by Paige Stringer | Mar 8, 2013 | audiology, deaf education, developing countries, early intervention, global foundation, hearing loss, inclusive education, speech pathology, Vietnam
Our Vietnam Deaf Education Program is putting an advanced twist on the old adage — “give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime”. We teach therapists and teachers across 38 schools in 20 Vietnam...
by Paige Stringer | Mar 7, 2013 | audiology, deaf education, developing countries, early intervention, inclusive education, US Consulate Vietnam
Thuy and I are visiting schools across the South that are enrolled in our Vietnam Deaf Education Program. Our first stop was an early intervention and day school program in Dong Nai province. All the teachers of the deaf who work here are enrolled in our...
by Paige Stringer | Mar 6, 2013 | audiology, deaf education, early intervention, global foundation, hearing loss, inclusive education, US Consulate Vietnam
The success of our Vietnam Deaf Education program is grounded in strong collaboration with the Vietnamese healthcare and education communities. Through open communication and ongoing dialogue, we have developed mutual trust and friendship and a shared commitment to...
by Paige Stringer | Feb 28, 2013 | audiology, developing countries, early intervention, global foundation, hearing loss, inclusive education, teacher training, US Consulate Vietnam, Vietnam
The Global Foundation team completed its third Mobile Mission at the end of January 2013. It was another successful endeavor. Here are the highlights….We spent a week at Children’s Hospital 1 in Ho Chi Minh City. This was our second Mobile Mission at CH1 and...
by Paige Stringer | Jan 17, 2013 | audiology, deaf education, developing countries, global foundation, hearing loss, teacher training, Vietnam
Tonight we had a Parent Workshop for about 30 local parents of children with hearing loss. We started the night with a video captured earlier in the day of a former student of Thuan An Center. He was born with a hearing loss and wears two hearing aids but has been...
by Paige Stringer | Jan 15, 2013 | audiology, deaf education, developing countries, early intervention, global foundation, hearing loss, inclusive education, nonprofit, speech pathology, teacher training, technology, Vietnam
We’re spending the week at Thuan An Center, an early intervention and school program for children with hearing loss located in a semi-rural community outside of Ho Chi Minh City. Thuan An Center is the Global Foundation’s partner in Vietnam and the host of...
