Asha Bhavan Centre Will Establish a School for Children With Special Needs in India

May 6, 2015 - PRLog -- Ninety percent of disabled children in India hardly get any form of schooling. Asha Bhavan Centre,a NGO dedicated to the growth, development & welfare of the underprivileged children from marginalized community and protecting & ensuring rights of the disabled persons and physically challenged children, is planning to come up with a school for special children in India. They plan to serve 200 children in every academic session.

Aims:
*To be broader than any formal schooling.
*To recognize and respect the differences in children; gender, age, language,   ethnicity & disability status etc.
*To accept the fact that all children has the capability of learning. Enable the education systems, structures and methodologies to meet needs of all the children.
*To be a dynamic process
*To let themselves ensure their rights
*To be part of a wider technique for promoting an inclusive society

Target beneficiaries:
In this project, we intend to include children having special needs i.e. children of the following categories:

*Children who are mentally challenged
*Children who have cerebral palsy
*Children suffering from hearing loss
*Children with autism spectrum disorder
*Children with multiple disabilities

Classroom environment:
*Offer the use of study carrel when needed
*Eliminate all the materials that are unnecessary from the student desk for reducing distractions
*Seat student in an area that's free from any distraction
*Make use of a check-list in order to help the student become a lot more organized
*Allow student to go for frequent breaks
*Keep extra supply of pens, pencils, paper and books in classroom
*Visual distractions in classroom reduced have an agreed upon cue for student to leave classroom

There are only a handful of special schools in India. Moreover, among these handful schools, only a few have resource rooms and use special educators in helping children with special needs. The Sarva Siksha Mission project that's being implemented by the Indian Government is undoubtedly a new ray of hope to children with special needs but the plan of action for integration may not serve all. In fact this made Asha Bhavan Centre think about coming up with a special school for these disabled children.

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