Research Colloquium on Deaf Well-Being and Deaf Culture

Measuring Deaf Subjective Well-Being: Test Accommodation and Validation of the Satisfaction with Life Scale
by Royce A. Hernandez

A paper-and-pencil test adaptation of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener, et. al, 1985) was carried out to measure the level of Subjective Well-Being of 123 Deaf college students. Test accommodation through an analysis and rewording of the original instrument was done with a slight improvement in the deaf readability and grade level equivalence. The adapted instrument obtained an acceptable reliability index indicating suitable internal consistency. Furthermore, results of CFA through SEM reveal that the instrument shows significant item-factor loadings and construct validity. The developed Satisfaction with Life Scale-Deaf is recommended for research use among Deaf respondents.



Learning Session: Deaf Culture in Classroom and Brief Overview on Deaf Issues
by Victoria Sakilayan and Ariscel Lobo

Deaf culture is really unique and special; a capitalized “D” represents the identity of Deaf individuals. Deaf people love to preserve their culture. Deaf culture involves their rights, needs and more. To be able to be accepted in their culture, one must know everything about their culture. If the parents find out that their child has a hearing loss, high stress experience can arise from it. It’s true, many parents experience this stress. Some even think “why is my child Deaf?” At first, they do not accept the fact that their child is deaf, but later on they do.

Some deaf individuals assume that they are part of the hearing world through use of residual hearing and some assume that they are culturally deaf or they have identity as a Deaf. Some deaf consider themselves bicultural since they are in both sides.

This session will provide information about the Deaf culture inside the classroom and hopefully, the audience will open their eyes on the culture and issues of Deaf individuals.

Orientation on the Teacher Education Institute

Ms. Nora Shannon visited LSGH-ANHS Program for the Deaf and gave an orientation on the Teacher Education Institute course. The participants for the TEI from the said SEcI partner institution are Sir Noel Que, Ms. Junelyn Domingo, and Ms. Ana Ria Aguilar.

Reading and Writing Assessment Workshop

On February 23-24, 2013, Ms. Nora Shannon from the Pre-College Education Network (P-CEN) of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf of Rochester Institute for the Deaf (NTID-RIT) gave a 2-day seminar workshop on Reading and Writing Assessment at LSU-Ozamiz School for the Deaf. This is part of the collaborative work between P-CEN and CEAD of DLS-CSB. Participants of the training are Ms. Sarah, Ms. Marecel, and Ms. Geraldine of LSU-Ozamiz School for the Deaf and Ms. Chay Haynes, principal of the School for the Deaf in Iligan.

Research Colloquium on the Use of Sign Communication in teaching English and Comprehension of Deaf College Students

by Baby Ruth C. Reyes, MA.Ed.

The first in this series of colloquia is the recently presented research by Baby Ruth C. Reyes, one of the English faculty of SDEAS, at the 3rd International Conference on Sign Linguistics and Deaf Education in Asia. Her research talks about the comparison of two types of sign communication used in teaching English in the College level and how it can influence the performance of College students.

Kamustahan with LSU-Ozamiz School for the Deaf

Ms. May Cabutihan, Head of the Secondary Education Initiatives project visited La Salle University Ozamiz- School for the Deaf for a Kamustahan with the vice-principal (Ms. Sarah Talibong) and teachers (Ms. Marecel and Ms. Geraldine). This is a yearly activity which provides a venue for discussion of successes, needs, and concerns and how SEcI can be of help to the program.

Introduction to Classroom Assessment

On February 9-10, 2013, Ms. Tina Sison, Research Associate of the Center for Education Access and Development, gave a seminar-workshop at LSU-Ozamiz School for the Deaf on the topic: Introduction to Classroom Assessment. Participants of the training are Ms. Sarah, Ms. Marecel, and Ms. Geraldine from LSU and Ms. Chay Haynes from the School for the Deaf in Iligan.