On April 26th-27th, the 27th Congress of the European Federation of Associations of Teachers of the Deaf (FEAPDA) was held in Malahide, Ireland. The topic of the congress was diversity in deaf education. The congress and the FEAPDA council meeting that followed it, had a significant meaning for KLÕPS, as Raili Loit, a member of our small organization, was confirmed as the president of FEAPDA for the next three years at the event.

Former and current FEAPDA presidents: Leo De Raeve (Belgium) and Raili Loit (Estonia)

Last week the 26th FEAPDA (The European Federation of Associations of Teachers of the Deaf) congress was held in Tallinn, which brought together participants and presenters from 11 different countries all over Europe. The focus of this year`s congress was on technology and its possibilities in Deaf education as well as in supporting the everyday life of hearing impaired children. The presentations of the congress were very versatile and among other things, gave a wide overview about the use of hearing aids, technology based services, innovative teaching and learning materials. The keynote speakers of the congress were Claudia Becker From Germany, Leo De Raeve from Belgium ja Peep Küngas from Estonia.

Thank you to all the supporters and participants, who helped to make the congress a success!

Today we were happy to meet our new friends and supporters from Maru Ehitus and GreenDice, who decided to support our activity with two laptops. We are very grateful for this gift and hope to provide a lot of teaching materials, videos, dictionaries and much more with it to our teachers, deaf children and their parents.