“Together for the Socio-Professional Insertion of Hearing Impaired Students”

Alina Boca

SYSTEMIC APPROACH OF SOCIO-PROFESSIONAL

INTEGRATION

Society

Education

Family

• Employers, Authorities • Private and State Institutions

• Managers, Teachers, Phycologist, Students, Social Workers

• Educational Institutions

• Parents, Grandparents, Foster Families

THE SCHOOL AS THE INTEGRATION FACILITATOR

INTEGRATION FACILITATOR/MEDIATOR

Cluj-Napoca High School for Deaf

Society/Community

Local Authorities

Local Institutions-Police, Fire workers Local Department,

Hospitals

Private companies interested in working

with deaf

Family

Parents, Grand parents, Foster

Families

Schools

Teachers Students

PATTERNS/STEPS FOLLOWED ON THE

PARTNERSHIPS

1. People 'Needs Analysis based on

questionnaires (when possible);

2. Select the priorities and direction to action;

3. Establish the partnerships;

4. Apply for national or European projects or

other tips of finances;

5. Hardworking on implementing the projects;

6. Valuing the projects 'outcome.

1. People 'Needs Analysis based on questionnaires

Community needs more information and training on hearing

impairment domain;

Families need to be trained how to get involve in education of

their hearing impaired children;

Mainstream schools need counseling in integrating hearing

impaired children;

Special schools need to be more open for inclusion;

Students need competences to be prepared for social and

professional integration when graduated.

2. Select the priorities and direction to action

Deaf awareness training of employee and employers

from public and private institution;

Families training and involvement into the schools

projects;

School collaboration for common activities;

Specials schools teacher training;

Organizing and participating with the students to

different events, schools’ contest;

School and families educational activities;

3. Establish the partnerships & 4. Applying for

national or European projects for socio-professional

inclusion of hearing impaired students;

Community partnerships with: Cluj County Police, Cluj County Fire Department, “Babes-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca Technical University,

Interschool partnerships at the local and the national level;

Partnerships with non-profit organizations, teachers association, parents association;

Partnerships with European institutions-school, universities, associations private or state;

Membership of National Teachers Association http://www.anpeda.tk/ HIPEN-European Network for Professional Working with People with Hearing Impairments (http://www.hipen.eu/)

5. Implementing the

projects/activities/partnerships/programs

INTERVENTION AT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

LEVEL

EU Project:”ProDeaf Toolkit” ” 509903-LLP-1-2010-1-FR-LEONARDO-LMP, 2010-2012

Goal of the project: Increasing accessibility of hearing impaired to different kind of services by initiating public and private partnerships with the employers which work with this category of beneficiaries;

We considered that it is necessary a continuous training of public and private sector personnel for the implementation of European legislation on non-discrimination and equal opportunities for people with hearing impairment.

Target group: Employers and employees from the public or private sector, respectively, working or providing services for people with hearing impairment.

PRODEAF TOOLKIT-COMUNICATION GUIDE

⚫ Introduction

⚫ What means hearing impairment?

⚫ Comunication with hearing impaired people;

⚫ Technology;

⚫ Services to support communication with hearing impaired people;

⚫ Support services;

⚫ Access to work for people with hearing impairment;

⚫ Courses;

⚫ Legal rights;

⚫ Other useful information

http://prodeaftoolkitromania.blogspot.com/

Comunication with Hearing

Impaired People

⚫ How do we communicate with hearing impaired?

⚫ Communicating with different groups: deaf, hearing impaired, deafblind,

⚫ Communication techniques:

-The Sign Language

- Dactyls

- Lipreading

VALUING PRODEAF TOOLKIT GUIDE

The Communication guide was presented to local

Police, Fire Workers County Department, University

Students studying to become special education

teachers, family doctors, Technical University

students and staff, mainstream schools.

It was an important resource in introducing

hearing impaired people to the hearing

community.

It is available in printed and electronical format.

PARTNERSHIPS FOR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

OF HEARING IMPAIRED STUDENTS

1. Partnership with

Technical University

Department of

Mechatronics

2. Partnership with

private companies;

WHAT STUDENTS SAY ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS?

Nagy Csaba, 10th Grade „I like to participate at the activities at the Faculty of Mechanics because it are appropriate to our professional specialty. Each year we had partnership activities. My favorite activity is the construction of the robots. This year I really enjoyed the old car exhibition."

VALUING THE LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS

Participation of the high school students to

different hand-on workshops on the university

labs;

Organizing the professional training of the

students to private companies;

Some students were start working over the

summer to some of the private companies.

NATIONAL PROJECTS REGARDING THE CAREER

ORIENTATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED STUDENTS

One of the best national projects addressed to

our high school students “Professional

Success” and “Job Shadow Day” coordinated

by Junior Achievement Romania;

The aim of the project was to prepare the upper

classes students (11th, 12th grade) for the job’

interviews and for the integration on the work

field.

ACTIVITIES OF THE “PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS”

PROJECT

Preparing the resources adapted for hearing impaired students:

- A guide with resources for teachers to use in the classroom;

-A guide for students to have the headlines of the steps needed to be passed before and after they become a employee;

Practical activities in group or individual in order to practice job interview.

Meeting the companies representatives to talk about requirements of different jobs.

THE CONTENT OF THE STUDENTS GUIDE

1. Active listening

2. Communication

3. How I prepare for interview?

4. Communication and behavior at the job.

5. How I manage my money?

6. Independent leaving

Meeting the companies representatives

Mrs. Olga Stanciu representing Jolidon.

Mrs. Stanciu spoke to the students about the qualities necessary for success in life and at work place, about the importance of courage and sport in life, but also about the company profile and employment opportunities at Jolidon.

It was an exciting and motivating meeting for students.

A contest has also been launched: the student who is more consistent in the development of a sports program will win a Jolidon prize at the next meeting.

JOB SHADOW DAY

“I think the Job Shadow Day program offers young people the opportunity to get to know the tasks of different jobs and helps them make the right choice for a job.

I went to Neon on Monday and saw how are made out the lighting systems for different devices. It was interesting and I liked the practical activities because it is easier to understand”.

Sorin Iclanzan, 12th Grade

EU PROJECTS FOR DEVELOPING STUDENTS

COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND CAREER

ORIENTATION

“SIGN LANGUAGE IS MY POWER”:

Youth in Action Youth Exchanges project

The aims were:

- to develop the international sign language communication

skills of young hearing impaired youth;

- to train them as sign language interpreters;

Project outcomes made by our students

Practical Guide to Become Sign Language Interpreter

Guide sample page

Acest proiect a fost finanţat cu sprijinul Comisiei Europene.Această publicaţie (comunicare) reflectă numai punctul de vedere al autorului şi Comisia nu este responsabilă pentru eventuala utilizarea informaţiilor pe care le conţine.

DVD Sign Language Interpreters Code

Acest proiect a fost finanţat cu sprijinul Comisiei Europene.Această publicaţie (comunicare) reflectă numai punctul de vedere al autorului şi Comisia nu este responsabilă pentru eventuala utilizarea informaţiilor pe care le conţine.

Preparing the film for the ghid-DVD

Acest proiect a fost finanţat cu sprijinul Comisiei Europene.Această publicaţie (comunicare) reflectă numai punctul de vedere al autorului şi Comisia nu este responsabilă pentru eventuala utilizarea informaţiilor pe care le conţine.

THE VALUE OF THE “SIGN LANGUAGE IS MY

POWER” OUTCOMES

The guide can be used as a training tool to serve both hearing

impaired people and hearing people who want to become sign

language interpreters.

It help our students and teacher to better understand the role

of the interpreter and to improve their signing competences.

The outcomes were made by the students using their

competences and practicing what they learnt in school and

during the project lifetime;

The student coordinator participated to “Made for Europe” a

National Contest and won 1st Place for the their work.

TEACHERS UPDATED TRAINING

Oral Education Projects

Erasmus + “The use of verbal-tonal

for the development of the

communication skills to hearing

impaired students, the premise of

inclusion”

Sign Language

Education-Projects

POSDRU ” Continuing Training of

Teaching Staff in Education for

Hearing Impaired Students:

Development of Pedagogical

Competences, Romanian Sign

Language Competences and ICT

Competences"

POSDRU ” Continuing Training of Teaching Staff in Education for Hearing Impaired Students:

Development of Pedagogical Competences, Romanian Sign Language Competences and ICT

Competences“ OUTCOMES

The teachers learnt new signs specific on

different teaching objects such as:

Mathematics, History, Geography;

Better awareness of deaf culture;

Romanian sign language resources;

Erasmus + “The use of verbal-tonal for the development of the communication

skills to hearing impaired students, the premise of inclusion”

The teachers were trained

to use “new "methods in

order to develop verbal

communication skill to

hearing impaired students;

The outcome was a guide

to help the other teachers

to implement the methods

into the classroom.

EU PROJECT WITH STUDENTS PARENTS FOR THE

STUDENTS FAMILIES

• Project no: GRU-13-P-LP-369-CJ-Fr, „HIC Family

Support”, 2013-2015

• Parents and teachers from 4 different country were

working together to organize events and activities into

the schools in the benefit of their children/teenagers

STUDENT-PARENT-TEACHERS ACTIVITIES

There is a practice and a tradition on organizing

this kind of activities starting with kindergarten;

There is a good opportunity to better know one

each other, to show the students progress, to

value both students and parents work;

Sometimes we invite former students and

parents to talk about their job, how they were

integrated into the job place.

TEACHERS CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIO-

PROFESSIONAL INSERTION

We consider that social integration start in the

first day the child come into the institution;

The teachers’ entire work is to prepare the

students for the next level of integration in the

society-schools, universities, job place.

The students are waiting to be discovered and

to be guided by somebody-a teacher, a peer, a

parent or a person.

The Center for Family Support and Early

Rehabilitation of Children with Hearing Disabilities

and Associated Disabilities

HEARING AND LANGUAGE REABILITATION

CENTER/ EARLY INTERVENTION CENTER

TEACHER ‘ACTIVITIES

Conducting common activities teacher-children/pupils- parents and parents' involvement in the hearing and language rehabilitation;

Organizing family support activities based on parents' suggestions in collaboration with specialists from different fields such as ENT doctors, pediatricians, social workers, audio- prosthesis specialists, and mainstream teachers;

Informing parents about the particularities of their hearing impaired child and the development of its language, suggesting the best educational services;

Informing mainstream teachers about the particularities of communicating with hearing impaired students and their learning particularities.

Primary and gymnasium special

education

PRIMARY SCHOOL MAIN ACTIVITIES

Language’ development is one of the most

important concerns of the specialists working

in our school.

We consider that the verbal language’

development is very an important acquisition

for social integration process of the persons

with hearing impairment.

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ARE A TEAM WORK

Educational activities We follow regular school curriculum, adapted to the specific of the disabilities;

Therapeutic activities Specific therapies: auditory training, speech therapy, lip-reading learning

activities, psychomotor education, rhythm stimulation, physiotherapy, complex

and integrated therapy (training for personal autonomy, sensorial and cognitive

stimulations, socialization, play therapy)

Extracurricular activities competitions, festivals, traditional and modern dance groups, various projects

in partnership with other institutions

Beneficiary: 90 children with

hearing/associated disabilities

Social and Personal Autonomy

Activities

COUNSELING FOR SCHOOL ORIENTATION

It is made by class teachers together with the

school counselor/psychologist;

There are some counseling programs

implemented at the national level, we adapted

to our children/students;

The school orientation programs are applied to

the group at the end of kindergarten, primary

level, middle school level.

SCHOOL ORIENTATION PROGRAMS

The main purpose of the school orientation programs is to prepare the children/students and the parents for the next level of education and to ensure a smooth transition;

The programs have suggestive titles:

-“I am prepared to go to school”- for kindergarten children;

-“I am going to the middle school”-for primary school(I-IV Grade level) pupils;

- “High School Years are Coming”-for middle school students.

SCHOOL ORIENTATION PROGRAMS

The programs are made by the Educational County Department (CJRAE)/ Resource Center, responsible with the School Counselors;

Are adapted to the children/students needs;

Are active- involving all the participants into the games, reading stories, roll-playing, visit to the potential schools, meeting with other students;

There are activities for the classroom, for individuals, for parents, for both parents and students;

It comes with informational resources which can be printed for the students and parents.

COUNSELING FOR PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATION

It starts in the kindergarten with the visit at different work places as a part of integrated activities, for example when study food the kids will visit a bakery to see how the bread is made and also they participate into the baking activities;

Visits to different work places is also our primary and middle school students favorite activities.

Meeting former students, parents or other specialist who are talking about their job it is another successful activity.

The kids prefers the meetings and activities organized by the fire workers and police but they also enjoy taking care of animals or gardening during farm visit.

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST/ COUNSELOR

INVOLVEMENT

Psychological evaluation at the beginning and at the end school year;

Academic and social competences evaluations;

Coordinating the multidisciplinary team for counseling the students and parents regarding the school or job options;

Coordinating the school orientation process.

Individual counseling for integration into the schools, for school and professional orientation.

High School

HIGH SCHOOL

Beginning with the 1st of September 2007 we

have classes of High School students.

They study according to mainstream curriculum.

Offers the possibility of obtaining a PC operator

technician certificate

Beneficiary: 50 students with hearing disabilities

COUNSELING FOR PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATION

At the high school level starts the real

professional orientation;

Based on socio-professional competences

evaluation and based on their national

academic evaluation, the students are

orientated for different jobs or universities.

Activities for career orientation coordinated

by the school’ psychologist

- Carrier individual counseling;

- Participation of the students at the national counseling programs such us: “Preparing for my job”, “Job shadow days”, “Professional Success ”.

- Participation of the students to the university open days and to the presentation of their educational offer;

- Participation of the students to the job career fair,

- Participation of the students to the motivational meetings with former students or employee working on different jobs’ domain;

CAREER ACTIVITIES COORDINATED BY

TEACHERS

Visits to different job places into the city;

Practical activities organized into the job places; Our students have most of the learning time for practice their job specialization-PC computer technician.

Collaboration with mainstream vocational high school to work and learn together on different technical projects into the specialized laboratories.

RESULTS

Most of our students prefer hand-on jobs, they are

integrated into job filed after graduation and they

are very appreciated at their job place because

they don’t loose time talking, they just work.

Few of our students graduate universities with

different specialization.

All our former students are a very important

resource to motivate the other students to do their

best in their life.

SOCIAL INTEGRATION THROUGH

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Traditional dance group

”Mugurel de brad”

THEATRE AND

PANTOMIMES

TROUPE

NATIONAL CONTEST FOR STUDENTS WITH HEARING

DISABILITIES- GYMNASIUM STUDENTS

INTERDISCIPLINARY

CONTEST FOR

GENERAL CULTURE –

HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL

INTERNATIONAL CONTEST “STORY IN WATERCOLOUR”,

ORGANIZED EVERY YEAR IN 25TH OF MARCH –

STUDENTS FROM ALL LEVELS ARE INVOLVED

Music Camp

In collaboration with

Music Camp

International

Association,

Transylvania State

Philharmonic and High

school for Visual

Impairments Children

JOY OF EUROPE FESTIVAL- BELGRAD, SERBIA

EUROPEAN PROJECTS

Ministry of Education award us

the title of European School in

2011, 2014 and 2017

PROJECT IN PROGRESS

• Erasmus+ Project K2, ”Open Sign”, 2017-2019-

developing teaching resources in sign language.

• Erasmus+ Project K1, “Teaching Sign Language to

Deaf” 2018-2020, Mobility project in partnership with

other European schools for deaf.

NEXT PROJECTS

New project in collaboration with IT experts “Developing the web-design competences to the deaf students” in order to create a VIRTUAL Library with all educational resources we have.

Another project with Norwegian and HIPEN partners “Deaf students career orientation” for a better socio-professional orientation and integration of our students.

Only TOGETHER, WE CAN DO a better socio-professional integration of hearing impaired students.

LICEUL TEHNOLOGIC SPECIAL PENTRU DEFICIENŢI DE AUZ

CLUJ-NAPOCA IS AN INSTITUTION WITH EXPERIENCE OVER 130 YEARS

IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION OF CHILDREN WITH

HEARING IMPAIRMENTS.

LICEUL TEHNOLOGIC SPECIAL PENTRU DEFICIENŢI DE AUZ CLUJ-NAPOCA