The author recounts his experience as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar in the Department of Special Education at Armenian State Pedagogical University in Yerevan during the fall of 2016. He describes the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, especially as it pertains to Armenia, and explores the current state of special education in Armenia, specifically inclusion and its impact on students, families, and faculty. The author describes courses he taught for students majoring in speech–language pathology or the education of students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing as well as guest lectures given in Yerevan and elsewhere in Armenia. In addition, he describes a research project he initiated at an elementary school in Yerevan. He concludes with insights gained from this experience.
The paper discusses the procedure of evaluating the need for special education for pupils with hearing impairment based on the provisions of the education law currently in force in the Polish education system. The latest material on the aforementioned subject appeared in the audiological literature, in a publication edited by Antoni Pruszewicz and Andrzej Obrębowski [17].
The aim of the paper is to update the data on the qualification of children with hearing impairment as pupils with disabilities (more generally: with special educational needs) and to define the role of a specialist doctor – audiologist, laryngologist, otolaryngologist – in evaluation for education purposes.
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students' Attitudes towards of Studying at the Special Education Department and the Relationship between these Attitudes and Academic Motivation
