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Netshma - a network for hearing impaired
children
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This project is an environment and
working tool for hearing impaired children most of which are integrated in regular
schools. These children, due to their impairment lose some of the study materials. They
need a supporting system that encompass learning skills, language as well as emotional and
social areas.
It became clear that there is the need to integrate the different components of the
support system: the special educaton teacher (in addition to the regular classroom
teacher); the parents; the enlarged hearing team; the clinician; social worker;
psychologist; diagnostician; the Ministry of Health nurese; the physician; the supervisors
and instructors for special education. Netshma provied Internet access and email accounts
to all these components of the support system .
Some of the results obtained so far can be exemplified by the decision to change
the frontal teaching methods in Grade 6th to a research orientd approach using the
Internet as a basic resource.
Other initiatives include:
1. Forums with the participation of the impaired and non-impaired children.
2. Forums for visiting teachers
3. Forum of hearing clinicians from the entire country.
4. Establishment of resource centers with theoretical and applied materials.
5. Special study programs for hearing impaired children.
Many other initiatives are being carried out or planned in the framework of
Shmanet. |
Organization:
Zafonet - The Northern District of the Ministry of Education
Contact: Tali Ilani, Coordinator of the Neshema Initiative
Address:P.O.Box 36 Rosh Pina 12000
Country:Israel
Phone:+972.6.6931183 053-705316
Fax:+972.6.6936651
e-mail: drort@netvision.net.il ilanital@newmail.net
URL: http://www.tzafonet.org.il Learning
communities / Shemanet
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