Bilingual Education for the Deaf

Left-right Back: May Cabutihan, Marecel Aljo, Sarah Talibong, Theresa Christine dela Torre Left-right Front: Dr. Susan Lane-Outlaw, Nora Shannon, Erin Esposito

To help improve the lives of Deaf individuals, two (2) teachers from La Salle University School for the Deaf: Marecel Aljo and Sarah Talibong attended the 7 – day seminar-workshop on Bilingual Education for the Deaf at DLS-CSB, 6 – 14 January 2014. The seminar-workshop was also participated in by the teachers of the Deaf from La Salle Green Hills Adult Night High School, School for the Deaf in Iligan, and School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies of the College of Saint Benilde. The speakers were from the Rochester Institute of Technology - National Technical Institute for the Deaf (RIT-NTID) Dr. Susan Lane-Outlaw, Erin Esposito, and Nora Shannon. The highlight of the seminar-workshop was the presentation the unit plan of each participant incorporating word study, reading, and writing strategies. The seminar-workshop was initiated by the Center for Education Access and Development of DLS-CSB through Miss May Cabutihan, head, Secondary Education Initiatives and Ms. Theresa Christine B. dela Torre, director, Center for Education Access and Development.