SEVAI, Welcome to Society of Education Village Action and Improvement

Inclusive Education for the disabled and other associated welfare measures under taken by SEVAI

Integrated Services for The Differently Abled Persons

SEVAI Project Background

The Disability Division in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment facilitates empowerment of the persons with disabilities, who as per Census 2001 are 2.19 crore and are 2.13 percent of the total population of the Country. These include persons with visual, hearing, speech, locomotor and mental disabilities. Under Article 253 of the Constitution read with item No. 13 of the Union List , the Government of India enacted "The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995", in the effort to ensure equal opportunities for persons with disabilities and their full participation in nation-building. India signed the UN Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities External website that opens in a new window on 30th March, 2007, the day it opened for signature. India ratifies the UN Convention on I st October, 2008.

Inclusion is the term used for a combination of students of many abilities into one classroom setting. In the inclusive setting, students with special needs are grouped with students in regular educational programs without distinction between the two groups.
An inclusion classroom often has two teachers--a regular educator and a special educator. The students in an inclusion classroom come with a variety of abilities, from special needs to regular educational needs.
Students with special needs are entitled to a full, free, public education just like their peers in regular educational programs and settings. The inclusion classroom provides a setting for these students to interact with their peers of all ability levels, thus most accurately mirroring the real world outside of school.
Students in regular education classes often do not even realize that they are part of an inclusion setting. The inclusion setting provides these students with an opportunity to interact with students who may have different ways of learning or different abilities; again, mimicking the real-world experience for these students as well.

Special educators’ intervention topics covered by SEVAI

1: Inclusive Education: An Introduction

2: Designing Inclusive Classrooms

3: Teaching Students with Communication Disorders

4: Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities

5: Teaching Students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

6: Teaching Students with Emotional or Behavioural Disorders

7: Teaching Students with Intellectual Disabilities

8: Teaching Students with Autism and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (NEW)

9: Teaching Students with Sensory Impairments, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Other Low-Incidence Disabilities

10: Teaching Students with Special Gifts and Talents

11: Teaching Students Who Are at Risk

12: Classroom Organization and Management

13: Teaching Students with Special Needs in Elementary Schools

14: Teaching Students with Special Needs in Secondary Schools

15: Working with Families of Students with Exceptionalities

The SEVAI organization been working for the Children with Special Needs (CWSN) ( since 1995. In this endeavor it has touched many milestones with its IED team and strong network of 106783 SHG members. We follow many innovative strategies to fulfill the needs of Children with special needs along with SHARVA SHIKSHA ABIYAN - INCLUSIVE EDUCATION FOR THE DISABLED (SSA-IED) since 2002 -03.

DISABILITY

This Means Inability to do something like that of a normal human being due to physical or mental barrier. Disability in one of the body functions is compensated by increased ability in another one. Hence the disabled people are being called as Differently abled or Diffabled or Children with Special Needs (CWSN).

The Govt has decided to include the Children with Special Needs (CWSN) (mild and moderate) with mainstream education by enrolling them in the normal nearby normal schools, after rehabilitating them through various measures.

REHABILITATION

It is a process of bringing back an individual to normal or near normal life after an accident or illness.

Ways of rehabilitation

1. Surgical correction of deformities

2. Provision of aids and appliances

3. Physiotherapy

4. Speech therapy

5. Counselling

Key data of Trichirapalli District

Area of Trichirappalli : 4,403.83 (Sq. Km)

Population: Male : 12, 08, 534, Female : 12, 09, 832,Total : 24,18,366

DISABLED: 30,408

Ø Physically challenged : 16,545

Ø Intellectually challenged : 7,719

Ø Visually impaired : 2,815

Ø Hearing impaired : 3,467

Ø Cerebral Palsy : 145

Ø Autism : 137

Ø Mentally ill : 120

TOTAL : 30,408

The Persons with Disabilities Act was enacted during 1995
To give equal opportunities for the disabled and to protect their rights in order to integrate them with the normal society to enable them to have full participation in the normal life

According to the National Sample Survey Report, the disabled constitute 1.9% of the total population. As per 2001 Census, total population of the disabled persons in the State is 16,42,737.
Trichirapalli District Has PWD 30,408

WELFARE SCHEMES FOR THE DIFFERENTLY ABLED collaborated effort with Government.

• Issue of Identity Cards.

• Issue of Welfare Board Identity Card

• Special Education through Special School

• Scholarships for the Differently Abled students

• Readers Allowance for the Visually Challenged students

• 1/3^rd Subsidy for Self Employment

• Inclusive Education for DISABLED,

• Day care centre for in rural areas

• Bus Pass to travel within the district

• 75% concession to travel within the State

• Maintenance Grant to Severely Disabled persons

• Maintenance allowance for Muscular dystrophy

• Maintenance grant to Intellectual challenged

• Supply of Aids and Appliances

• Marriage Assistance Scheme

• Vocational Training Programme

• Early Identification and intervention for Hearing Impaired

• Early Identification and intervention for Intellectually Challenged

• Feeding Grant for the Residential Special schools

• Staff Salary for Special teachers

AIMS OF SHARVA SHIKSHA ABIYAN-INCLUSIVE EDUCATION (SSA-IED):

Primary Education for all children (0-18) both normal & differently abled children by 2010.
Enrollment of all school age children before 2007.
Inclusion of all CWSN with main stream education by 2010.
Provision of education without sex discrimination.

SALIENT FEATURES OF THIS SCHEME:

Inclusion of CWSN (0 to 18) with mainstream education.
Home based education and day care centers for severely disabled.
Training to special teachers, school teachers, and parents to provide innovative education to CWSN.
Provision of assistive devices for the differently abled children according to their need.
Surgical correction of deformities.

IMPLEMENTATION OF IED

Activities

1. Identification

2. Enrollment

3. Assessment

4. Aids and appliances

5. Awareness training

6. Home based training

7. Barrier free environment

8. Ied training for teachers

9. Play park

10. Nationality id card

11. Surgery

12. Resource room

13. Day care centre

IDENTIFICATION

We have identified 3341 CWSN and enrolled 2112 in 10 blocks of Trichy district. This process has been successfully achieved with the help of following strategies,

Door to door survey conducted by special teachers.

Information gathered through strong network of 106783 SEVAI-SHG members.

Through DDRO, VEC members, VHN, ICDS workers and various youth clubs.

2. ENROLLMENT

According to the extent of disability, identified CWSN were enrolled in the nearby normal schools (Mild and moderate CWSN) and special schools (Severe CWSN).

Key: I-Identified E-Enrolled in schools

S.No	Name of the block	Visually impaired		Hearing impaired		Mentally retarded		Locomotor disability		Other disabilities		Total
		Visually impaired		Hearing impaired		Mentally retarded		Locomotor disability		Other disabilities		Total
		I	E	I	E	I	E	I	E	I	E	I	E
1	Anda nallur	29	26	47	44	121	99	107	100	1	1	306	270
2	Lalgudi	66	47	71	47	87	65	86	80	17	6	327	245
3	Manachanallur	28	24	49	48	171	92	141	77	6	3	395	244
4	Manikandam	52	49	48	45	71	50	111	80	0	0	282	224
5	Manapparai	22	20	41	40	75	56	73	54	1	0	212	170
6	Musiri	68	61	70	60	113	82	140	89	span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif""> 5	2	396	294
7	Thiruverumbur	33	33	50	50	153	76	139	108	0	0	375	267
8	Thuraiyur	28	28	71	59	70	51	100	55	2	1	271	194
9	Trichy-urban	75	73	78	57	227	82	154	82	0	0	534	294
10	Trichy-west	20	17	38	32	90	66	95	70	0	0	243	185
	Total	421	378	563	482	950	719	1038	795	32	13	3341	2387

3. ASSESMENT -MEDICAL CAMP

We have conducted 10 medical camps (1/block) to identify the differently abled children in all blocks. The dates & Venues for the Medical camp had been informed to the special children through Supervisors, BRTEs, School Teacher, Cluster Resource Centre, Village education committee, Self help groups, and the voluntary organization.

Those who didn’t turn to medical camps were brought to the near by Govt hospital for diagnosis and followed up by our IED team to meet their demand.

ACTIVITIES AT THE MEDICAL CAMP

F Professional assessment done by the specialist doctors.

F Recommendation for assistive devices calipers, Special shoes, (Measurement taken by orthotist.)

F Recommendation for surgery and physiotherapy exercises.

F Psychiatric counseling for mentally Retarded children.

F Parental Advice

THE FOLLOWING OFFICIALS VISITED THE MEDICAL CAMPS:

ø District Collector

ø District Project Coordinator & Chief Educational Officer

ø District Disabled Rehabilitation Officer

ø Assistance District Project Coordinator

ø Media Documentation Officer

Class Room Situation

S. No	Name of the Block	Types of Disability								Total
		VI		HI & SD		OI		MR		Total
		B	G	B	G`	B	G	B	G	B	G
1	Andhanallur	32	34	26	25	35	40	42	41	135	140
2	Lalgudi	6	12	32	15	40	18	19	22	97	67
3	Mannachanallur	22	52	22	14	34	18	25	21	103	105
4	Thiruverumbur	17	28	5	9	17	18	15	9	54	64
5	Manikandam	16	21	11	7	17	16	8	11	52	55
6	Manapparai	20	13	18	13	15	20	15	9	68	55
7	Musiri	29	37	24	19	16	11	13	11	82	78
8	Thuraiyur	121	170	42	25	40	35	29	31	232	261
9	Trichy Urban	84	4	12	9	10	7	14	13	120	33
10	Trichy West	155	119	20	7	18	17	17	7	210	150
Total		502	490	212	143	242	200	197	175	1153	1008

4. AIDS AND APPLIANCES:

According to the measurement taken on CWSN at the time of medical camp, aids and appliances have been provided to CWSN. Details are given below.

2009 - 2010 Aids & Appliances Provided details

S. No	Types of Appliances	Boys	Girls	Total
1	Ortho Prosthetics	2	1	3
2	Ortho Appliances	59	45	104
2	Tricycle	3	1	4
3	Wheel Chair	7	5	12
4	Hearing Aids	39	30	69
5	Ear Mould	42	30	72
	Total	152	112	264
2009 - 2010 Surgery Performed Details
S. No	Name of Surgery	Boys	Girls	Total
1	Ortho	19	23	42
2	Hearing impairment & Speech Disorder	5	4	9
	Total	24	27	51

5. AWARENESS TRAINING

In order to prevent the birth of CWSN and to bringing up the already born CWSN, SEVAI-IED team conducted one day awareness program for parents of CWSN at the respective BRCs. The entire network of 106783 SEVAI-SHG members is trained on disability awareness.

6. HOME BASED TRAINING

Profound and severe special children are not able to reach either resource room or school because of crippling disability. In order to alleviate their problems and to render effective services our physiotherapists and Special teachers visit them at their houses and training them in all dimensions from physical buildup to mental enhancement. Their parents are trained on handling them to provide uninterrupted service.

7. BARRIER FREE ENVIRONMENT

In order to provide easy accessibility to CWSN, the buildings are modified with ramps and hand rails and toilets with easy passage and convenient seating. Details are given below.

Ramps : 163
Hand rails : 69
Toilet modification : 61

8. TRAINING

The following personals are trained on IED

1. Special teachers

2. Normal school teachers

3. DPO staffs, BRC staffs

4. ICDS workers

5. VEC members

9. INCLUSIVE PLAY PARK

We have setup 10 Inclusive play parks (1/block) for all 10 Blocks for social gathering of CWSN with normal children.

10. NATIONAL DISABILITY ID CARD

Those who are disabled up to certain level are entitled to receive one ID card through DDRO office to claim thei benefits from the Govt. The card is being issued after conducting clinical examination on CWSN by a specialist doctor from the concerned discipline. 562 CWSN have received National Disability ID card through Medical Camp.

Criteria for Disability ID card

ü O.I-------- 40% Disabilit

ü H.I--------40% Disability

ü M.R----- >40% I.Q

ü V.I------- 60% Disability

11. RESOURCE ROOM:

We have established 10 resource rooms (1/block) in Trichy district with special instruments and some play materials for the benefit of special children. The physiotherapists rendering their services to the special children in the Resource Room with the special instruments. The special teachers provide training to all types of disabled children and monitor their progress periodically with the help of their parents, teachers and community. We could see considerable improvement in the physical, educational and social activities of the special children.

SEVAI-RESOURSE ROOM

We have established a resource room for CWSN at our allur campus with diagnostic (Audiometer) and therapeutic materials (play materials).

We have established 7 day care center (one/block) to provide therapeutic and pedagogical assistants to the severely disabled home based CWSN.

ACTIVITIES AT DAY CARE CENTERS

8 Physiotherapy session

8 Basic teaching

8 Psychological counseling

8 Parental guidance

8 ADL training

8 Speech therapy

Totally 89 students have been benefited through this approach and 61 of them have improved their physical and mental well being.

Day Care Centre disabled children details

S. No	Name of the Block	Types Disability										Total
		VI		HI & SD		Ortho		CP		MR		Total
		B	G	B	G	B	G	B	G	B	G	B	G
1	Anda nallur	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	4	1	3	9	8
2	Lalgudi	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	5	7	5
3	Manachanallur	0	1	1	1	0	0	5	0	2	1	8	3
4	Musiri	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	5	3	7	5
5	Thiruverumbur	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	3	1	2	8	5
6	Thuraiyur	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	5	1	9	3
7	Trichy-urban	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	5	0	0	6	6
Total		3	1	6	2	6	1	24	16	15	15	54	35