Publikation in EURO-CIU June 2022
Im Rahmen des Förderprogramms „Cochlea-Implantation und langfristige Unterstützung für gehörlose Kinder“, das die Lehnhardt-Stiftung von der GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) erhalten hat, kamen Anastasia Naimanova und Larisa Kovaleva zu einem Studienaufenthalt in eines der größten Rehabilitationszentren Deutschlands. Hier sind ihre Eindrücke:
Yvonne Seebens, Gunther Haschker and the whole team welcomed us warmly and organized intensive and highly interesting 12 days of training.
We were introduced to the structure of CIC and received valuable information about documentation management, which is the basis of the centre’s interaction with patients and parents and also with other centres and clinics.
Individual and / or group sessions are planned for every child including ENT doctors´ examination, hearing tests, technical inspection and fitting of speech processors, as well as consultation for parents. We attended individual and group classes, music lessons and lessons for the development of psychomotoric skills.
In order to improve our pedagogical skills and deepen our theoretical knowledge, gained during the first week, we were offered to conduct classes with a boy from a Russian-speaking family, followed by a video analysis which was very beneficial.
Working with parents is the focus of CIC. Questionnaires are filled in, to reflect the dynamics of the child´s development and the parents´ expectations. They come several times a year and benefit from communicating with each other, exchanging experience and thus supporting each other.
We have familiarized ourselves with the Marte Meo method which is focused on strengthening the child-parent relations and developing parental skills within the framework of correctional assistance to the child. Marte Meo means “with my own power”. The founder of this method – Maria Aarts – is convinced that any parent has a significant positive potential for the development of their child, but not everyone can analyse their interaction with the child from outside. Videos allow one to analyse the interaction between adult and child, identify positive aspects and improve them.
We learnt about the concepts of Natural-Oral Method, Auditory Verbal Therapy, and “Theory of Mind”. We met with representatives of the parents´ association “Little Listeners” and we were inspired by their vital activity and mutual assistance.
We visited a school for hard of hearing children and learnt about “Early Support Programmes”
Representatives of the companies Cochlear and MED-EL presented to us their new products and their benefits for CI recipients. They wanted to hear from us which difficulties CI recipients are facing in our country and whether a governmental CI program will be established in Kyrgyzstan in the near future.
Full trust and cooperation are the basis of all work done in CIC. All members are open to dialogue and ready to discuss various methods to improve the quality of education for deaf and hard of hearing children.
The main achievement and success of our trip is the acquisition and expansion of our theoretical base and pedagogical self-confidence.
The message we take home with us is the necessity to:
- establish a system of methodical work
- to train specialists who are willing to engage in self-education, self-development and to improve their professional competence and culture
- to create an atmosphere of cooperation and mutual support
We are determined to work on this and make it happen!
Anastasia Naimanova und Larisa Kovaleva