Education for students with hearing impairments

From Mongol Studies Online Reference

Currently there is one school for students with hearing impairments in Mongolia (School #29). This school has about 400 spaces from grade 1-11.

Contents 1 Teacher Training 2 During Socialism 3 Sign Language 4 NGOs and education for deaf and hearing impaired students

[edit] Teacher Training

Many of the head teachers at the school for deaf students were trained in the former Soviet Union. There is no specific course for teachers of students with hearing impairments in Mongolia. Teachers gain access to employment at the school by shadowing experienced teachers until they learn sign language.

[edit] During Socialism

Teachers focused on lip reading and improving the students’ ability to speak. It wasn’t until the late 1980s, early 1990s when students and teachers alike began to use and teach sign language.

[edit] Sign Language

Mongolian sign language has pieces of American and Korean sign language in it.

[edit] NGOs and education for deaf and hearing impaired students

Mongolian Educational Alliance has an Open Society Institute grant for the “Options Project”. This program aims to increase awareness and create more educational opportunities for deaf and hearing impaired people. Adventist development and Relief Agency ADRA helped create a Mongolian sign language course and books.