MESHGuides

Specialist Covid-19 related advice regarding maintenance of hearing aid and radio aid technology

Please contact meshguides@batodfoundation.org.uk if you are able to suggest resources or case studies specific to Mental Health for deaf children and young people in the Global South.  

Europe - The European Society for Mental Health and Deafness (ESMHD) is an international Non-Government Organisation for the promotion of the positive mental health of deaf people in Europe.

A discussion about types of language access was included in the conference poster Multilingualism: Innovations in development work in deafness  presented at the 2019 British Association of Teachers of the Deaf Conference.

Access to the Curriculum in countries of the global south is the theme of the UK forum for International Education Conference, and in 2019 a case study was presented as part of an ongoing project with the University of Ghana.

Access to learning 

This section highlights some examples and signposting links relating to accessible learning, including from the home based learning experiences of deaf children in the earliest years

BATOD (British Association of Teachers of the Deaf)
Webinar - Literacy for Deaf and hard of hearing children in Uganda and Tanzania (Presenter - Emmie Wienhoven ) and presentation

Deaf Education Worldwide
including videos, multicultural signed stories, deaf poems and more 

Policy example 
Source: Empowering Children with Disabilities (EmCD) and Nyabihu School for the Deaf, in Western Rwanda.

International Disability and Development Consortium (IDDC)
IDDC is an international consortium of civil society organisations promoting inclusive international development. 

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