Psychosocial and educational challenges of SWHI in inclusive with reference to Awassa School for the Deaf
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2006-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The main focus of this study was to identify the psychosocial and educational challenges that SWHI face, the factors that contribute to challenge and explore the necessary interventions that need to be taken to create conducive environment for hearing impaired students. Based on the
finding of the study suggestion are presented to help deliver effective education for hearing impaired students attending inclusive education schooling at SWHI.
The study utilize qualitative and quantitative approaches of researce. Sources for data collection consist of primary and secondary source including relevant literature, observation, and response to interviews and questionnaire. The study revealed that most Will face psychosocial challenge i.e. rejection by their teachers and hearing peer, they suffer stress , frustration and were unhappy in their daily academic competitions with hearing students in inclusive educational
setting. The factor that may be contributing to psychosocial challenges of SWHI are mainly related to the negative attitude of the teacher's, hearing students and school community, the
existing communication barriers. the absence of sign language kills among teachers and unequal treatment of SWHI compared with the hearing students in inclusive classes.
Study also revealed that the profound and pre lingual deaf student have faced serious educational challenges whereas hard of hearing and post lingual deaf student have demonstrated equal academic achievement with average hearing students in all inclusive educational setting.
The factors that affect the education of SWHI in inclusive education might be the degree of hearing status, the age of onset of the impairment, and communication problem. Furthermore, the absence of a resource room, lack of interpreters, lack of trained teachers in special needs
education lack of appropriate teaching approaches and textbooks for SWHI, lack of sign language killed of teachers and lack of multidisciplinary coordination were b contributing to
educational challenge of SWHI in an inclusive education.
Finally . based on the finding. it was recommended that the government issue policy with clearly stated guidelines for special needs education and open sufficient teacher training program for long term and short term purpose. Curriculum designers should give special consideration to allow flexibility modification, substitution, exemption a well as compensation in order to the diverse educational need of children in an inclusive school program . Moreover. the study it recommended that school should provide awareness creation program about WSHI and sign language training for teachers, It i also recommend that teachers need to be innovative, flexible, creative, willing to learn from the learner and be capable of initiating active learning.
Furthermore, teachers should work out the necessary modification and adaptation of educational materials, methodology, facilities, equipment and environmental conditions.
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