[Deaf Arab] Creating Accessible Teaching and Suppor - CAT

اخوتي واخواتي أعضاء مجموعة الصم العرب السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته وصلني هذا الإيميل ولأهميته للمهتمين بتعليم الصم أنسخه لكم للفائدة ويمكنكم الاستفادة من الرابط المذكور في الإيميل  http://www.adcet.edu.au/Cats/ حيث يوفر معلومات عن استراتيجيات التعليم واستراتيجيات التقييم مع العلم أن الموقع لا يركز فقط على الصم فقط وإنما على تسهيل الدعم والتعليم لجميع فئات ذوي الاحتياجات الخاصة مع تمنياتي للجميع بالتوفيق هند الشويعر Hi all, I just browsed the Web looking for Higher Education sites for users with disabilities and found one very interesting about Creating Accessible Teaching and Support (CATS), and so I comment on this here. CATS aims to assist professors and students with disabilities in finding up-to-date information about inclusive teaching, learning and assessment strategies, accommodations and support services for students with disabilities. The link of CATS is: http://www.adcet.edu.au/Cats/">CATS What I like the most on this site is that the site provides guided information about teaching strategies and assessment strategies for specific impairments. For example, professors should be well aware of deaf students' educational needs. Let me cite some hints from the site for this disability: " -Encourage students with hearing impairment to seat themselves toward the front of the lecture theatre where they will have an unobstructed line of vision. This is particularly important if the student is using an interpreter, lip-reading, relying on visual clues or using a hearing aid which has a limited range." -Do not speak when facing the blackboard. Be aware that moustaches, beards, hands, books or microphones in front of your face can add to the difficulties of lip-readers. -Students who lip-read cannot function in darkened rooms. You may need to adjust the lighting in your teaching environment.If a sign interpreter is employed, follow the hints for working with a sign interpreter." In the case of students with ADHD, some hints are shown here: " -Providing both written and oral instructions, and making expectations and requirements clear - Providing an individual examination room to minimise distractions - Extending exam times to assist focus and concentration" I often wonder whether in Europe professors, who encounter to have students with disabilities in their classes are well aware of all students' educational needs. For example, I had searched all the websites of Hellenic Academic institutions and identified very few ones that include information about special support services for students with disabilities, usually deaf and hard of hearing students. By the way, what do you think about CATS? Regards, Krystallo   ------------------------------ Hend Al Showaier Coordinator, Deaf and Sign Language Program Prince Salman Center for Disability Research  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia www.pscdr.org.sa   Mailing address (Home) : P.O. Box 26031 Riyadh 11486, Saudi Arabia.

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