Who is this useful for?
Learners with deafblindness, parents and teachers
Poultry keeping prepares learners to engage in income-generating activities. The learner will be equipped with poultry keeping skills such as measuring feeds, watering, maintaining cleanliness, collecting eggs, selling, keeping records, etc. in order to prepare him/her earn a living and live an independent life.
Interventions
- Providing materials and tools to the learner
- Guiding the learner in identifying poultry
- Supporting the learner to orient self to the poultry area
- Guiding the learner to carry out poultry keeping activities
- Demonstrating various poultry keeping activities
- Guiding the learner to clean the poultry house
- Supporting the learner to collect, store and sell poultry products
- Guiding the learner in keeping poultry records
- Reinforcing learner’s positive behaviour
- Recording achievements and progress
- Contacting veterinary doctors
Achievement Indicators
The learner can:
- participate in poultry keeping activities such as feeding birds, cleaning poultry area, collecting eggs, etc.
- improve income levels.
Resources/Materials
- Real birds
- Trays
- Feeding troughs/feeders
- Drinkers
- Ropes
- Water
- Wheelbarrow
- Spade
- Sacks
- Object of reference
- Calendar system
- Gumboots
- Poultry shade
- Poultry feeds
- Sprayers
- Acaricides
The Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Sports (MoEST&S) through the National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) recognise the fact that learners who are deafblind and not in school require a specialised curriculum and support materials.
Kyambogo University, a public institution in Uganda, boasts an inclusive education system that prioritizes the well-being and development of learners with deafblindness.
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