Trained Parent Mentors

Provide a first hand understanding of what it means to be a parent of a child with hearing loss

Provide unbiased support to help families understand their child's hearing loss and the choices they will face

Help link families with other families or local parent support groups

What is a Parent Mentor?

A Parent Mentor is a parent of a child with hearing loss who has an understanding of some of the issues that may face your family.

All Parent Mentors have completed an intensive training programme on supporting families with a child diagnosed with a hearing loss.

Parent Mentors help families to learn and understand in what can be an emotional journey following a hearing loss diagnosis.

How does it Work?

Families can be referred to Beacon NZ by their Audiologist, Advisor on Deaf Children or through self-referral. After this contact, a mentor is matched to your family. The mentor will contact you and discuss ways to best work together. This can happen through:

• Face to face meetings
• Telephone calls
• Video conferencing calls
• Email

How do I get a Mentor?

To contact a Parent Mentor, or for more information, please call or email Beacon New Zealand.

phone 0800 535 636 (toll free)

email beacon.newzealand@gmail.com

Beacon New Zealand is a not-for-profit organisation that provides a Parent Mentoring Service to support families of children with hearing loss. This service is free to all families.

As part of the mentoring process, the Parent Mentor will help to link you to a local parent support group.
For details of parent support groups throughout NZ, contact us.