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World Hearing Day - 2025

02 Mar

World Hearing Day is held on 3 March every year to focus attention on the importance of ear health and developing awareness of the factors that contribute to positive listening ...

Best wishes for the festive season

15 Dec

The Victorian Deaf Education Institute thanks our colleagues and key stakeholders for their collaboration, consultation and engagement throughout the year and we wish you all a joyful and restful break ...

International Day of People with Disability 2024

02 Dec

Today we celebrate International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD), a United Nations (UN) day instigated in 1992 that promotes community awareness, understanding and acceptance of people with disability. ...

International Week of Deaf People 23-29 September 2024

22 Sep

23-29 September is International Week of Deaf People, held every year to acknowledge Deaf people and their communities. During this week, Deaf communities celebrate their unique histories and highlight ...

Principals' Day 2024

01 Aug

Principals’ Day is an initiative of the Victorian Principals Association. Celebrated this year on 2 August in schools across the state, the day recognises the hard work and dedication of ...

NAIDOC Week 7 – 14 July 2024

04 Jul

National NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia in the first week of July each year, to celebrate and recognise the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

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VDEI Caption Centre

Captioning Service

The VDEI Caption Centre provides schools with captioning services for their educational media, ensuring access to the curriculum and supporting materials for deaf and hard of hearing primary and secondary students. This service is available to all Victorian Government, Catholic, and Independent schools.

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Caption Centre Library

The VDEI Caption Centre hosts a Library with a broad range of captioned educational media spanning various subjects across the Victorian Curriculum. Victorian schools can access and download these resources to assist deaf and hard of hearing students in the classroom.

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Strategic Plan 2021-2023

The Victorian Deaf Education Institute’s (VDEI) vision is to contribute to improvement in the educational outcomes for the more than 4,000 students in Victoria who are deaf or hard of hearing by strengthening the knowledge and practice of the professionals and communities that support them. The Victorian Deaf Education Institute ...

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