by Paige Stringer | Jul 8, 2012 | audiology, deaf education, developing countries, early intervention, global foundation, inclusive education, speech pathology, teacher training, Vietnam
After months of planning and collaboration, it is now time to bring this big summer training program of ours to life. It all starts tomorrow, and right now, it sure feels a bit like Christmas Eve.The first of the Global Foundation’s team of professionals arrived...
by Paige Stringer | Jun 20, 2012 | audiology, deaf education, developing countries, early intervention, global foundation, inclusive education, teacher training, World Health Organization
Sharing knowledge is not about giving people something, or getting something from them. That is called information sharing. Sharing knowledge occurs when people are genuinely interested in helping one another develop new capacities for action. And in order for...
by Paige Stringer | Jun 7, 2012 | audiology, deaf education, developing countries, early intervention, global foundation, Guatemala, hearing loss, teacher training
Last Saturday, I sat in a small room in Xela, Guatemala with the principals of five different schools for the deaf. The purpose of the meeting was to introduce the model of professional development and training that the Global Foundation For...
by Paige Stringer | May 30, 2012 | audiology, developing countries, global foundation, hearing loss, teacher training, Vietnam, World Health Organization
The famous adage “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day…teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime” suggests that it is more worthwhile to teach someone to do something, than to do something for them. Our Vietnam Deaf...
by Paige Stringer | May 15, 2012 | audiology, deaf education, developing countries, early intervention, global foundation, hearing loss, inclusive education, speech pathology, teacher training, Vietnam
We’re two months away from the first day of our third summer training program in Vietnam. Our volunteer team of 18 speech and hearing and deaf education professionals have brought such creativity, commitment, and synergy to the process over...
by Paige Stringer | Apr 23, 2012 | audiology, deaf education, early intervention, global foundation, hearing loss, inclusive education, teacher training, Vietnam
The Global Foundation For Children With Hearing Loss is celebrating its 3-year anniversary this month. It has been a wonderful journey. We are grateful to everyone who has followed our work and the people and organizations that...
