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SWEEKAAR SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR MENTALLY CHALLENGED
Hyderabad Special School was started in 1977 to cater to the needs of children with Mental Retardation and other Developmental Disabilities. The effort was initiated with 5 students and 2 teachers and has grown to a fully equipped centre with 283 students, manned by 51 qualified and highly dedicated staff members.
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Categories of students
* Mentally Challenged
* Cerebral Palsy
* Slow Learners
* Autistic Children
* Trainees for Rehabilitation through Vocational Training
One of the major goals of Special School for the Mentally Challenged is to enable the students to become productive members of the society. Every effort is being made to achieve this goal. A holistic approach is adopted to teach and train a child catering not only to the needs of the disabled child but also its entire family.
Parent - teacher interactions occur on a fortnightly basis, while meetings and training sessions for parents are conducted once in two months. Parents are encouraged to seek help from the counsellors and clinical psychologists for any of their problems. A Parent Support Group facilitates this process.
The classes are categorised as pre-primary, primary, secondary, pre-vocational, and vocational. A child is placed in any of these five groups depending upon their age and general level of functioning.
Training is provided in
* Activities of daily living.
* Basic concepts.
* Functional academics.
* Domestic skills.
* Speech therapy.
* Physiotherapy
* Occupational therapy & behavioural modifications
* Yoga therapies
* Music & Dance training
* Sports trainings
Cerebral Palsy
This centre provides training in Academics, Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy, and Occupational Therapy to children suffering from Cerebral Palsy. Splints and other aids are used during the training. Currently there are 14 children in this course.
Slow Learners
Dropouts from normal schools and students with borderline intelligence are trained in this centre. After training to the extent of their needs, students are re-inducted into the normal schools. Other students are helped to appear for examinations under the National Open School System. Currently there are 46 beneficiaries and 8 teachers in this centre.
Vocational Training
The vocational training centre aims at promoting the capabilities of adult students with Mental Retardation through systematic multidisciplinary intervention for skill training and work behaviour. The objective is to enable the trainees to develop their skills and cope with the challenges in the working environment to participate in the community as contributing members.
Training is imparted in
* Printing Press.
* Screen Printing.
* Book Binding.
* Making of Candles.
* Phenyl and Liquid Soaps.
* Xeroxing.
* Lamination.
* Spiral Binding.
* Tailoring.
* Gardening and Soft Toys making.
Placement of the Students
* Employed in the Organization - 47.
* Employed in other Organizations - 247.
* Self Employment - 150.
Students Achievements
Participated in various sports and cultural events and won -
* 75 Gold medals.
* 49 Silver Medals.
* 18 Bronze Medals.
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