The Impact of a Unique Cooperative American University USAID Funded Speech-language Pathologist, Audiologist and Deaf Educator B.S. Degree Program in the Gaza Strip

Preface ix Foreword xi Chapter 1. The Need 1 Chapter 2. The Plan 9 Chapter 3. The Students 25 Chapter 4. Implementation 41 Chapter 5. Impacts on Students 55 Chapter 6. Impacts on Communicatively Handicapped Persons and Their Families 65 Chapter 7. Impacts on Participating Faculty and Institutions 71 Chapter 8. Implications for Training Rehabilitation and Special Education Professionals in Developing Countries 79 Chapter 9. Do's and Don'ts for Planning Similar Projects 89 Chapter 10. Research Implications: Questions Answered and Awaiting Answers 97 Appendix A. Project Participants 105 Appendix B. Curriculum 107 Appendix C. Notes on Teaching in Gaza - 1995 121 Appendix D. Welcome to Gaza Packet 133 Appendix E. "Letter of Agreement" Between SCH and Faculty 139 Appendix F. Citation for Dr. Hatem Abu-Ghazaleh's Honorary Degree 141 Appendix G. Participants' Anecdotes 143 Sources Cited 149 Index 151