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Practical Inclusion Tips From A Pretoria School

By admin | September 4, 2009

Planning is key to giving deaf children access to mainstream classes at a Pretoria school, as South Africa’s Times newspaper recently described.

School modifications to facilitate this inclusion:

• hexagonally-shaped rooms with acoustic modifications
• FM soundfields in every room
• walls fitted with pin-board carpets to muffle ambient sound
• strategically-lit rooms for lipreading
• four audiologists on-site to manage hearing devices
• extra tuition for deaf students after school
• an interactive garden with labeled plants

The full article gives further insights into educational inclusion.

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