December 16, 2010 in the Concert Hall of the Kiev music school 5. Revutskiy, held All-Ukrainian Forum 'Hear the Silence', which gathered together the parents of children with hearing problems, special and remedial teachers, sign language interpreters, representatives of youth and NGOs from different regions (Kiev, Odessa, Zaporozhye, Nikolayev, Kherson, Kharkiv, Lviv and Zhytomyr), newspapers and television stations, and and authorities – the Ministry of Family, Youth and Sports, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and National Assembly of Disabled People. The event was organized Youth public organization 'Kiev city center of creative initiatives for children and young people' Dolphin '. Forum organizers and participants raised issues of inclusive, individual, residential training and education of children with hearing problems, as well as share their own experiences, suggestions for solving pressing issues that arise in front of parents and special educators. Some correctional educators have shared with present the secrets of his many years of successful work on the formulation and development of speech and hearing, even in a totally deaf children and adolescents.
While in the room were 'serious' conversations, the children of the Forum actively participated in master classes on art paintings and handmade holiday cards, which is performed by qualified animators and masters' hand-Maida. " In addition to scientific theory and practical conversations, Participants also waiting for an interesting concert of children's art activities, which had students Zhytomyr specialized boarding school for deaf children and all of the Kiev specialized boarding schools for children with hearing problems. Attendance children and youth with total and partial deafness pleased with the beauty of Ukrainian and Russian gesture songs, folk dances, acrobatic numbers, and even a virtuoso … playing the piano (!). In the lobby in front of everybody pleased exhibition of children's drawings and crafts 'What I dream of becoming a future', the winners of which received a memorable and sweet gifts.
