CHANDIGARH: A workshop was organized for resource teachers at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, to edify them on various disabilities, skill development, adaptive and assistive devices, therapeutic and support services, assessment of the child, educational implications, concluded on Saturday. Disabilities like mental retardation, blindness and low vision, deaf blindness, cerebral palsy, orthopedic disabilities and multiple disabilities were covered during the workshop.
The 18-day training for master trainers was organized at the school premises from August 29 onwards. Eminent educationists from different organizations of India, working in the field ofspecial education, were engaged to tutor participants.
The training programme was designed with the key objective of creating a cadre of competent resource persons and master trainers to undertake training of this kind for all other resource teachers (RT) working in their state.
After undergoing this training, these teachers would become master trainers for their respective state. This initiative will help all states overcome the problems of scarcity of resource teachers as one teacher will be trained in all disability areas and will be able to comprehend the problems of children belonging to different categories.
The regional workshop was chaired by Sisodia (Educational Consultants of India limited), educationists from education department, Chandigarh along with officials of Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan, Chandigarh and about 65 resource teachers (special education) from Delhi, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand.
The 18-day training for master trainers was organized at the school premises from August 29 onwards. Eminent educationists from different organizations of India, working in the field ofspecial education, were engaged to tutor participants.
The training programme was designed with the key objective of creating a cadre of competent resource persons and master trainers to undertake training of this kind for all other resource teachers (RT) working in their state.
After undergoing this training, these teachers would become master trainers for their respective state. This initiative will help all states overcome the problems of scarcity of resource teachers as one teacher will be trained in all disability areas and will be able to comprehend the problems of children belonging to different categories.
The regional workshop was chaired by Sisodia (Educational Consultants of India limited), educationists from education department, Chandigarh along with officials of Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan, Chandigarh and about 65 resource teachers (special education) from Delhi, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand.
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