Standards and guidelines

There are a number of standards and guidelines that document best practice for the services families receive. These can provide important evidence for parents when seeking services that best meet the needs of your child and family.

• National Framework for Neonatal Hearing Screening - Australian Government
  http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/neonatal-hearing-screening
   
• Disability Standards for Education - Australian Government
  https://education.gov.au/disability-standards-education
   
• National Disability Insurance Scheme: Quality and Safeguards
  http://www.ndis.gov.au/participants/safeguards
   
• Best Practices in Family-Centered Early Intervention for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: An International Consensus Statement 
  http://jdsde.oxfordjournals.org/content/18/4/429.full.pdf+html
   
• Supplement to the JCIH 2007 position statement: Principles and guidelines for early intervention after confirmation that a child is deaf or hard of hearing
  http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2013/03/18/peds.2013-0008.full.pdf+html
   
• Queensland Minimum Standards of Practice: Early intervention for children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families
  https://www.childrens.health.qld.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/PDF/healthy-hearing/hh-min-stds-prac-qld.pdf
   
• GPOD Position Statement and Recommendations for Family Support in the Development of Newborn Hearing Screening Systems (NHS)/Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Systems (EHDI) Worldwide
  https://sites.google.com/site/gpodhh/Home/position_statement
   
• "Has anyone thought to include me?" Fathers’ perceptions of having a deaf child and the services that support them. A report from the National Deaf Children's Society in the UK.
  http://aussiedeafkids.org.au/fathers-has-anyone-thought-to-include-me.html