Respectful of the choices carried out by the families concerning the modes of schooling of their children and their modes of communication, we could note in the last 20 years the very important contribution of the services set up by our associations with regard to:
  the information and training of parents
  classroom assistants primarily through the SSEFIS (Service of Support for Family Education and School Integration)
  assistants for students at university (centres of support for the integration of the students)
  help in employment, vocational training and in social life in general.

We hope that all of these services set up to support parents, children, and deaf adults, will be consolidated, will continue and develop further.

UNAPEDA in few lines :

  7 régional associations with services, established on all the French metropolitan territory and overseas (Martinique, Ile de La Réunion, Nouvelle-Calédonie)
  15 parent’s associations representing more than 1200 members
  More than 3 000 deaf people who benificiate from our services : children, students, deaf adults
  recognized training for the professionals of deafness
  Website, publications (in french and others languages) , answering service (freephone helpline)
  Information sessions for parents
  Insurance for hearing aids and cochlear implants
  Regional an national parent’s meeting
  International meeting with associations of parents in Europe
  International information exchange via internet with the deaf children’s society (associations of parents) and associations of deaf or hard of hearing people throughout the world

UNAPEDA is a member of FEPEDA, the European Federation of Parents of Hearing Impaired Children.

Since beginning, UNAPEDA organized Familiy Days each year

  2004 : Questembert (Brittany):information on the range of careers with deaf children and young people, choice for initial vocational education

  2005 : Vassivières (the Limousin region): access to culture and spare time activities, access to schooling, access to higher education,access to professional life in mainstream

  2006 : Chemere (the Pays de La Loire region) about the new law of 11 of february 2005

  2007 : La Grande Motte (the Languedoc region) : access to cultural practices and sports

  2008 : Granville (Normandy) : Family and Deafness

NEXT UNAPEDA FAMILY DAY 2009

Date : 29 may 2009 to 31 may 2009
Location: 29 may : Nantes town
30 and 31 may : Saint-Hilaire de Rietz (Vendée).

29 May : symposium : the impact of technological evolution in the care of young deaf people - open to all members of the public : parents, deaf adults, professionals concerned with deafness and all persons interested or concerned in deafness (teachers, employers, social workers, others...)

30 and 31 may : family day on the same subject

CHILDREN, STUDENTS AND ADULTS DEAF SUPPORT REGIONAL SERVICE

Several of our regional associations are in charge of students and deaf adult’s program

  support assistants for deaf students ( regional poles of support for the integration)
  support assistants for unemployed deaf people
  support assistants for deaf adults in permanent continuing education and vocational training.
  service for deaf workers and their enterprises
  support of deaf adults in social life
  Sign Language interpreting service
  Sign Language and Cued Speech courses

Three of our regional associations are in charge of deaf children’s schooling

OTHER UNAPEDA SERVICES :

  Insurance for hearing aids and cochlear implants
  Information session for all members of the public on deafness