Training for deaf educators

Each year the Roberto Wirth Fund provides the 'Roberto Wirth study scholarship' for young deaf educators. Scholarship winners have the opportunity to acquire new skills and learn about advanced methods in deaf education at Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., the only university in the world for deaf students.

Lessons on deafness at the University of Roma 3

The RWF director, Dr Stefania Fadda, and one of our deaf collaborators, Dr Kate Groves, were invited by Professor Carla de Petris of the University of Rome 3 to give two lessons:
“Childhood Deafness: psychological and socio-relational aspects” and “How to teach English to Deaf Children.”

The lessons were a part of the English Language Laboratory 1: “Challenges of English Language Instruction” organized by Professor de Petris and hosted by the Course of Studies in Primary Education. The series of lessons were held at the University of Rome 3 from 12-21 May. Dr Fadda illustrated the psychological and socio-relational aspects of childhood deafness on 19 May, while Miss Groves explained the methods for the instruction of English to deaf children on 21 May.

The 35 students who attended the two lessonsdedicated to deafness were given certificates of participation by the RWF and the Course of Studies in Primary Education at Roma 3 University.