How We Started

HOW WE STARTED

It was in October of 2003 that the La Salle University School for the Deaf was officially opened. Previously, it was under the Community of Hope Special Education Center, Inc. (CHSEC), a non-government organization (NGO) which was administered by the Missionary Sisters of Saint Columban.
The CHSEC was formed as a response to the many needs of people with disabilities in Ozamiz City, Mindanao, Philippines. Since there was no basic education being provided for them, Sister Mary McManus, a Columban Sister, with student volunteers, began visiting them in their houses to extend tutorial services for stimulation. Due to the growth in numbers, the visiting to families become impossible. At the Columban Sisters’ request, the Diocesan Social Action Commission provided a room where the Deaf people could attend daily.



However, since it was not registered by the Department of Education, a negotiation with the administration of La Salle University and the Columban Sisters was agreed upon to transfer the Deaf students under its care.

VISION

La Salle University School for the Deaf is an extension program of La Salle University – Ozamiz. It provides a quality Lasallian education to the less privileged differently-abled Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students. It envisions to be the catalyst for the social recognition and acceptance of all Deaf people as full and equal citizens, empowered to actualize their potentials by an active participation in the economic, social and cultural life of the community.

MISSION

The School for the Deaf is committed to provide with appropriate education, empower the Deaf and their families, and create opportunities for the Deaf to engage in the communities where they live.

OBJECTIVES

The School for the Deaf aims to: 1. improve the Deaf’s quality of life by providing appropriate education from preparatory, secondary and tertiary levels; 2. provide vocational and life skills training, sporting activities, artistic and creative activities; 3. empower the Deaf and their families so that they can advocate for their rights in the society; and 4. provide special services where the Deaf are welcomed, loved and cared.

PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

  1. Multi-grade level in self-contained set-up
  2. Interpreted Mass
  3. Deaf organization: Misamis Occidental Association for the Deaf (MOAD)
  4. Sports
  5. Shidokan karate sessions
  6. Vocational skills training
  7. Basic Sign Language classes
  8. Values Formation for the Deaf
  9. Deaf Counseling
  10. Home Visitation

Background Information

Forty-nine (49) officially enrolled Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students for academic year 2011-2012 in the preparatory, elementary, high school, and college levels. Most of them are older than the required age of a particular grade or year level since they started schooling late. They have poor socialization skills with the hearing people because they are often teased. They prefer the company of the other Deaf students since they are very comfortable communicating with each other using the sign language. The majority of these students come from families who live below the poverty line. Most of their parents are housekeepers, pedicab drivers, ordinary fishermen, carpenters, laborers and farmers. Their tuition fee is socialized.

Friday, December 30, 2011

Curricula for Sign Language as a Mother Tongue and Written Language as a Second language for the Deaf - PDF file

http://www.deafvoc2.eu/deafvoc1/pages/products/Curricula%20and%20Teachers%20Guide%20in%20Czech,%20English,%20Finnish,%20German%20and%20Greek/English/Contents.pdf
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