Pearls of Africa, Inc. and Marywood University partnered to create a series of teacher training videos for teachers and staff who work with children with disabilities.

Due to severe discrimination and a general lack of information, teachers and personnel trained in special education are hard to come by. The teachers and staff who work with children with disabilities in small organization throughout the country generally do not have special education training. In fact many small organizations do not have the luxury of hiring teachers with any extensive training.

Pearls of Africa is now working to provide useful and practical guidance to these teachers and staff. This training program, which will come in the form of a video series, will introduce and explain special education techniques and demonstrate them in real-world situations. Topics will include established techniques and practices used in special education classrooms.

Marywood University contributed expertise, facilities and equipment needed to produce this distance learning project. Students from the Special Education and the Communication Arts departments, under the supervision of faculty, volunteered their time by researching, writing and producing the videos.