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DERDIC - Division for Education and Rehabilitation for Communication Disorders
DERDIC - Division for Education and Rehabilitation for Communication Disorders
Not-for-profit
Year launched: 1972Existing or expanding (post-pilot)
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Target geography
Target Population
Target income level
- Bottom 20%
- Lower-middle income (20-40%)
- Middle-income (40-60%)
Health focus
- Rehabilitative care
Summary
Founded in 1972 by families of hearing-impaired teenagers, the DERDIC was incorporated into the Pontificia Universidade Católica de São Paulo and is run by their Speech and Hearing school. The organization provides free clinical services for low-income Brazilians, educational training, and research.Program goals
The goal of the program is to improve the quality of life of people with vision, hearing and speech impairments, to train professionals, and to conduct research so that all those involved with the Derdic can assume the role of change agents in society.
Key program components
The Derdic operates a variety of clinical care, training, and research programs for people with vision, hearing and speech impairments. Main institutional activities include:
The School of Bilingual Education for the Deaf promotes the education, access, and professional skills of its deaf students.
- Free education for deaf children kindergarten and elementary school age and young deaf people
- Courses, workshops, lectures, and interpreters in Libras (Brazilian Sign Language)
- Learning Courses to promote the professional skills of young deaf people
- Advice on accessibility for deaf
- School inclusion of deaf children
The Clinic for Hearing, Speech, and Language provides affordable clinical care through its team of audiologists, psychologists, doctors, social workers and linguists.
- Prevention, diagnosis, and interdisciplinary clinical treatment in the areas of hearing, speech, and language
- Adaptation and provision of hearing aids
- Advice and clinical supervision
- Improvement courses
The Child Hearing Center – CeAC staff and facilities specialize in assessing and caring for the hearing of babies and children up to age three.
- Care for infants and children up to 3 years with hearing loss
- Screening, diagnosis, and rehabilitation
The Training and Research Committee:
- Assists researchers in hearing, speech and language study and supports the achievement of institutional research and its dissemination
- Organizes scientific events and proposes institutional or other technical support for the programming of training courses
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