World Federation of the Deaf - Asia-Pacific Regional Conference

WORLD FEDERATION OF THE DEAF - ASIA-PACIFIC REGIONAL CONFERENCE

Thursday, November 25 at 8:00am - November 28 at 11:30am
Development Academy of the Philippines
Tagaytay City, Philippines

For more details, contact: Philippine Federation of the Deaf (PFD)

Cp nos. (text only): +63915415232 / +639274038348
Email: philfedeaf@yahoo.com

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DLS-CSB School for Deaf Education and Applied Studies

We prefer that the students be referred to as: DEAF with the capital D, not hearing impaired (which doctors use and pertains more to a “damaged ear”).

We are called Hearing.

Some Deaf people have residual hearing (they are also referred to as Hard of Hearing). A lot are profoundly deaf thus hearing aid is not an option.

Please work with the interpreter to be more inclusive of the Deaf audience; best if there is an interpreter or English captions. Majority of the Deaf’s second language is English and not Tagalog. Their first language is Filipino Sign language.

Please refer to the college as De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, or DLS-CSB not DLSU-CSB. Our school is called School for Deaf Education and Applied Studies (SDEAS- pronounced -S-de-as.)

The School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies (SDEAS) is one of the six Schools of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde. Taking inspiration from its students who are mostly full or partial scholars of the College, SDEAS envisions itself as a leading learner-centered educational institution in Deaf education that promotes equal access to opportunities and addresses the diverse needs of its students and professionals.

SDEAS offers a Bachelor in Applied Deaf Studies with special training in either Multimedia Arts or Business Entrepreneurship.

Most of our students are scholars. We currently have 205 students and we offer 60 scholarships a year.

The Deaf can dance to the music by feeling the vibrations of the music, counting and special cues.

SDEAS continues to seek partners in working with us in the areas of internship, business training, Deaf advocacy resource generation, or any other enriching activities for the partner organization and the Deaf. Please contact Giselle Montero /Joyce Dalawampu, SDEAS Center for Partnership and Development, 526 7441 loc 239 or sdeas.opd@gmail.com

DLS-CSB offers sign language courses; just get in touch with us. balizaj@dls-csb.edu.ph Tel: 526 7441 loc 131

For additional information, you may visit www.deaf-e-news.blogspot.com or add us in Facebook (sdeas1@gmail.com).

Kindly share with us a copy of the final media output, print, web or video. Thank you.

Australian Disability + Development Consortium

(L-R) Theresa Christine De La Torre, Director of De La Salle-Collegeof Saint Benilde Center for Educational Access and Development;Bernadette Cariaga Disabilities (Gender and Human Rights0 Focal Personof Aus Aid, Rex Bernardo, Faculty and Research Director of MabiniColleges, Daet, Camarines Sur; Giselle Montero, Director for DLS-CSBSchool of Deaf Education and Applied Studies Center for Partnershipand Development and Marissa Bernardo, wife and partner of Rex Bernardoall attended the Australian Disability + Development Consortium. Theinternational conference held in Darwin, Australia last September14-17 is attended by over 100 leaders, service providers, educators,funders of people with disabilities and their organizations fromAustralia, Pacific island and Asia. With the theme, “Implementingdisability-inclusive development in the Pacific and Aisa: reviewingprogress, planning the future”, the team aims to work together andpartner with organizations to bring the issue of inclusion and accessto Filipinos with disabilities to the forefront.

Deaf Faculty and Students Represent RP in England

Philippine Delegation to England (L-R): Raymond Manding, Leo Sulse, John Xandre Baliza, Gemmalyn Morta, Febe Sevilla, Anna Salvador and Jonathan San Juan.
By: Leo Sulse

De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies once again took part in the Summer Leadership Institute (SLI) 2010 organized by the Postsecondary Education Network-International (PEN-International) last August 20-28, 2010 held at the Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England. DLS-CSB SDEAS also sent Deaf delegates in SLI 2007 and 2008. This year, the Philippine delegation was composed of Leonides Sulse (Deaf Faculty Chaperone), Raymond Manding, Jonathan San Juan, Gemmalyn Morta, and Anna Salvador (Deaf Student Ambassadors), John Xandre Baliza and Febe Sevilla (Filipino Sign Language Interpreters). Other participating PEN partner institutions and countries were Rochester Institute of Technology-National Technical Institute for the Deaf (USA), National-Tsukuba University of Technology (Japan), Tianjin University of Technology (China), and Bauman Moscow State Technical University (Russia).

The Summer Leadership Institute (SLI) is a project of PEN-International funded by the Nippon Foundation of Japan. Its major goals are to promote development of leadership skills in Deaf student ambassadors, focusing on advocacy skills in the areas of general accessibility, support services and employment, and to engage learning about Deaf culture and awareness.

PEN-International is a global partnership of colleges and universities serving the higher education needs of Deaf students.