The Association of Deaf Education Professionals and Trainees (adept) is a brand new organization (UK)

Working to improve the services in educational settings for deaf people of all ages, adept has merged the two former separate organisations NATED (National Association for Tertiary Education for Deaf people) and ACSW (Association of Communication Support Workers) that have worked closely together in recent years including their joint annual conferences since 2010.

adept is a member-led organisation aiming to enable deaf learners access to quality support provision in their chosen courses and in their preferred communication mode, with appropriately qualified staff and fair assessment procedures. It promotes equality for deaf learners by monitoring developments and attitudes and by liaising with other professional associations and governmental bodies regarding legislation, policy and procedures.

More information: www.adeptuk.co.uk