We work closely with disabled kids, their families and mainstream schools to promote the participation and inclusion of developmentally disabled children into mainstream education. Our approach is two pronged: Preparing schools to work with disabled students and preparing disabled children and their parents for mainstream schools.
Our workshops for teachers are designed to guide them on methods and techniques that make learning a joy, so that no child is left behind. Teachers learn to recognize childhood disabilities and their impact on learning and behavior, as well as to implement techniques and strategies to help children of all abilities thrive in the classroom.
We work closely with teachers to ensure that disabled children are able to participate in the classroom. This is achieved by modifying the curriculum, sharing resources like worksheets with the teachers and continuing to guide and advise them for as long as required.
An after-school academic support, therapy and skill training program to ensure that disabled children in mainstream education not only cope but thrive.
We’ve developed a systematic process to sensitize school principals, teachers, students, and their parents to the innumerable advantages of inclusion, including better academic and social outcomes for students, both abled and disabled.
Integrating into mainstream education, particularly after the individualized support our students receive at Latika, can be stressful and challenging for children, their parents, teachers and peers. Our one-to-one counseling services for parents of disabled children equip them to advocate for their children’s rights in school, and to navigate any difficulties that arise.
Our cross-disciplinary team is working on documenting a process that could help other NGOs to mainstream children with disabilities. This document is a work in progress.
We work closely with teachers to ensure that disabled children are able to participate in the classroom. This is achieved by modifying the curriculum, sharing resources like worksheets with the teachers and continuing to guide and advise them for as long as required.
Disabled children are often viewed unfavorably in the classroom due to lack of awareness around behavior management and classroom management strategies. Eventually, many are disqualified from attending school at all or don’t make it to secondary school.
Educational inclusion is not just a human rights issue; it promotes social and emotional development and improves learning outcomes for all students. Economic empowerment, and poverty reduction and equitable growth and progress are inevitable outcomes of educational inclusion. India has demonstrated a strong commitment to achieving the SDGs, including SDG 4, which aims to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.”
