Ghana 2013: Inspired by the Unit School Community
Today we visited our first Unit School. It is at the Effiduasi Methodist School where Belinda Bukari, with whom Dr. Crowley has been working for six years, teaches students with intellectual disabilities and autism. Through her hard work in establishing educational...Cleft palate at Komfo Anoyke Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana
After a brief, but thorough cleft palate lesson last night, we dove in head first and spent the morning at the weekly cleft palate clinic at Komfo Anokye hospital in Kumasi run by Dr. Peter Donkor. Patients travel from all over Ghana to come and see Dr. Donkor for...Ghana 2013: Ghana Day 2
Our second day in Ghana began with the continuation of our work at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with Ghana’s beloved speech therapist, Albert Osei-Bagyina. The sweltering heat went unnoticed as our morning filled up with young children and their dedicated...Ghana 2013: First Day at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital!
Today was our first day at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. The teaching hospital is located in Kumasi, Ghana. When we arrived we met Albert Osei-Bagyina, the only speech therapist who works at the hospital. The faculty at Teachers College created English and Twi...Soccer Balls Facilitate Inclusive Education in Ghana
In this video you will see how distributing soccer balls in Ghana promoted inclusive education.
Ghana Winter 2013: Professional Development Retreat
This January 2013 three-day professional development retreat in Ghana focused on Augmentation and Alternative Communication (AAC) including narrative stories, adapted from Carol Grey’s excellent work in “Social Stories”, word walls, and general education AAC materials, i.e., the calendar, schedules, and math.
