AMBIKA SISHU KENDRA
Institute for Disability Rehabilitation and Empowerment, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh
Managed by Hemchand Devchand Charities Trust
WORKSHOPS
We conduct various programmes at our Centre for the benefit of the inservice staff and the parents. We also attend workshops organised in other service centres and update ourselves.
TRAINING PROGRAMMES
We take up orientation programmes for the benefit of the nursing students, physio therapy students and the resource persons of Rajiv Vidya Mission. Experts in the respective fields are invited to conduct training programmes for the benefit of the staff. Our training programmes cover different areas like Sensory Integration, Behavior Modification, Education of the Developmentally Young, Early Intervention and Early Identification to name a few.
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Early Identification & Early intervention
The sooner the child is diagnosed & intervention started, the better for the child who can be rehabilitated faster. Hence, early identification and intervention are our priority areas of service.
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Orientation Classes
A teacher is a student forever. In service training is given utmost importance as the staff need to be updated about the latest developments so that they can give the best training to the students under their care.
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Orientation Program for Clinical Experience
These programs are conducted for nursing students, as they are the primary healthcare professionals and they need orientation. At childbirth, if not handled properly, causes disability.
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Orientation Class on different disabilities
Special education is included in the syllabus of Bachelor of Education and Diploma in Education also, as those trained in B.Ed. and D.Ed. need to handle students with learning disabilities using special teaching, learning methods and material.
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Meeting on Guardianship
Most of our parents are worried about their children after their demise and more so, they have many doubts about the property rights of their children. We educate the parents about the legal guardianship and take all the measures to appoint legal guardians to our adult students (above 18 years), in consultation with local level committees.
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National Trust Activities
As we are registered with the National Trust, we take up activities like Niramaya Health Insurance, Legal Guardianship etc. for the benefit of our students and promote awareness to the parents about the same.
AWARENESS PROGRAMMES
Ambika Sishu Kendra strives to promote awareness about the disabilities and the timely rehabilitation and training to the differently abled in order to make available the services to the needy persons and also to promote empathetic concern among the fellow citizen, especially the younger generation.
We organize programs on the occasion of World Down syndrome day on March 21st, World Autism Day on April 2nd, World Cerebral Palsy Week in the first week of October to name a few. We Invite students, from the main stream schools and conduct competitions and interactive programmes involving our students also. We participate in the local exhibitions with our products and visit the public places with our students.
PARENT SUPPORT GROUP
We would cry together, laugh together, be angry together and admit mistakes together without any fear of criticism. - Parents’ Association
The Parents’ Association is a very active body and takes part in all the functions, celebrations and the training programmes organised for them. They as a team co-operate with the teachers in counselling the distraught parents and in sharing their experiences.