Disability is not Inability

:: Kenya Society for Deaf Children (KSDC)

The International Deaf Children's Society
Dandora Deaf Group
Nairobi Family Support Services

LEARNING POINTS

* Involving younger siblings in the playgroup or older siblings in the class gave families more incentive and opportunity to practice signing at home.
Giving parents the opportunity to meet deaf adults who worked in the playgroup and as Sign Language trainers gave another perspective on the capabilities of deaf people and raised aspirations for their children.

* The Dandora Deaf Group had learnt English at their residential school, whilst the parents would have benefited from a Swahili language interpreter / trainer.

* It would have been useful to include information about other topics – such s education, causes of deafness as well as Sign Language training.

* A flexible curriculum was used which suited the parents, many of whom had only basic education. Visual training materials or materials in Swahili might have supported the learning process.

* The project focused on quantity of parents rather than quality of training - and some families felt that duration of training was too short and the level of skills learnt too low. More funding and a better training package for trainers would help this.

* A more effective evaluation mechanism for parents' signing ability would help demonstrate the effectiveness of the project to funders and others.

* Organizing opportunities for parent groups in different areas of Nairobi to meet each other and discuss their plans for the future would have been a motivation and source of ideas.

* Parents of young adults really want support in helping their children get access to petty business opportunities or employment.

:: SYNOPSIS

:: IDENTIFYING AND MOTIVATING PARENTS

:: LEARNING SIGN LANGUAGE

:; BEYOND SIGN LANGUAGE - BECOMING A GROUP

:: LEARNING POINTS

www.idcs.info

<< Back to business | Back to Disability Kenya >>