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 | Jul 1, 2012 | deaf education, developing countries, global foundation, teacher training, Vietnam
Lost in Translation. This is a constant danger when working across languages and cultures and is why good interpreters are essential to the success of our training efforts. This summer’s program requires more interpreters than we have ever had before because of...
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...
