Tessa Padden

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name =Tessa Padden
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birth_place =flagicon|England England
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occupation = Presenter
Management Training Consultant
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website = [http://www.bbc.co.uk/seehear See Hear Website]
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children = Tessa Padden, (MA) is a Deaf British television presenter and management training consultant. She is the presenter of the "Deaf News" segment of a Deaf magazine programme for the BBC, "See Hear".

Padden is a former British Sign Language (BSL) Quality and Training Manager at [http://www.signpostbsl.com/ SignPost BSL] . During the European Conference in Brussels in February 2004, Padden was Head of Sign Language Services for Independent Media Signing (IMS). [cite web|title=European Conference|url=http://www.ictrnid.org.uk/euc/delegate.html|accessdate=2006-10-13] She was the founding chair of the BDA's BSL Institute and is a founding member of the BDA's [http://www.signacademy.org.uk/ Sign Academy] . [cite web|title=Tessa Padden|url=http://www.zoominfo.com/Search/PersonDetail.aspx?PersonID=584248029|publisher=SignAcademy.org.uk|accessdate=2006-10-13] She was the first Deaf person to present a signed news item on a mainstream news programme, on Channel 4. [cite web|title=IMS Who's who|url=http://cache.zoominfo.com/cachedpage/?archive_id=922597834&page_id=1156573215&page_url=%2f%2fwww.ims-media.com%2ftext_version%2fwho_we_are.html&page_last_updated=6%2f18%2f2005+11%3a43%3a40+PM&firstName=Tessa&lastName=Padden|publisher=IMS-Media.com|accessdate=2006-10-13]

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* [http://bbc.co.uk/seehear See Hear Website]