.