Electronic teaching aids for disabled children

Report on ‘Electronic teaching aids for disabled children’

(A Project from Balajothi Centre for the Disabled Trust # 21529)

Target : $ 2000 / Funds raised to date : $ 531.51

Project Report due on : Dec 14, 2019 / Report sent on : Nov 18, 2019

NATIONAL FOCUS GROUP ON EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

The paper discusses the issues relating to the provisions, practices and curricular concerns for children with Special Educational Needs (SEN). Though SEN may result from a number of factors, in this paper, however, we are concerned with those arising from physical, sensory and intellectual disabilities. Trends in provisions in India reflect that the leading policy predisposition before the 1970s has been that of segregation. During the 1880s Christian missionaries started schools for the disabled on grounds of charity. This was followed by the government initiatives to establish separate workshops, model schools, central Braille presses and employment exchanges for the disabled population of the country. However, the changing approaches to disability from the charity model to the human rights model have resulted in diversity of policy and practice. In the 1970s the IEDC scheme was launched by the Union government for providing educational opportunities to learners with SEN in regular schools (to be continued).

At Balajothi Centre for the Disabled our approach to children with special needs is to use methods which initiate interest and motivate children to reach out to such activities by use of their senses such as sight and / or sound.  Thus the learning through electronic teaching aids has evinced much interest.  We have been able to achieve much reaction and interaction from our children with the introduction of electronic key boards, desk tops and lap tops, I-pads and tablets.

THANK YOU DONOR for your generous donation of $531.51 which has made it possible for our children to learn and improve.  Depending on the level of disability each child learns to use this equipment to keep himself happy and occupied.

THANK YOU GLOBALGIVING for providing opportunities for the growth and development of special children at Balajothi !!

Project Leader

A Project by Balajothi Centre for the Disabled Trust – Project # 21529

Funds required : $2000 : Funds raised till date : $431.51

Due date of Project Report : Oct 3, 2019

Date Report sent : Sep 15, 2019

Balajothi Centre for the Disabled is a registered charitable trust, founded in the year 2004.  It is not a religious trust. Its doors are open to  intellectually challenged children from disadvantaged families, irrespective of religion, caste, creed or community. Parents are encouraged to participate in our programs through songs and prayers of their respective religions. 

Balajothi thanks YOU, DONOR, from the bottom of our hearts for your generous giving of $ 431.51 towards purchase of electronic teaching aids for our special children.  We have now over a dozen electronic keyboards, five desktops, 2 Ipads and an electronic tablet. With the help of these teaching aids our intellectually challenged children have greatly improved their learning skills.  They are able to play music notes, learn  the use of numerals in maths exercises, download  their favorite songs and also dance in tune with the music.

We believe the use of these learning aids are playing a big role in their lives, keeping them happy and occupied and bring a great deal of happiness in their lives.  Frankly speaking, we feel that this is the kind of training skills that keeps them going in their otherwise drab lives.  As you are aware intellectually challenged children are not easily accepted by their normal peers and are not deemed to be a part of society.  They live pretty exclusive lives and one thing that helps them to forget their rejection by society is the use of these electronic aids. YOU MADE THIS HAPPEN WITH YOUR GIVING AND WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU.

Our humble request to you is to share this message of happiness  among your family and friends and especially during this period of SPREADING JOY THROUGH GIVING.  You will see the joy reflected on their faces and through their smiles !!

God bless GlobalGiving for their role in taking this message across the globe through our projects on their fundraising platforms.

SHARE MORE JOY AND MORE HAPPINESS WITH YOUR GENEROUS GIVING !!

Project leader