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Following Services are offered for mentally challenged and their families:
* Manovikas special school for mentally retarded.
* Manovikas Vocational Training center
* Manovikas Early Intervention center
* Speech and Language and hearing intervention
* Occupational therapy
* Physiotherapy
* Yoga
* Music and Dance
* Games and sports
* Parent Counseling
* Leisure activities
Manovikas special school
Manovikas special school for mentally challenged was started in july 1988 with just three Children. Over past 20 Years the school has grown in to a big institution catering the needs of 70 special children.
Classes in our school:
Care group - one section
Pre Primary - one section
Primary - three sections
Secondary - one section
Prevocational - three sections
The School is managed by professionally qualified and well trained staff consisting:
Principal - one
Special Educator - five
Teachers - six
Dance & Music Teacher - one ( part time )
Accountant - one
Physio therapist - one (Part time)
Speech therapist - one (part time)
Medical Doctor - one (part time)
Ayes - five
Personal skills, Social skills, Academic are imparted to special children in the school.
Manovikas VTC
Manovikas VTC was started in this year of 2001. Two Vocational Instructors work with twenty mentally retarded adults to produce high quality products .These are sold immediately to the visitors and in the neighbourhood. Following vocational activities:
• COT TAPE WEAVING:
• DOOR MATS WEAVING - 6 different varieties in different sizes
• NAPKINS
• GREETING CARDS
• PAPER COVERS
• MASALA GRINDING
It is proposed to take up more vocational activities as our children are growing up and becoming adults.
Manovikas early intervention center
Early Intervention is introduction of planned programming deliberately timed and arranged in order to alter the anticipated or projected course of development. As genetic factors are predetermined and cannot be changed, to bring in required changes in child's development, the focus is entirely on environment in Early Intervention. Hence changes are brought about in child's environment, which have positive influence on child and enhance his development to the maximum potential. Early Intervention programme at our MANOVIKAS Centre is both curative and remedial.
It provides training for twenty children of 0-5 years age to (i) accelerate child development rate (ii) acquisition of new behavior skills by the child (iii) minimize the effects of handicapped condition (iv) prevent secondary handicaps (v) render support the families of these children to cope with the challenges.
One special educator, one special therapist, and one physio-therapist work two days in a week with parents and children in at this center.
