To evaluate ourselves, we invited mothers of disabled, non-disabled and of those children who had passed out of Samadhan. All the parents came promptly on time and this is very encouraging and shows the good will for our initiative.
Feedback from mothers of three of our children who are non-disabled attending our preschool:
| | - Happy with the method of teaching
- Child is well behaved now. Earlier he used fowl language
- Has become more responsible with his studies
- Children do not imitate the mannerisms of the disabled children and they do not treat them as ‘different’.
- One parent said, ‘want my child to be sensitive to the problems of a disabled child, so I was looking for a school which is inclusive’.
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Feedback from mothers of our children who are disabled attending our pre-school:
| | - A mother of a boy who is a slow learner said ‘happy to see my boy who was shy and withdrawn, now telling his preferences. It feels good that he is winning prizes and medals in painting and sports events’. This child will be joining the mainstream school from the coming academic year.
- Another mother whose child is severely autistic is very happy as his behaviour getting controlled day by day. He will be moving to special education unit for special attention
- This mother whose child is a slow learner with speech problems said, ‘My child started speaking and answers correctly, thanks to medical interventions coupled with creative method of teaching by Samadhan’. He will be joining the mainstream school.
- Sneha, a child who was admitted to Samadhan’s Early Intervention unit with no head control and barely able to sit is now running and spends three hours in inclusive preschool without the assistance of her mother
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Feedback from mothers of the children who passed out of Samadhan’s pre-school:
| | - The children progressed well in Samadhan
- Mothers say that the teachers of the school in which they got admitted told them that the children are well informed
- The mothers are happy with the ‘wholistic’ approach of Samadhan with therapy sessions, clinical assistance and creative method of teaching
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Benefits of the programme
| | - Children with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities do well and show positive development when they are in an inclusive classroom rather than the special units.
- Learn new social and/or communicative skills from their peers.
- Learn new adaptive skills through imitation
- Smooth transition for children with disabilities into mainstream school
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