Participants at the sign language course at QSRSN headquarters.
DOHA: Qatar Society for Rehabilitation of Special Needs (QSRSN) has organised a training course for a group of speakers in sign language for the deaf.
The training course was organised at the QSRSN headquarters under the title “Art and Skill in Learning Sign Language”.
The course was presented by Naji Zakarneh, sign language expert and hearing disability counselor, Sign Language “Volunteer” and Abdul Aziz Al Kuwari, Assistant Instructor of “Deaf”.
The course dealt with the advanced level of sign language through practical training. The participants received training for about one week and during it they conducted interviews with trainers in sing languages.
The participants also received tests about the content of the course which qualifies them to level of “assistant trainers.”
Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani, Chairman of QSRSN, said that the course was part of the training plans of the association which aims to rehabilitate people with disabilities and provide ways and means to facilitate their communication with different segments of society. He also stressed the keenness of the association through training by experts and specialists in this regard to qualify people with special needs and this achieves the objectives to rehabilitate persons with disabilities and achieve a decent and safe life for them in the Qatari society.
