Department of Special Education
Introduction
Department functions as a resource Centre for special education and rehabilitation of PwDs by providing a special education, remedial education, human resource development and Research activity. Children with Disabilities are assessed with use functional approach of assessment. Individualized educational program with periodical evaluation has been followed for the children attending special education services. Functional Curricular, co-curricular activities and Life Skills are taught with special emphasis on making them inclusive.
Functions of the Department:
1. Human resource development
2. Research Development
3. Conducting STP/CRE program
4. PTP program
5. Development of resource awareness program materials
Service offered:
- Individualized educational assessment and programming.
- Centre-based and home-based special education and training
- Remedial Teaching
- Referral services
- Parents Counseling & empowerment
- Skill development
- Research & HRD
- Orientation & Mobility Training for Visual Disabilities
- Vocational Training
- ADIP assessment and disability camps
- Outreach and extension programs
Counseling of PWD parents siblings etc
Empowerment of families including parents siblings of PWD through parent training program siblings training program and general awareness sensitization program
Course of the Department
- Short Term Program (STP) / Continuous Rehabilitation Education
- Long Term Program (LTP) – Diploma in Special Education ASD (will be conducted from June 2020)