THE SPASTICS SOCIETY OF TAMILNADU (SPASTN)

ANNUAL REPORT 2017 – 2018

THE SPASTICS SOCIETY OF TAMILNADU 2017 - 2018

Registered under The Tamilnadu Societies Registration Act, 1975 [TamilNadu Act 27, 1975] vide S.No.355 of 1981 dt.30.12.1981.

Regd. Office: Branches: CSIR Road, Taramani, No.22 Subbarayan St, No.34 Veerakutty Street, Chennai 600 113 Nammalwarpet, Old Washermenpet, Chennai 600 012 Chennai 600 021

CBR Programme: Thiruvallur District Director: Mrs.L.V.Jayashree

Bankers: Auditor: State Bank of India, Adyar Mr.Suresh State Bank of India, Santhome Chartered Accountants, Indian Overseas Bank, Adyar GA Arihant RNR Heritage, No.30 Shenoy Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 034 Recognised by: a] State Commissionerate for the Differently Abled, Government of TamilNadu b] Rehabilitation Council of India, New Delhi [i] Recognition Certificate for 2year Diploma in Education Special Education [CP] [ii] Recognised by and affiliated to Tamilnadu Open University B.Ed [Mental Retardation]

Major Financial Assistance:

From - Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India, New Delhi 110 001

Donations to the Society are exempted u/s.80G of the IT Act, 1961

Vision Mission

To empower persons with disabilities SPASTN env isages an inclusive society which through Education, Health Care, Employment respects and values div ersity, human rights and Advocacy. and participation of persons with disabilities on an equal basis with others in all aspects of community life. To promote Accessible Environments free from physical, environmental and attitudinal barriers.

To deliv er human resources and services of the highest quality-based

CREDIBILITY ALLIANCE DISCLOSURE NORMS

Credibility Alliance is an independent organisation established by the NGO sector to promote good gov ernance and the public accountability of NGOs under the DESIRABLE NORMS. The Spastics Society of TamilNadu [SPASTN] is a fully accredited member. Registration No. CA/32/2017 valid from 05/10/2017 to 04/10/2022. For more information refer to: www.credibilityalliance.org CONTENTS

1 Members of the Executive Committee

2 Organogram

3 Treasurer’s Report

4 Director’s Report

5 Consolidated reports from 3 Centres– Taramani, Ayanavaram and Royapuram

6 Report from Vocational Training Centre

7 Report from Human Resource Development Centre

8 Report from Community Based Rehabilitation

10 Regional Learning Centre for DeafBlindness

11 A Special “Thank you” to our dear supporters

12 Audited Accounts

BOARD OF TRUSTEES – EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS Sl.No. Name Age Gender Position in Occupation the Board

1 77 Female President Managing Director Dr.V.L.Indira Dutt The KCP Ltd., No.2 PV Crescent Cherian Rd, Egmore, Chennai 600 008 2 Mrs.Umayal 56 Female Vice- Director Palanaiappan President Profile Gears & Engineering Pvt Ltd "Linden Towers" No.11, College Lane, Chennai - 600 006 3 Mr.V.Prabhakar 62 Male Secretary Managing Director, Reddy VPR Mining Ltd., D.No.8 -2-293/82/A/1259, 3rd Floor, Plot NO.1259 Lakshmi Towers, Road No.36, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad 500033 4 Mr.P.S.Kumar 74 Male Treasurer Managing Partner Chartered Accountant Brahmayya& Co Khivraj Mansion, 10/2 Kasturba Road, Bangalore 560001 5 Mrs.Seetha 82 Female Committee Social Worker Muthiah Member 6 Mrs.Poonam 74 Female Committee Social Worker Lalchand Member 7 Mrs.Badrunissa 62 Female Committee Director Mahadeven Member Saffron Room Cusines Pvt Ltd, 74 Cathedral Road, Chennai 600006 8 Mrs.Zubeida Asgar 78 Female Committee Social Worker Ali Dhala Member 9 Mrs.Rita Joseph 77 Female Committee Director Member George Maijo Industries,2 B Apex Plaza, No.5 Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai 34 10 Mrs.Thayabae 60 Female Committee Housewife Kakkar Member 11 Mrs.Harpreet Kaur 64 Female Committee Social Worker Bedi Member 12 Mrs. Nita Reddy 57 Female Committee Partner Member New Horizon,123A, T.T.K. Road, Chennai 18 13 Mrs.Divya Reddy 38 Female Committee CEO & Founder Member Advantage India Pvt Ltd 14 Mrs.Naina Shah 57 Female Committee Director, Member Ecoparadigm,Paradigm Environmental Strategies Pvt Ltd., 150, 2nd Main, ST Bed Layout, Koramangala 4th Block, Bangalore 560034 15 Mr. Ritesh Rai 36 Male Committee Director Member RKKR Steels 16 Mr.Aditya Mirza 40 Male Committee Co-Founder and President Member Cenza Technologies

TREASURER’s REPORT

I present the Treasurer’s Report for the year 2017-18. SPASTN continued its activities to fulfill its noble objectives through the year under review .

As stated in the previous years’ reports, the Government of India in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empow erment has been supporting and funding our Society to the extent of 90% of its expenditure. As a matter of policy, the Government of India has been gradually reducing the grant support w hich covers around 15% of our total expenditure. Also, there w ere delays and we had to find finances to meet those exigencies w hich have brought enormous pressure on SPASTN to augment resources to meet the grow ing expenditure. The generous support received from Philanthropists during the year largely mitigated the hardship and SPASTN w as able to sail through. Considering these circumstances, it is inevitable that SPASTN w ill have to explore alternative avenues for funding its activities in future

Therapeutic Enrichment Activity Hall - Research & Development [TEAC H (R&D)] is a development of an auditorium. The project has been supported by many donors. Among them we have received support from Madras Round Table [MRT] No.1 Charitable Trust. The MRT 1 has signed an MOU and has assured a minimum support of 1 Crore and they w ill increase the support by 20-30 lacs on best effort basis. We also would like to thank Timken Foundation, USA, Chennai Willingdon Corporate Foundation, Chennai for their support for the Project TEACH R&D.

During the year 2017-18, the follow ing institutions have donated various sums of money.

Information on Donors for the year 2017-18

Amount Name of Donor Purpose (in Rs.) Chennai Mission Trust 38,00,000.00 Timken Foundation, USA TEACH R&D 22,24,962.00 Madras Round Table No.1 TEACH R&D 15,00,000.00 Charitable Trust Chennai Willingdon Corporate TEACH R&D 19,06,650.00 Foundation Chemfan Alkalis Ltd., Chennai TEACH R&D 2,50,000.00 Roche Diagnostics India Pvt Ltd., TEACH R&D 2,00,000.00 Mumbai Arjun Govin Estates Pvt Ltd., TEACH R&D 5,00,000.00 Chennai Mrs.Kavitha Dutt Chitturi Donation 3,00,000.00 Mrs.Rita Joseph Donation 1,00,000.00 Elegant Construction Donation 1,00,000.00 Pay Pal India Pvt Ltd Awareness Material 27,000.00 Mrs.Umayal Palaniappan Donation 27,000.00 Dr.V.L.Indira Dutt Donation 25,000.00 Mr.J.Uttam Kumar Donation 25,000.00 Mr.T.Udaya Raj Donation 36,000.00 Ms.Malathi Krishnamoorthy Donation 25,000.00

OTHER PROJECTS

1 SRTC – Early Intervention Early Intervention 3,00,000.00 2 Tech Mahindra Project IPS A+ 17,31,241.00 Furniture, Yoga Vereningung Rajagopalan, 3 Equipment and 50% 4,41,552.00 Germany Staff Honorarium 3 World Bank Donation 4,44,418.00 4 SAVE, UK Donation 1,24,025.00 Deaf Blind 5 Sense International India 13,26,082.00 Programme Training 6 Sense International India 2,11,485.00 Programmes 7 Mind Tree Foundation CBR DID 15,86,727.00 Charities Aid Foundation of Day-to-Day 8 1,59,946.00 America, USA activities for children Day-to-Day 9 Ammado AG, Sw itzerland 7,279.00 activities for children Charities Aid Foundation of Day-to-Day 10 76,501.00 America, New Delhi activities for children 11 Pushpam Enterprises Ltd Donation 60,000.00 Yennarkey Ravindran 12 Thilagavathy Donation 12,000.00 Charitable Trust/Ridhi Ratnam 13 Accent Logistics Donation 60,000.00 14 Mr.Muthusamy [Retd] Donation 12,000.00 CISCO Systems [India] Private 14 Ltd

On behalf of SPASTN I w ould like to express our sincere appreciation for these donations w hich have kept the activities of SPASTN going.

In conclusion, I thank and acknow ledge the committed services to SPASTN from the President, Committee Members, the Director and the Staff of SPASTN.

Mr.P.S.Kumar, Treasurer

DIRECTOR’S REPORT

My commitment to ensure SPASTN provides person-centric services remains. Our dream remains that through our work and partnerships with the community, persons with disabilities can lead engaged, fulfilling lives in our society. We are fueled by the conviction that each person who comes into contact with SPASTN deserves our best

I am extremely proud to share w ith the members present that SPASTN has been accredited for meeting the highest norms “Most Desirable” prescribed for Governance of Voluntary Organization. Credibility Alliance a consortium of Voluntary Organisation committed to enhancing Accountability and Transparency in the NGO sector through good governance. This accreditation w ill help SPASTN build more TRUST among all stakeholders.

CSR partners w ho have partnered w ith SPASTN all these years namely Mind Tree Foundation, Tech Mahindra Foundation, Timken Foundation, YVR Germany, SAVE-UK, CISCO, and Charities Aid Foundation are all a testimony to the good quality of w ork w e do w ith our stakeholders and for follow ing accountable practices. Thank you for w alking w ith us in this journey. We look forward to taking the next lap together, to make a difference in the lives of those w e serve.

SPASTN embarked on an ambitious and challenging task of building a multi-purpose auditorium called the THERA PEUTIC ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY HALL (TEACH (R & D). The project has taken nearly 4 years to complete due to various reasons such as Chennai rains, fund flow s etc. On completion this w ill become a hub to promote art, culture, yoga, dance, drama etc. This auditorium replaces the old one that had to be replaced as it w as not architecturally safe.

Here I must mention the timely support that MRT1 has extended to SPASTN by agreeing to support the TEACH (R&D) Auditorium to an extent of more than 1 crore. We thank MRT1 for the support as they have earlier supported us for the Workshop Building. TEACH (R&D). Mrs.Rinku Mecheri of Chennai Volunteers w as instrumental in connecting SPASTN to MRT1 who were looking at projects to support.

The solutions that have w orked for so many times for so long w ill not be the solutions of tomorrow . The support required by beneficiaries today will be obsolete and ineffective in the future. NGO’s like SPASTN should be in no doubt that only by changing w e can remain relevant and sustainable. Key challenges are student enrolment, retention of competent staff and funds for programs. But as long as SPASTN continues to w ork w ith commitment, direction and integrity, I have observed funds have a w ay of finding us and connecting w ith good partners. As long as committed socially responsible individuals or corporate/s are there we “dare to dream” and w ork for it.

My teachers, therapists, support staff, school heads, and our administration team have been my fulcrum of support and no w ords can convey my immense gratitude to them.

Thank you Board of Trustees for guiding me and us.

Mrs.L.V.Jayashree Director

REPORT FROM THE CENTRES OF SPECIAL EDUCATION - TARAMANI

Students Achievements:

 Won 16 medals in Rotary Paraly mpics-Sports for Special Children at Sairam Engineering College, West Tambaram.  Won overall championship trophy for Mentally Challenged category in “PUNNAGAI”- cultural program conducted by “Rotaract Club of Akash” held at Asan Memorial School  Won 25 prizes and certificates in Rota Neeta Talent Competition conducted by Rota Talent.  A Program by National Institute of Open Schooling AKANSHA”- A competition – preliminary level for special learners w ith special needs (Art Splash & Music Mania) conducted at SPASTN and students from other institutions participated Ms.Priya, World Bank and Mr.Prakash, Bank of America and Ms.Geetha Lakshmi, Reed Elsevier judged the Program and selected the w inners and Mrs.L.V.Jayashree, Director of SPASTN and Ms.Geetha Lakshmi distributed the prizes and certificates to the w inners.  17 students participated in Cultural Program for World Disability Day and w on Championship shield held at Anna University and Mr.Mohammed Nazimudeen, I.A.S., Principal Secretary, Department of Differently Abld, Government of Tamilnadu, Mr.Arun Roy, I.A.S., State Commissioner, Department of Differently Abled, Government of Tamilnadu and w ere the Chief Guests and distributed the prizes.  Students from other institutions participated in “AKANSHA”- A Regional Level Competition for special learners with special needs - A Program by National Institute of Open Schooling (Art Splash & Music Mania) conducted at SPASTN, Mr.P.Ravi, The Regional Director, National Institute of Open Schooling, Chennai inaugurated the Program, Mrs.Mahalakshmi (Art Teacher) and Mrs.Nirupama (Music Teacher) from DAV School judged the Program and selected the Prize Winners and The Chief Guest Brother Mathan Alexander, Project Director, Montfort Community Development Society, Mrs.L.V.Jayashree, Director of SPASTN also participated and distributed the prizes and certificates to the prize w inners.

Details of the students who have completed Senior Secondary Course in the year 2016-2017 and pursuing their higher education in Colleges (June-2017)

S.NO. NAME OF THE STUDENT NAME OF THE COLLEGE/INSTITUTION 1. Srinivasan B.Sc., VISCOM, Patrician College, Adyar 2. Kishore Kumar B.A. English Literature, Alagappa Chettiar, Karaikudi 3. Indhumathi Diploma in Catering Management, Sai Institute of Catering Management 4. Gokulakrishnan Diploma in Catering Management, Sai Institute of Catering Management 5. Arun Venkatesh Diploma in Catering Management, Sai Institute of Catering Management 6. Rakesh Diploma in Catering Management, Sai Institute of Catering Management

Teacher’s Honoured: Mrs.Uma Maheswari and Ms.R.Jayasree Rotary International Ms.S.Jayasree, Ms.R.Jayashree and our Librarian The Headway Foundation Ms.Durgalakshmi

Newborn Screening: This ongoing program proves our networking with the Government and our role in early identification and screening of the newborn kids to enhance early intervention.

S.NO NAME OF THE HOSPITAL NO. SCREENED NO IDENTIFIED 1 Saidapet Corporation Hospital 269 58 2 Medavakkam Primary Health Centre 39 35

Benefits for Students: DATE DESCRIPTION NO. OF BENEFICIARIES July’17 – Aug’17 Personal Contact Program classes for NIOS 266 Jan’18 – Feb’18 students 332

June’18 – April’18 Yuva English 85 26th & 27th July’18 Camp on Aadhar – conducted by Mr.Ramesh, 53 Indus IND Bank, Velachery July’17 Bus pass issued 255 students 11th Aug’17 Students participated in Independence Day& 308 students Sports Day Celebration, Chief Guest Dr.Jayachandran, Father of Special Education, Vijay Human Services inaugurated the Program & Mr,Surya Kumar, Manager (Bank of Baroda) distributed shields, medals and prizes to the winners 6th Feb’17 General Medical Camp by Prashanth Hospitals 250 students Velachery

Inclusion into Mainstream Programs: 1 3 Students Balwadi, Manualmony, Nellai Nadar, Children Garden, Government Primary and Corporation Primary Schools 2 13 Students Integrated Set up 3 6 Students Tertiary programs National Institute of Open Schooling and State Board Polytechnic High School graduates

Camps: DATE DESCRIPTION NO. OF BENEFICIARIES 26th & 27th July’18 Camp on Aadhar – conducted by Mr.Ramesh, 53 students Industrial Bank, Velachery 6th Feb’18 General Medical Camp by Prashanth Hospitals 250 students

Parent Training and Education:

DATE DESCRIPTION NO. PARTICIPATED

16th Oct’17 Awareness on Dengue for the parents 55 parents

12th Feb’18 Awareness on Epilepsy at SPASTN, Dr.Prithka Chary, Neurologist 75 parents 13th Orientation session on Movement Therapy by Ms.Diana 35 parents Feb’18 16th – 20th Apr’18 Parent Training Program 33 parents

Staff as Resource Persons / Attended : Inclusive Education for ICDS workers Mrs.Raddamani Vettri and Mrs.Suguna Sridhar Mental Health awareness in children and people with Developmental Ms.R.Jayashree and Mrs.Suguna Disabilities Sridhar Access Audit Mrs.L.V.Jayashree, Director of SPASTN and Ms.Vijayalakshmi Special Mom Forum - Government Policy and Schemes by Mr.Joseph Mrs.Nagalakshmi Ravi, District Differently Abled Welfare Officer, Government of Tamilnadu, Chennai & Entitlements and benefits by Mrs.Sheeba from SRTC Two days Training Program on Autism by Action for Autism, Delhi 15 Special Educators Session on Yoga by Ms.Priya from Krishnamachari Yoga Manthiram All Teaching Staff

Training on Reading skills By Dr.Geetha Raghavan & Mrs.Subhashini from All Special Educators “Kalvi Foundation” Awareness about Menopausal Symptoms and their Attitude towards All Staff Menopausal Harmone Therapy and its usage in Urban & Rural population by Dr.N.Hephzibah Kirubhamani from Saveetha Medial College, Saveetha Medical University, Thandalam Awareness Program on HIV/Aids by TANSACS, Government of Staffs and HRDC Trainees Tamilnadu Training on Power Point by Mr.Anand from Wind flower Foundation All staffs

Teacher’s In-Service Training: DATE TOPIC CONDUCTED BY 9th Sep’17 Case Study discussion on Mr.Ramesh Babu Behaviour Management 18th Sep’17 Introduction to Sensory Integration Mr.Ashok Kumar and its basic concepts 21st Nov’17 Positioning for children with Dr.Sailakshmi Cerebral Palsy 19th Jan’18 FSU Curriculum Mrs.Kala 19th Mar’18 Classroom Management on Ms.Navya Sree Swallowing

Visitors: Tech Mahindra Foundation District Differently Abled Welfare Officer, Chennai Thakur Hari Prasad Institute of Research & Rehabilitation Credibility Alliance for the Mentally Handicapped, Hyderabad, Telangana CISCO Madras Round Table No.1 Members Doctor Professors, University of Madras Rehabilitation Professionals, Germany Educational Administration Department, Tamilnadu Teacher’s Education University Visitors from other Educational Institution:  Institute of Hellen Keller  NIEPMD – B. Ed, Autism, Multiple  C.S.I. Rainy School of Nursing, Disabilities & Deaf blind Royapuram  Sri Sankara Senior Secondary School  Adhiyamaan College of Architecture,  University of Madras Hosur  Sri Balaji College of Nursing  Thakur Hari Prasad Institute of  Meenakshi College of Architecture Research & Rehabilitation for the  Dr.M.G.R Institute of Special Education Mentally Handicapped, Hyderabad, and Research Telangana  Faith India Institute of Special  Sishya School, Adyar Education, Kerala  Laalaji Memeorial School  Kanniappan Memorial Educational  Omega International School Trust  S.I.E.T. College  Ascendas IT Park, Vice President and  National Institute of Technical its Team and training on Vocational Teacher’s Training and Research activity for the disabled  C.S.I Kalyani College of Nursing

Internship Placement @ SPASTN by Partner Institutions: DATE ORGANIZATION NO. June – Mar’18 Stella Maris College – BSW 4 July to Apr’18 Holy Cross, Trichy – Speech Interns 18 June – Mar’18 HRDC, SPASTN – D.S.E [year 1 & 2] 24 July & Aug’17 HRDC, SPASTN – B.Ed 3 18th Oct’17 – SRM College of Physiotherapy – BPT 47 March’18 Nov – Feb’18 Madras School of Social Work – MSW 2 Dec - Feb’18 St.Patrician College – MSW 1 Dec’17 St.Patrician College – BSW 8 Feb’18 Madras University – PG Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy 1 student Feb’18 Dr.M.G.R. Institute of Special Education & Research 10

Volunteers: Chennai Volunteers Mrs.Harpreet Kaur Bedi Mrs.Srividhya Ms.Darja & Mr.Rohith Ms.Priya Ms.Chandrika (Monday, Wednesday and Friday Forenoon) Ms.Mythili (Monday and Wednesday) Ms.Swetha Ms.Harini Subhashini Ms.Julie Mrs.Vidhya

Extracurricular Activities: DATE DESCRIPTION RESOURCE PERSON NO.OF STUDENTS June 2017 – April Physical Education Mr. S.S. Selvam 335 2018 June 2017 – April Hip hop Dance Mr. Marudhu ram 130 2018 June 2017 – April Movement Therapy Mrs.Andrea Grace Jacob 175 2018

Students Participation in Co-curicular Activities:

DATE DESCRIPTION NO. OF PRIZES PARTICIPANTS June’17 to Interaction with our school students by 12+1 April’18 Sishya School, Adyar From June’17 to International Yoga Day Celebration-Yoga All students April’18 session for the students by Krishnamachari (Tuesdays & Yoga Manthiram through Chennai Thursdays) Volunteers 23rd June’17 Ramzan Celebration 20 students 11th Aug’17 Students participated in Independence Day 105 students Distributed and Sports Day Celebration, Chief Guest shields, medals Dr..Jayachandran, Father of Special and prizes to the Education, Vijay Human Services winners inaugurated the Program & Mr,Surya Kumar, Manager (Bank of Baroda) 17th Oct’17 Students participated in Deepavali 50 students celebration 24th Nov’17 & Students participated in sports events at All students Won prizes, 30th Nov’17 SPASTN conducted by HCLFoundation and medals and distributed gifts certificates

25th Nov’17 Students from NIOS participated in 35+2 Received prizes Christmas Carnival-“Santa-2017” conducted and gifts by Good Shepherd Convent, Nungambakkam and received Christmas gifts 29th Nov’17 Students participated in Drawing activities 36 Won prizes, conducted by Radian C medals and certificates 8th Dec’17 Students participated in World Disability 16+2 Won prizes, Day Program conducted by Tech Mahindra medals and at Sholinganallur certificates 22nd Dec’17 Students participated in Christmas 55 students celebration 10th Jan’18 Students from NIOS-X, NIOS-XII and State 35+3 Board visited Anna Centenary Library, Kotturpuram 11th Jan’18 Pongal Celebration – Competition on 20 students Cookery (Cooking without fire) and Rangoli for the students and won prizes 12th Jan’18 Pongal celebration – Competition on 55 +3+10 Received prizes Cookery and Rangoli for the parents and and gifts Cultural Program by the staff, parents and students and won prizes 25th Jan’18 Flag hoisting by the students of SPASTN for All students the 69th Republic Day Mar’18 Music Therapy to all students by Mr.Arjun All students Nataraj

Educational Trip:

As part of the curriculum, Students are taken for the educational trip to various places to get exposure. Service learning has been introduced among the higher age group students to develop their social responsibility.

Educational Trip provides an exposure to the new environment and the practical knowledge to the children, which makes them for their future DATE DESCRIPTION NO. OF PARTICIPANTS 10th Jan’18 Students from NIOS (X and XII std) and State Board 35 (Academics) visited Anna Centenary Library at Kotturpuram 2nd Feb’18 Field trip to Children’s Park by the students of EI, LKG-B, STU-III, 65 +4 MDU-I, II & III 9th Feb’18 Field trip to Children’s Park by the students of Play Class, FSU 42+3 and UKG

Acknowledgement of Donation in Kind, Refreshments or Lunch for students:

Support given by our well wishers, friends, corporate, parents and other donors to SPASTN helped us to move forward to render our services to the children with disabilities.

DONOR DESCRIPTION Mr.Chandrasekhar Lunch Parent of MDU Bananas In memory of Master Praveen (student of LKG-B) Refreshments Mr.Britto (Jesus Park Organization) Horlicks Mrs.Rameshwari Pencil pouches Mr.Surya Kumar, Manager (Bank of Baroda) Air pump, Hoola-hoop, medals, winner cups Parents of NIOS Refreshments and biscuits Parents of LKG Cup cakes Ms.Sheeja Thomas from DXC Technology, Chennai Chocolates Dr.Devaki Refreshments for Deepavali festival Rajeshwari Fire Works Crackers Lion’s Club Sweets Parent of NIOS Chocolates Rajinikanth Rasigar Mandram Lunch Hotel Pandiyan , Egmore Lunch for students and staffs Dr.Karthikeyan and Dr.Usha Devi Refreshments Sri Krishna Super Bazaar, OMR, Thoraipakkam Refreshments for students Ms. Sarala Devi, Chennai - 21 Refreshments and Teaching Learning Materials Dr.Devaki Nebulizer & medicines Ms. Swapna Sweets Ascendas IT Park, Vice President and their Team Lunch Mr. Britto, Jesus Park, Chennai 352 Horlicks bottles

Dr.N.Dev i Principal

REPORT FROM THE CENTRES OF SPECIAL EDUCATION - AYANAVARAM

Introduction:

SPASTN Ayanavaram continues to initiate new programs based on emerging needs of the students we serve. The constraint of SPACE does not prevent us from starting new initiatives in early intervention, play class and stand alone class for autism and vocational activities for senior group. Our students did service learning in a nearby old age home as part of learning values in action.

Highlights:

 Autism aw areness- by Dr. Devaki MBBS, MD, M.Sc., Psychology, M.Sc., Guidance and counseling (Parent of a young adult w ith Autism).Rally – on Autism day public aw areness around Ayanavaram.  Initiated Vocational Activities – Soap Oil, Phenyle, Candle, Cover, Jew elry making  Won shield – for best cultural Program 1st Prize & 2nd Prize shield in Rotary Neeta Programme  Initiated Students Committee in small group (i.e.) Uniform Committee, Food committee, Sanitary committee  T. Subadra recognized by SPASTN Old w ashermanpet as “Inspiring w omen achiever” at Sishu bhavan on Dec 3rd 2017.  Access Audit meetings – at Commissionerate for the disabled, Secretariat Govt. of Tamil Nadu & conducted access audit at Secretariat- Namakkal Kavingar Maligai.

Newborn Screening:

S.NO HOSPITAL TOTAL HIGH RISK FOLLOW- UP NO.SCREENED 1. ICH 248 208 40 2. KMC 334 230 104 3. KGH 382 252 130 4 IOG 81 44 37

Aw areness: DATE A REA TARGET NOs. 4.4.17 Autism Aw areness Programme- speech by Dr. Devaki , MBBS, MD, 70 Nos MSc Psychology,MSc Guidance and Counseling 21.6.17 Yoga day Awareness for Parents, Students by Mr. V.P. Murali 30 nos Mohan - Special educator 1.8.17 Awareness on Stress Management for Parents by Dr.Roja – 30 nos Naturopathist from inner w heel club- Ambattur 25.10.17 Sensitization on Orientation and Mobility for Parents by SPASTN - 4 nos Old Washermenpet 18.11.17 Awareness on causes, Prevention, Lifting and Carrying for Parents 91 nos 16.12.17 at IOG-Egmore by Mr.Mohan- Physio assistant 20.01.18 17.02.18 30.11.17 Awareness on Breast Cancer – self examination and on Diabetics 70 nos 22.03.18 and Thyroid and speech by Mrs.Shanthi –Lioness club of Ashok nagar member 8.12.17 Awareness camp on National Trust Scheme –Legal Guardianship , 56 nos Niramaya for Parent Association MR at Anugraha school- Perambur by L.Ambujam – Suptd & Mr. P.Mohan – Physio asst 14.2.18 Awareness on Causes, Prevention, New born screening ,Positioning, 20 nos carrying at KMCH – B.sc Nursing students by Mrs.Shanthi – Physio Asst. 12.4.17 Story Telling for Parents 45nos

21.6.17 Yoga day Awareness for Parents, Students 30 nos

Camps: DATE PROGRA MME TARGET NO. 2.3.18 Vision Screening Camp by Saveetha Medical college- 45 nos Poonamalle 2.3.18 E.N.T Camp by Saveetha Medical college- Poonamalle 38 nos 2.3.18 General Medicine Camp by Saveetha Medical college- 37 nos Poonamalle

Co-Curricular Activities: DATE PROGRA MMES Nos PRIZES 10.8.17 Participated in special sport in Perambur 20 1 first prize in running race 13.8.17 Participated in Rotary sports in Sairam Engineering 12

college w est Tambaram 11.11.17 Rotract club of Akash- Punnagai 20 Won 2 1st prizes for Special talents 20.11.17 Interschool Yoga Competition at KRM school 9 3 – 1ST Prizes for Perambur different age groups. 3rd Prize For group performance 22.11.17 Children participated in Rotary Neeta talent 40 Won 2nd prize for Competition as participants in events and as cultural w ith shield view ers and Rs.2000/- Cheque

23.11.17 World disabled day- preliminary Sports 17 1 -2nd Prize for running race

29.11.17 Service Learning at Annai anbu Karangal 15 Served for old age people – sw eet , bed sheet, paste, soap , fruits – distributed by our children for 10 old people 8.3.18 Women’s day Celebrations-Mrs.Kavithabaid Conducted games, 70 fashion show etc. Staff Development – Inservice / Attended:

Oro Motor therapy Mrs.Hemamalini Deaf & Blind- Sense International India Mrs.Shanthi Behavior analysis for young Autism children-@ MNC Mrs. Parimala- Tactography Mrs.Shanthi, Ms.Madhumitha Intervention Strategies for Autism children Ms. Subadra, Mrs. Parimala New born screening Mrs. D.Nallamuthu, Mr. P.Mohan One day w ork shop on RPWD Act 2016 @ Anna Mrs.Ambujam centenary library,Kotturpuram Basic computer skills-Mr.Senthil Kumar All Staff Access audit for Ayanavaram staffs- Internal environment, All Staff external envirornment by Mrs.Ambujam IEP – Smart Objectives and how to write IEP by All Staff Mrs.Ambujam Sensory Integration basic Activities All Staff

Staff Development – Conducted: DATE TOPIC CONDUCTED 2.4.17 Curriculum for Secondary/Pre.Voc/Vocational – B.Ed I Mrs L.Ambujam st year students – 30 nos 16.4.17 Intellectual disability- Causes, Prevention,classification Mrs L.Ambujam for 1st year students – 30 nos 22.6.17 Access Audit – sensitization program for Adhiyamaan Mrs architect students – 56 nos L. Ambujam 19.7.17 EI – activities and circle time activities for Young Deaf Mrs Blind children @ DPI, Egmore – SSA Special L.Ambujam educators – 40 nos 15.9.17 Sensitization on Access Audit for engineers- from all MrsL.Ambujam districts- PWD Department @ SRTC 40 nos 3.3.18 Assessment –functional academics, Pre Vocational, Mrs. L.Ambujam Vocational – B.Ed Students – 25 nos 15.3.18 National trust –schemes and Benefits @ Vijay Human Mrs.L. Ambujam Services, Kottivakkam – 30 nos

Visitors: NAMES A ND INSTITUTIONS PURPOSE OF V ISIT Mrs. Jas mine, DDAWO – Chennai District For Center Inspection Mr. Palani – from Tahsildhar office- Purasaw alkkam To Collect License copies Mrs.Vasavi – Revenue Inspector from Tahsildar office To Know the details under justice Purasaw alkkam. Juvenile Act Mr.Srinivasan – Training officer from Sense To know the deaf Blind Unit International India activities Mrs.Shanthi – Lioness club of Ashok Nagar To create aw areness on Breast cancer – by Self Examination Volunteers from Arokya Madha church& Father Christmas celebration .Clament Bala &distributed gift and cakes to children Mrs.Greeshma – Lions club member from Lions club Chief guest for Pongal of Madras City Celebration Mrs. Karin – Nuero-developmental physical therapist - To evaluate children w ith Germany complex needs. Mrs .Joy Sinhola Rajan- BED. Traniee intern - LFC Teaching Practice for one month Mrs.Kavitha Baid – Old Parent Chief Guest for Women’s Day Celebration Mrs. Shanthi – President and her team from lioness Parent session on diabetics and club of Ashok Nagar thyroid. On the occasion of Women’s Day conducted sports and singing competition for Parents and distributed prizes, Sw eets and Snacks

Celebrations:

General festivals and national festivals are conducted usually.

Acknowledgement:

NAME OF THE PERSON ITEM

Dr.Rema/Dr.Devaki/Mr.VijayaKumar Gifts/Biscuits/Juice- 60 nos for Autism day celebration

Mr & Mrs.Santhosh Surana Green Dal 1kg, Chenna-1kg, Sugar- 2 Kg, biscuits and gifts Mrs. Malathi Abbas Stationery items, Yoga Mats, Milk Vessel, fancy Ornaments Mrs.Sumathi Srinivas Mats, Water Pots, box files. Mrs.UmaRani 3 Plastics Chairs, one rolling office Chair, Tumblers Mr.Palani- F/O Hasw indran Provisions w orth Rs.1900/-for one month Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Provisions w orth Rs.1500/- from Sriram chit funds Mrs. Reshmi Surana Spl fees for John frank Rs.1500/- P/o Shakthi Keerthana Provisions for one month Rs.1450/- w orth & toilet cleaning materials Mrs. Indira Dutt – Spastn Cookies for children and staffs President Cisco company New Dresses, Gifts, Sweets and Snacks for children- 35 nos Dr. Rema ChandraMohan Rs.5000/-Cheque Rotary Neeta Club- Kapil Rs. 2000/-Cheque as second prize for our cultural Prog Agensis Mr & Mrs. Thilagam former Spatial Aw areness tunnel – 1 no superintendent Lions Club of Madras City 2 Carpets, 75 Puzzles,100 Small balls Mrs.Greeshma Mr & Mrs. Sajina yasmine one of Corner chair, modified CP Chair, Standing Frame, Air our old parent cooler , Physio Ball. Kadhir’s Family Cereals each 2 kg ,Pulses & 25 kg sugar

Mr. Kumar/ Mr & Mrs. MeghRaj 1no – Small shelf, 2 Office Tables Baid Mr. Seshadrinath Rs.10,000/- Cheque for foldable Prone w edge, Trampoline(Jump & Play) Mr & Mrs.Megh Raj Static Cycle – Rs. 10,000/- w orth

Mrs. Joy Sinhola Rajan- B.ED Rs. 2000/- w orth Jewelry making materials trainee LFC

Mrs.L.Ambujam Superintendent

REPORT FROM THE CENTRES OF SPECIAL EDUCATION - ROYAPURAM

SPASTN, Oldw ashermenpet branch steps into the 29th year of its successful service to people in North Chennai. SPASTN extend its heart full thanks to all the w ell w ishers of our school. This academic year w e have served 57 students.

Highlights:  Completion of 3 years of deafblind unit at SPASTN, Oldw ashermenpet branch with 24 students. Home based programme started for 10 deafblind severe students.  Started support service for deafblind students at LFC Blind School, CSI deaf school, St Louis Adyar, SPASTN Ayanavaram and SPASTN CBR Minjur centre.  Helen Keller day Celebration at Little Flow er Blind School, World Disability day celebration at Missionaries of Charity, Royapuram.  Completion of 4 years of Autism unit at SPASTN, Oldw ashermenpet branch serving 23 students.  Started Vocational training for 6 students w ith student-parent model.  Started Deafblind screening programme at SRTC.  Started regular in-house training for deafblind unit staffs.  Mrs. Jayara selected for Special Mom Aw ard in this year.  Deafblindness included in the District sports category.  UDID camp held at our school on 8.2.18.

New Born Screening and Deafblindness Screening:

In order to promote the infants to achieve their developmental milestones, screening in 2 hospitals w as successful w ith the cooperation of the Doctors and Other staffs.

The data is as follow s:- S.NO Name of the Hospital No. of children High risk screened identified 1 RSRM Maternity Hospital. 126 68 2 Corporation Maternity Hospital, 122 28 Oldw ashermenpet 3 IOG, Egmore, ROP clinic 104 -- 4 SRTC – DB screening 12 1

Aw areness Programme:

An aw areness programme has been conducted for Parents, Professionals and general public’s etc.

Topic No.of people Autism, DeafBlindness, Niramaya, Coffee Vending Shop, 127 Child Protection for Parents Deafblindness @ Don Gunella Spl. School for Professionals 120 Functional assessment for Professionals CBR - REDHILLS 15 Disability day @ Nirmala Shishu Bavan for Parents and 160 Professionals Deafblindness for ICDS w orkers 40 UDID for Persons w ith disability 180 642

Early Intervention (EI) Programme:

Play w ay method of teaching w as introduced to the EI Group. At present w e have 17 students in our EI group at the age of 1 1/2 years to 5 years. All the students underw ent medical intervention like Visual Screening, Auditory Screening and Neurological evaluation. From this group 4 children are placed in play school and Balvadi. Coming year w e are planning to Place 2 children at play school or Balvadi.

Deafblind Unit:

With the help of Sense International India SPASTN started a separate unit at Old Washermenpet branch for children w ith deafblindness. At present SPASTN have 24 students in this unit. 0-6 early intervention group has 10 students, 6- 18 years primary group has 14. From primary group, Baby. Mow thika studying in class 4 at regular school. 23 parents joined in family netw ork programme and 5 staffs joined in professional netw ork programme. The entire group of students with parents visited Fort Saint George, War memorial, On the Theme of Independence Day, Visited Metro rail, Airport and Bus stand and travelled by Auto, Bus, Rail & Car. On the theme of Transport. visited to Vandaloor Zoo on the theme of Animals. Akshana and Srinivasan participated in District sports in the Category of Deafblindness.

Parents and staff attended State level, Regional and National level training held at Trichy, Ahmedabad and Chennai.

Deafblind Screening:

Date Name of the School No. of High risk Name of the Staff student identified screened 5.4.17 Avvaikappakam, 43 4 Mrs.Revathy & Spl school, Tolgate. Rajasekaran 21.8.17 CSI deafschool, Santhome. 23 7 Mrs.Santhanam, Rajasekaran. 31.10.17 Faith Special school, 37 14 Mr. Rajasekaran & Thirunindravoor Mrs. Revathy 21.10.17 St. Louis deaf, Adyar 139 43 Mr. Rajasekaran & 9.1.18 Mrs. Revathy 29.11.17 LFC blind school 47 13 Mrs. Santhanam & Mr. Rajasekaran 16.2.18 CBR- Padianallur 24 14 Mrs.Revathy & Miss. Nithyalakshmi Total 313 95

Multiple Disability Unit:

S.no Class name Total No. of Younger age Integrated to regular student school 1 MDU I 19 1 ½ yrs NIL 2 MDU II 7 6 yrs 3 3 MDU III 13 7 years 1 4 AUTISM 18 5 years 5 5 TRANSISION - 3 6 years NIL LKG 6 SKILL TRA INING 11 12 yrs 4 UNIT 7 Deafblind 24 3 yrs 1 Total 95

All students underw ent medical intervention like Visual Screening, Auditory Screening and Neurological evaluation. New parents have participated in our Parent training on the topic of Orientation of all the Intervention, and the Benefits of Holistic Approach.

At present we have 95 students w ith Multiple Disability in our school. We provide all the medical intervention and training for them. Our students and parents have participated in all the festivals and district level sports and State level cultural. Many of our MD children have w on many prizes. Five staffs are working in this unit. The staff working in this unit has attended In- services and Training Programmes like ICEVI National Conference, early intervention training and AAC. This year we have formed separate a play room and 4 class rooms for children w ith MD. 14 students w ith MD are studying in regular schools.

Autism:

There are 23 students attending this group. 4 students studying in regular school. 12 students attending in bridge group. 7 students are attending Early intervention group. Brain gy m, Draw ing, Special education, Communication, Sensory integration, Yoga, Music, group activities and Calendar system follow ed in this group. Master. Aberarkhan w ith his mother gets Coffee vending machine training.

L.K.G AND U.K.G:

21 students are studying in this group. From this group 14 students are studying in regular school. The entire students are getting holistic approach training. Apart from this they are learning cutting, pasting, folding the paper, Draw ing, storytelling, group play, Music therapy, Sports activities and Computer class.

Skill Training Unit:

There are 30 students in this group. 19 Boys and 11 girls are studying in this class. Both have separate class rooms. They are getting Special Education, Physiotherapy, Sensory integration, Communication, Yoga, Time, Money, ADL Skills, Privacy and Sex education, Leisure time activities like dusting, cleaning of vessels, cooking and w ashing clothes, Shopping skill, Draw ing and Painting, Dance, Sports & Craft w ork. There are 2 boys and 5 girls w ith severe Multiple Disability, attending w eekly once maintenance group.

Staff Development:

Story telling Mrs. Jayanthi Diet work shop Mrs. Shyamala Feeding training Mrs. Shyamala, Mrs. Priya National training on Deafblindness at Ahmedabad Mr. Rajasekaran RLC training on Deafblindness Mrs. Shyamala Tactograph Mrs. Shyamala, Miss. Nithyalakshmi Sensory Diet inservice by Miss. Aruvi All Staff RLC Vocational training Mrs. Shyamala, Mrs. Santhanam SLC training on Deafblindness held at Holy cross Mr. Rajasekaran service society Trichy. ICEVI conference held at Ahmedabad Mrs. Santhanalakshmi State level Training on Child protection at Chennai Mrs. Shyamala collectorate. Autism training Mrs. Shyamala, Mrs. Jayanthi Newborn Screening by Ms. Karin Kruska and Mrs. Revathy, Mrs. Shajulamary Ms.Kaja RLC network training Ms. Nithyalakshmi National level training on Project management Mrs. Santhanalakshmi

Inclusive Education:

Our vision being inclusion, w e are able to promote inclusive education for those students w ho can perform regular education. 10 of our children are studying in Anganw adi, 30 of our students doing their integrated education in regular school and also they get rehabilitation from us.

Talent Shows:

Our children w ere able to exhibit their talents through painting, dance, fancy dress, Sports activity and had w on many prizes. S.No No. of students participated Topic No. of w inners 1 12 students Perambur sports 12 students 2 7 students Para Oly mpics @ Sairam 2 students. Engineering college 3 6 students Punnagai@ Aasan school 3rd prize 4 11 student s Rota neeta competition @ Ist prize Kamarajar hall 5 15 students District sports @ St. 2 students Louis, Adyar 6 11 students District Cultural @ Andhra 3 prize Mahila Sabha 7 9 students Fancy drill and Debate @ 1st and 2nd Prize Anbalaya 8 10 students One day w ith God @ 3rd Prize Avaikappagam 9 10 students Lions club sports 1. Medical Intervention: Dr. R. Manonmani our consultant visits our school monthly tw ice for giving medical treatment for 198 our children and parents

Visitors:  Doctors team from Govt Stanley Hospital.  Miss. Divya, Tech Mahindra.  Mrs. Karin, Nuero-developmental Physiotherapist, Germany.  Miss. Keerthy from SII and friends from Boeing company.

Referal Service:  Dr. Meenakshi and Team, Sankara Nethralaya.  CGC, Govt. Stanly Hospital.  SRTC.  Dr. Kannan, Psychiatrist.  ICH, Egmore.  Dr. Anbu, Pediatrician.  Dr. Manoj, Clinical psychologist.  Dr. Sundar  Miss. Vandhana, Clinical psychologist.  Govt. RSRM Hospital.  Corporation Maternity Hospital, Oldw ashermenpet.  Dr. Baskar – Janaki ENT Nursing home.  Dr. Manohar – Madras Speech Therapy Centre.

Well Wishers and Donors: o Sense Interntional India. o CSE friends – Note book. o Mr. Jayavel. o Mr. Prabhu, Gurukulam – o Mr. Sankaranarayanan, CISCO Nutrition. o Dr. Devaki. o Mrs. Nagalakshmi – Nutrition. o Dr. Siva from TTK. o Mrs. Hemavathy. o Mr. Lion. Balaji – Teachers day o Mrs. Bella – LFC. & Children’s day o Iraipani Anbargal. o Mr. Kumaravel –Autism day.

Mrs.R.Santhanalakshmi Superintendent

450 400 382 350 334 300 269 250 230 248 252 200 208 185 150 100 126 122 68 50 58 39 44 Screened 35 28 12 0 1 Identified

350 335 335 335

300 255 250 246 250 227 201 200 185 163 163

150 135 130 137 130 135 133 120 Taramani 104 95 Ayanavaram 100 89 70 62 65 Royapuram 40 45 41 45 39 50 29 26 15 14 15 2 7 0

VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE

New Initiative Programs:  Weaving Inauguration for SAORI New weaving loom Donated by ROTA RY CLUB on APRIL,2018 Wednesday  Within the past 8 month w e have trained S. Madhes to be a master w eaver  Elaborates w eaving unit  Various Designed w eaving clothes  ID card Tag w eaving

Vocational Training: Sheltered w ork shop Training Open Employ ment Training All Students Common Training Weaving training

Jew elry making Housekeeping Training Functional academics related Mopping to VTC activities. Door mat making Sw eeping ADL/ Personal hygiene Candle making Table Arrangement Independent travel training Pen Stand / File folder Material Handling Special yoga for VTC Students Vessels w ashing Soap oil /Phenyl making/ Awareness of food Items Socialization Development Surf pow der making Photo copying Packing

Extra Curricular Activities:

Description No. Of Students Physical Education 43 Gym 43 Occupational therapy 14 Hip-hop-Dance 43 Kinect 42

Community Based Environment Cleaning June 2017 to Apirl 2018: Days Place Nature of w ork No. of students

Tuesday Anbagam Dusting, w atering the plants, talking w ith Group I - 10 students - every Old Age grand mothers. prayer. week Home sw eeping, mopping, w atering the plants Group II – 10 students and interaction w ith the grand mothers. – sw eeping.

Parent Engagement Programs:

The parents w ere motivated and enriched w ith many program to have know ledge about their children.

DATE DESCRIPTION NO. PARTICIPATED 16th Oct’17 Awareness on Dengu for the parents 15 parents 16th – 20th Parent Training Program 7 parents Apr’18

Details Of Production from June 2017 – Apr 2018 S. Name of the product No of Products No. of students No. involved 1 Floating Candles 164(set of two) 7 Agal Candles 45(set of 3) 7 Pillar Candles 70nos 7 Cone candle 20nos 7

2 Jew elry 1.Ear rings(Thread, beads) 120 nos 12 2.Bracelet 20 nos 10 3.Long chain 25 nos 12 5. Anklets 2 nos 5 6. Bangles(Skill Threads) 20 set 10

3 Phenyl Making 350 liters 8 4 Soap Oil Making 160 liters 8 5. Surf pow der making 7 kg 8 6 Weaving 25 meters 3 Belt , 11 nos 6 Key chain, (1.3 meters) 30 nos 8 Table mat,( April) 6 meters 3 Cotton stole( 2 meters) 3 nos 2 Wool shaw l (2 meter size) 5 nos 4

7 Door mat 50 nos 12 8 Paper bag 2000 nos 10 Envelope making(3’4’) 10 9 Food Production (sandw ich) 20 loaf 7 (October-Mar2018)

Students Participation in the School Activity: Date Programme Performance No. of Students August,12 Independence sport Kabadi 12 Nov 11th Punngai Dance 6 Nov 23rd St.Louis School for the Long jump, Running 4 Blind (district level meet) Dec24th Christmas Programme Dance 6

Jan 11th &12th Pongal Celebration Rangoli Competition, 5 cooking competition

Details of the Trainees in the Open Employment S. No. Placement Details Nature of Work No. of Candidates 1 Writers café, Taramani Housekeeping and 5 table service 2 Pizza Republic Assistants, Pizza 2 Maker 3 Popcorn ,Shop ,Taramani Housekeeping, 3 Mirror, Cleaning ,Popcorn Making 4 Airport Office, Receptionist 2 ,Assistants’, Cooking 5 Hotel Marina Housekeeping and 3 table service 6 Bombay brasserie Housekeeping and 3 table service 9 Copper chimney Cathedral Road Housekeeping, 3 Mirror, Cleaning 10 Susw ath Sw eets , T.Nagar Shopping Assistants 1 11 SPASTN, Taramani Receptionist trainee 1

Staffs’ Development Program Date Place Name of the Training Staff 24th october17 NIFT Weaving Winding, Mr. Asw in Raj & Warping Mr.Maneshkumar,Mrs.Anuradha 10th &11th Shuttles & Belt, Key chain Mr.Maneshkumar,& Nov,17 Needles, Indhra Weaving, Interlock Mr.Asw inraj. nagar weaving, Fuw a,Fuw a , Change of color Thread Weaving 4th April, 18 Shuttles & SAORI New loom, Mr. Asw in Raj & Needles, Indhra Loom setting, Drafting, Mr.Maneshkumar,Mrs.Anuradha nagar Denting, Tieing

Outdoor Exihibitions:

NO DATE TIME STAFF&STUDENT Place DURATION 1 5/06/2017 4.30pm t0 Mr.Manesh kumar, Technip India Ltd 6.00pm Ms.Divyabharathi student 1 2 5th &6th 10.am to Mrs. Anuradha, 3 World Telugu August201 8.00pm Mr.Maneshkumar& Federation 7 Mr,Asw inraj 3 17/9/2018 10 am to Mr. Manesh kumar World Bank 5.00pm 4. 17/01/2018 12.30 pm to Mr.Manesh Kumar Technip India Ltd 5.00pm Tw o students 5 18/04/2018 9.30 am to Mr. Manesh kumar& Bank of America 6.00 pm Tw o Students

Details of the materials developed in VTC: Name of the Product June Earring, Candles July Surf pow der, Wool shaw l, Pen stand, jute bags ,candles

August Jew ellery items, snack(sanveg, items), Jute bags, w ool shaw l Ganapathy, umbrella October Candles ,Agals ,surf pow der,soap oil,phenyl Nov Candles , Doormat, Earring ,Snacks Dec Door mat, snacks January Doormat, key chain earring, Jute bags, snack, candles, 2018 March Snack, Table mate, Door mat, w ool shaw l, key chain, jew ellery items, 18 candles April,18 Doormat, Jute bags, Pen stand

The Benefits to the students in June 2017 to 2018April No No of Students Benefits 1 27 Free Bus Pass 2 4 Participated in Exhibition 3 4 Job placement 4 43 Dental checkup 5 25 General checkup

80 66 68 70 60 50 40 27 30 25 20 7 10 4 5 5 3 2 0

Mrs. Anuradha, VTC Coordinator

HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

We at the Human Resource Development Centre is stepping into the 26th year of training having completed 25 years and preparing an annual report is that which gives us the opportunity to look back and be thankful for all that has been accomplished over the years. This year 2017-18 is marked w ith many events and success stories. This can be attributed to the dedication and team spirit of the staff and student trainees. We are very happy to acknow ledge the yeoman services of the staff, in providing education to student trainees.

Highlights: . Rehabilitation Council of India deputed Sr. Mini Mathew , Associate Professor, Nirmala Sadan Training College for Special Education, Kerala and Prof T. Revathi, Professor, Thakur Hari Prasad Institute of Research & Rehabilitation for the Mentally Handicapped, Hyderabad, as Visiting Experts for conducting joint assessment report for fresh recognition of B.Ed.Spl.Ed.(MD) course w hich was held at SPASTN on 29th June 2017 . Course for the year 2017-18 w as inaugurated by Mr.Rajagopalan, Mr. Jan Uw e Burmeister, Yoga Verenigung Rajagopalan, Germany and Mr. Vasudevan Verma, from Chennai and Ms. L.V. Jayashree, Director, The Spastics Society of Tamilnadu on 6th July 2017. . 100% of the passed out trainees are w orking in Rehabilitation Set up . Certificate of approval received from the Rehabilitation Council of India for running the course B.Ed.Spl.Ed (MD) from 2017 onw ards and the approval is for three batches i.e. 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 of tw o years duration. . Dr. Mani, Professor and Head Education and Administration department, Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University and Dr. Premila, Head i/c,, Department of Special Education, Tamil Nadu Open University, Chennai Inspected SPASTN as a team for conducting joint assessment report for affiliation of new course B.Ed.SEMD on 11th April 2018

Students Enrolled Regular Mode Programme

The number of students enrolled in the academic programmes of the Department for the year 2017-2018 is as follows: No. Mode of Name of the Batch No. of Regular Dropouts Hostelites Study Course Trainees 1 D.Ed.Spl.Ed.(CP) 2016-18 20 15 5 3 Regular II Year 2 mode D.Ed.Spl.Ed.(CP) 2017-19 9 8 1 - I Year

First Three Rank holders of SPASTN Programme Name Marks Percent Jayalakshmi D. 1141/1300 87.76% DSECP II Year (2015-17) Thiyagarajan S. 1137/1300 87.46% Sollinselvi V. 1122/1300 86.30% S. Nalini 1150/1300 88% DSECP I Year (2016-18) Jeeja Mathew 1141/1300 87.7% Pramila A. 1117/1300 85.9%

 All 5 students of second year passed with Distinction  Out of 15 students in the first year, 12 students passed with Distinction and 3 students passed w ith First Class

Distance Mode Programme:

The number of students enrolled in the academic programmes of the Tamil Nadu Open University Special Education Department and the Study Centre of SPASTN for the year 2017- 2018 is as follows:

No. Mode of Name of the Batch No. of Regular Study Course Trainees 1 Distance BEDSEMR II Year 2016-18 23 23 2 mode BEDSEMR II Year 2017-19 40 40

Guest Lecture: Name of the Resource Person Subject Mrs. Geetha Raghavan Language and concept development for later reading and maths Mr. S. T. Markandeyan Vocational Rehabilitation Dr. Shankar, HOD, Anatomy: Anatomy Department, IBMS  Integumentary system  Circulatory and Respiratory system  Nervous system  Endocrine system Ms. Kaja, Curative education for children w ith Autism Curative Educator, Germany

Student Evaluation: The ongoing assessments through the Group Discussions, Clinical Diary, presentations, assignments, class test, practicals, day to day basis debriefing (case studies, lesson plans, observations and behavior modification intervention plans etc.) and report w riting are the modes of internal evaluation.

Students Placements:  Children’s garden school  Branches of SPASTN  MGR Janaki School

Aw areness / Workshops attended by the Students:  Oral-motor Training  Role of Special Educators in the Community @ Dr.MGR Home and Hr.Sec.School for the Speech and Hearing Impaired, Ramavaram  aw areness programme on menopausal symptoms and their attitude tow ards menopausal hormone therapy and its usage in urban and rural population @ Savitha Medical College, Tandalam  HIV/AIDS conducted by TA NSACS, Government of Tamil Nadu  Demonstrated under supervision of Mrs. Bhuvana, the Six Phases of PECS using exemplars for 13 special educators from different Special Schools in and around Royapuram on April 2nd 2018  Parent counseling & aw areness sessions on  “Myths and facts of Alternative Augmentative Communication”, on 12th Oct 2017  “Using sight w ords for language development and its importance” on 17th Oct 2017 Field Visits:  All 3 Centres of SPASTN  Sabin Vocational Training Centre Pathw ay, Agili, Sendhivakkam, Kancheepuram District  Sathyalok School  Navajyothi Trust Vocational Training for person w ith Mental Retardation  Community Based Rehabilitation centre, Padianallur

Events: HRDC student trainees participated in  Christmas Celebration  Pongal celebration held on 11th Jan 2018  “Autism Awareness Day” programme 1st w eek of April 2018 and a Flash Mob for the Anthem of Autism by National Trust

Examination:

Practical Examination:

External Examiner Mrs. Nalini, Senior Special Educator, Vidhya Sudha Special School, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Internal Examiner Mr. R.R. Sanjay Mohan, Senior Manager (Research and Training) conducted practical examination for DSECP I (15 candidates 2016- 2018 batch) & II year (5 candidates 2015-2017) batch candidates on 7th & 8th June 2017.

Theory Examination Course University/Board/ No of Month and Year Term Exams Students RCI exams for the Diploma in Special Term End 15 Education (CP) I year (2016-2018 Examination 19th to 23rd June batch) 2017 RCI exams Diploma in Special Term End 5 Education (CP) II year (2015-2017 Examination batch) Tamil Nadu Open University PG Term End 1540 17th June to 16th Programme Examination July 2017 DSECP I & II year First Term 23 20th to 24th Nov Examination 2017 Tamil Nadu Open University UG Term End 1470 9th Dec 2017 to th Programme Examination 28 Jan 2018 Total No. of students 3053

STAFF: Participation / Coordination in Seminars / Workshops / Symposia conducted/

Meetings attended/training

S.No. Name of the Staff Topic 1 Mr. Sanjay Mohan  Sessions on “ History and Introduction to Deafblindness/MSI, Syndromes and conditions causing Deaf blindness, Simulation Session, Sharing & Debriefing the experiential learning gained from simulation,  Making sense of the Functional vision & hearing to understand the child’s learning style,  Curriculum planning & Teaching strategies for children w ith deaf blindness” 2 Mrs. Nisha Workshop on “Role of Special Educators in the Community” 3 Mr. Sanjay Mohan All India RCI Meet of Course Coordinators for Southern Zone held at Raj Park, Alwarpet, 9th Sep 2017 4 Mr. Sanjay Mohan “Suitable Pre-Vocational & Vocational Training Adaptation For Persons With Deafbliness” for 30 professionals in Vocational rehabilitation regional training conducted by SENSE International Mr. Deepak Sharma Netw ork Manager on 5th Oct 2017 5 Mr.Sanjay Mohan Attended NBER-RCI Coordinator meeting on “Scheme of Examination and Evaluation” held at NIEPMD, on 16th and 23rd Oct 2017 6 Mrs. Nisha Attended Coordinators’ meet of Tamil Nadu Open University on 3rd Nov 2017 at TNOU, Academics Building, Saidapet 7 Mr.Sanjay Mohan Attended the convocation ceremony held at the University of Madras, Chepauk, and their convocation certificates were aw arded by Hon’ble Governor of Tamil Nadu, Thiru.Banw arilal Purohit on 28th Nov 2017 8 Mrs. Nisha Attended Workshop on “Mental Health aw areness in Children and People w ith Developmental Disabilities”, on 14th Dec 2017 at Mithra Special School, Anna Nagar 9 Mr. Sanjay Mohan Attended five days workshop sessions on “Early Identification and New born Screening” conducted by Karen Kruska, Bobath Therapist, Germany from 19th to 23rd Feb 2018 10 Mr. Sanjay Mohan Conducted 2 hours guest lecture sessions for RCI CRE programme on “Obstacles and Challenges faced by Women with Disability” for 33 Special Educators from various institutions, organized by Vijay Human Service on 7th March 2018 11 Mrs.Bhuvanesw ari Conducted 2 hour guest lecture sessions on “Individualized Raghavan Family Service” for 33 Special Educators from various institution on 9th March 2018, CRE Programme, organized by Vijay Human Service 12 Mr. Sanjay Mohan Conducted training session on “Overview on Disability” for 40 people from Kanniyappa Eductional Trust, Thiruvallur, on 28th March 2018, held at SPASTN, Taramani 13 Mrs.Bhuavanesw ari Conducted a w orkshop on “Introduction to PECS for Non- Raghavan verbal Communication” for 13 special educators from different Special Schools in and around Royapuram on April 2nd 2018 14 Mr. Sanjay Mohan Attended the All India Meet of Zonal Coordination Committees held at Rehabilitation Council of India, New Delhi on 10th April 2018 15 Mrs.Bhuvanesw ari Conducted a w orkshop for 19 parents of students w ith Raghavan disability in the age group of 3-9 about “Reinforcement and Behaviour Management” on 18th April 2018

Library:

13 student trainees from Holy Cross, Tiruchirapalli and 6 student trainees from Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University, Chennai utilized the library.

 The Librarian Ms. Durga Lakshmi has been updating the Niramaya forms for the children with special needs. A total of 1350 forms have been received and updated.  A total of 117 new book included in Library for reference. Out of which 47 books were donated by Director Ms. L.V. Jayashree, Taramani, SPASTN

Total Number of Issue and Reference Books at Jhamandas Watumull Memorial Library HRDC S.No. Category No. of Issue Books No. of 2017-18 Reference Books 2017-18 1 Psychology 71 146 2 Physiotherapy 115 280 3 Speech, Language and Communication 54 115 4 Special Education and Multiple Disability - 113 5 Medical 86 259 6 Cerebral Palsy 24 - 7 Behaviour Management 22 - 8 Rehabilitation 138 111 9 Play 33 - 10 Education 57 264 11 General - 99 12 Research - 13 13 Special Education 163 397 14 New Books 2017-18 22 95 Total 763 1797

Total Number of Journal volume collected at Jhamandas Watumull Memorial Library, HRDC SPASTN

S.No Category Number of Journal Volumes 1 Medical 366 2 Psychology 28 3 Abnormal Psychology 2 4 Rehabilitation 40 5 Research 8 6 Education 8 7 Physiotherapy 6 8 Speech Language & Communication - 9 Occupational therapy 2 10 Physical Education 1 11 Special Education 27 Total Number of Journals 488

Journal subscribed at Jhamandas Watumull Memorial Library HRDC 2017-18

S.No Category Name of Journal 1 Rehabilitation Disabilities and Impairments : An Interdisciplinary research journal

Utilization of Library

NEW INITIATIVES FOR TRAINING PROGRAMME AT HRDC

Ongoing Initiatives: Project on PEC’s “Picture Exchange Communication System in improving communication skills among non-verbal students w ith disabilities” by HRDC team

AIM: To study the effect of Picture Exchange Communication System programme in developing communication among children w ith Non verbal communication along w ith various disabilities. A total of 48 students were identified in the special school as non-verbal students w ith disabilities w ithin the age group 2-8 years. A selection process w as carried out by approaching each class teachers face to face and relevant questions relating to selection criteria w ere asked. A total of 10 students out of 48 were selected.

Intervention w as carried out from Feb 2018 to April 2018, follow ed by the post test the analysis and the cumulative results of the five dimensions are represented in the graph below :

Figure 1 – Comparison of Pre and Post test Mean Scores of Participants 57.9 60 51 51 Pre-Test 50 43.5

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0 Overall Mean Scores Scores of Participants Mean Overall Functional Communication - Dimensions

The first stage of Picture Exchange Communication System project implementation w as from Feb 2018 – April 2018. After the completion of the first stage both pre and post test scoring of various dimension of functional communication w ere analysed and the findings showed there has been improvement in communication of all the children w ho have participated in this project. This finding proves that there w ould be a significant improvement in the stage tw o of the project which would be from July 2018 to Sep 2018.

Distance Mode Programme: Personal Contact Program Batch Counselling sessions conducted Total no of days Dates BEDSEMR I Year 9th, 10th, 16th, 17th, 23rd, 24th September 6 days (2017-2019 batch) II Semester 2017 BEDSEMR II Year 14th, 15th, 21st, 22nd, 28th & 29th Oct 2017 6 days (2016-2018 batch) IV Semester BEDSEMR I Year 17th, 18th, 24th, 25th February 2018, 3rd and 6 days (2017-2019 batch) III Semester 4th March 2018 BEDSEMR II Year 17th and 18th March 2018 2 days (2016-2018 batch) V Semester

Guest Lecture: Course Lecturer Topic Mr. Ambedkar Teaching of Science BEDSEMR Mr. Chokkalingam Teaching of Special Tamil I Year Mrs. R. Lalitha Teaching of Mathematics 2017-19 Mrs. Rita Rani Mandal Teaching of English SEM 2 Mrs. Nadhiya Teaching of Tamil Mrs. V. Lalitha Teaching of Commerce BEDSEMR Mrs. Rajamani, Consultant Special Assessment and identification of II Year Educator & Clinical Psychologist needs Curriculum designing, 2017-19 adaptation & evaluation SEM 3 BEDSEMR II Mrs. Anitha. J. Guidance and Counselling Year Mrs. Geetha Raghavan Management of learning 2016-18 Disability SEM 4 Mrs. Lalitha Measurement and Analysis of Data B.Ed.SEMR II Irudhaya Mary Assistant Professor, Reading And Reflecting On Texts year Stella Matutina College of Education 2016-18 Mr. Sai Murali Drama And Art In Education SEM V

Examination:  BEDSEMR I year 2017 batch practical examination conducted by the External Examiner

 Mrs. Vimala, from Vijay Human Service & Mr. R. R. Sanjay Mohan, Senior Manager (Research and Training) on 2nd & 3rd Nov 2017

Acknowledgement:

We extend our gratitude to all the Professors, Lecturers, the NGOs and the Staff of SPASTN for their support and cooperation

Mr.R.R.Sanjay Mohan Sr. Manager R&T Mrs.Bhuvanesw ari Raghavan Sr.Manager

COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION PROGRAMME

Regular rehabilitation services were provided to the disabled children w ith 4 regular ongoing programs and 3 outreach program functioning one day at Vaniyam chathiram of Ellapuram block, Avadi functioning tw ice weekly and Thiruvallur center for 3 days weekly in Thiruvallur district. This year 31 new cases were registered, 29 admitted and 2 w ere referred. At the year 547 children are getting rehabilitation services at CBR centers of Thiruvallur district, 1401 New Born w ere screened and66high risk babies w ere identified, 1010 persons w ere trained on Early identification, Early intervention and Inclusion, 60 Aw areness programs w ere conducted and reached about 5892People and86 847{Visits} Home Based program are carried out for need- based children along w ith the family and community participation.

Project Efforts: Sl. Milestones Expecte Q1 Q2 Q3 March April May Q4 TOTA No d L 1 Total 513 514 521 547 547 547 -- 547 547 Beneficiaries 2 Early 1200 486 449 374 92 - - 92 1401 Identification 3 Training 800 150 452 150 48 210 - 259 1010

4 Awareness 3500 1698 2828 631 300 435 - 735 5892

5 Home based 105 229(No 233(n 258(no.of. 86 86 - 86 86 training of o.of visits) visits) visits) 6 Regular 261 262 218 198 197 197 - 197 197 intervention 7 School 100 102 106 106 107 107 107 Inclusion 8 Livelihood 100 31 102 106 66 66 66 66

Training:

Training program w as conducted for ICDS, Regular school teachers, Nursing Students, Rehabilitation professionals, Engineers and architects ,and Parents on Various topics like Early identification and early intervention, to Include special children at earliest, Curriculum modification, Vocational training and National Trust, etc., details of the training program as follow s

Target Group Topic No. of Participants Parents Deaf line and Government 50 schemes Guardianship and Disability 65 Management Early identification and Early 170 intervention Behaviuor management and 149 Handling techniques Appollo nursing students Disability Management 7 Early identification and Early 52 intervention Selfhelp group members Disability Management 102 Rehabilitation Professionals Deafblindness 120 Autism 72 Schemes and benefits , 20 Behaviour Management Engineers and architects Access Audit 38 ICDS w orkers Early identification and 65 importance of early inclusion in Anganw adi Upper primary teachers Curriculum adaptation for 44 cerebral palsy ANM Early identification and 56 appropriate referrals TOTAL 1010

56 102 65 212 ICDS Workers 44 Rehabilitation Professionals Nursing Students Engineers/Architects Parents 59 425 Regular School Teachers ANMs 38 SHG Members

Camp:

 Assessment camp w ith sun orthotics and prosthetics for Aids and Appliances at Thiruvallur GH around 25 children w ere participated on 21st June 2017.  SSA camp for Aids and Appliances in Kadambathur on 5/5/17 around 8 children are participated from perambakkam centre in w hich 4 children applied for ID card and Aids appliances measurement w as taken for 4 children and also in Padianallur PHC on 11/8/17. 4 children are applied for Aids and appliances , 2 chidren from Redhills center applied ID card .  Deafblind screening camp at padiyanaluur centre in w hich 23 children w ere participated.

Aw areness: Awareness programs w ere conducted in all 7 blocks of Thiruvallur district – , the details are as follows S. Target Topic Date Block Village No. of NO Group Perso . ns 1 Community Causes 02.06.17 Kadambathur Perambakkam 150 people prevention of 18.08.17 50 disabilities and 13.09.17 65 early 27.07.17 Satharai 148 intervention 21.08.17 Kokkumedu 80 16.12.17 Samathuvapura 35 m 04.1.18 Pattumudayarku 50 ppam 17.2.18 Koovam 45 17.06.17 Puzhal Pudunagar 120 12.07.17 Vilangadupakka 150 m 13.07.17 Attathangal 150 04.12.17 38 08.08.17 Azhnjivakkam 35 20.09.17 100 20.1.18 13 20.01.18 Red Hills 19 10.08.17 115 12.10.17 T.K.Pet 82 16.12.17 Sengadu 63 16.12.17 60 21.06.17 Scholavaram Edapalayam 160 & 22.06.17 27.06.17 Kattur 95 14.07.17 Vaniyanchathra 92 17.07.18 m 70 03.08.17 60 21.10.17 20 29.1.18 38 20.07.17 Nallur 55 08.08.17 Padiyanallur 18

17.06.17 Minjur Mellur 70 28.07.17 Kalpakkam 55 07.9.17 Minjur 50 27.10.17 Konimedu 35 25.11.17 Velambakkam 50 20.01.18 Voyalur 50 17.02.18 Meratur 40 2 Appollo Causes 28.06.17 Puzhal Redhills PHC 7 Nursing prevention of 23.11.17 20 Students disabilities and 28.2.18 16 early 14.02.18 13 intervention 3 Self Help 20.10.17 Minjur Kalpakkam 50 Group 21.10.17 Kadambathur Peramabakkam 100 Members 18.11.17 Korukkambedu 100 4 Nursing 21.10.17 Puzhal Redhills 15 Students 5.2.2018 Scholavaram Padiyanallur 213 09.10.17 40 06.10.17 15

5 Gosha 06.11.17 Puzhal Redhills PHC 59+1 Nursing 18.12.20 3 Students 17 6 Govt.Hr.Sec 17.11.17 Scholavaram Alamadhi 75 School.Stud ents 7 Stanley 12.12.17 Minjur Minjur 40 Nursing Students 8 Balw adi 15.12.17 Minjur Minjur 40 Teachers 9 ICDS 06.2.18 Scholavaram Padiyanallur 35 Workers 10 Jaya college Government 23.03.18 Kadambathur Thiruvallur GH 13 Pharamacy schemes of students Disabilities 11 Parents causes 04.10.17 Kadambathur Thiruvallur GH 1843 prevention 05.10.17 Puzhal Redhills PHC 121 Cerebral palsy 02.04.18 447 Behaviour management AutismCauses, Prevention of disabilities

TOTAL 5802

3000 2526 2411 2500 2000 1500 448 1000 250 88 500 40 35 0

World Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day Observerance:

World Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day was observed on 4th October 2017 at Thiruvallur GH by SPASTN CBR. On this day in the morning Dr.Jagadeesh kumar and his team gave lecture on the importance of early intervention, usages of appliances and feeding aspects. On 5th October 2017 organised half day orientation programme for parents at PHC Redhills . On this day Mrs.Asha official from DDAWO Thiruvallur dstrict spokes about various schemes and benefits and importance of UDID Card and she clarifies parents doubts following which SPASTN CBR team carried out sessions on behaviour modification, handling technique, feeding, to the parents around 1870 persons were participated.

World Autism Awareness Day Observance:

SPASTN CBR Organised World Autis m aw areness day programme along w ith district early intervention centre thiruvallur GH on 2nd and 3rd April 2018. Various programme carried out for parents and childrens like draw ing completion , sports and interactive session for parents, Awareness rally carried out on 2nd april in w hich 45 childrens and 45 parents , Docors were participated. On 3rd April conducted one day workshop on Autism for Rehab professionals at Thiruvallur district around 72 professionals w ere participated.

New initiatives:  Vocational training on Floormat w eaving for young adults w ith disabilities from 4th July 2017.  Organised auto for padianallur centre around 20 children are utilizing the service from 20th July2017. .  Hearing test and functional assessment for 4 children from Minjur center at Dr.Janagi ENT clinic, Mint at Royapuram on 22nd June2017.  Coffee shop opened for S.balaji and s.Ajith (tw o of our beneficiary) organized coffee Vending machine inaugurated by Dr. Suji Keerthi at Minjur on 30th November 2017.  Anandha Deepaw ali celebrated at Perambakkam centre distributed dress to 100 childrens and Cookies donated by our President Dr.V.L.Indira Dutt on 13th October 2017.  Implementing special education format in CBR centres.  Initiated DEAFBLIND Program for 11 children at Minjur w ith support of Royapuram SPASTN .

Staff Development:  Conducted staffs inservice programme on  Special Education assessement on 11th November 2017.  Importance of Maintaining Records on 21st April 2018  CRE Workshop of Early Detection and intervention at Taramani on 16th to 23rd February 2018.  3 days NDT training of Handlingbtechniques and Assessment methods at Visitors:  Mrs.Jayashree Director of SPASTN and Mr.Moses GM from The Mind tree foundation visited Redhills and Padianallur center on 4th July2017.  Dr.Umashankar, Credibility Alliance visited Redhills and Padianallur centre on 11th August2017.  Tw o Officials Mrs.Gandhimadhi and Mrs .Asha from DDAWO Thiruvallur district visited Padiyanallur CBR centre on 8th November 2017.  Mr.Santhanam and Mr.Prakash from Udhavum Ullangal visited perambakkam centre.  Miss.Arathi and Miss.Kadhambri from Enabiliy foundation visited Redhills centre on 10th October 2017.

5892 6000 No. of Cases Registered No. of Cases Admitted Total Attendance

5000 No. of Cases Referred Elsewhere No. of Assistive Devices No. of House shifted/normal/expired No. of Dropouts 4000 #REF! No. of School Inclusion #REF! 3000 #REF! #REF! No. of Newborn Screening 2000 No. of HRB Identified #REF! 1371 No. of Home Based Programs No. of Home Visits 1000 No. of Awareness Program 547 No. of Persons Reached 191 137 106 86 69 60 31 35 33 29 12 4 1 1 1 1 1 No. of Villages Covered 0

Mrs.Jeeva Azhakannan, Sr.Manager WORKSHOPS ORGANISED

 Organised and attended Annual Meeting of Zonal Coordination Committee at Andaman with the support of Department of Social Welfare, Andaman and supported by Rehabilitation Council of India on 5th & 6th May 2017. Total no. of participants attended is12nos.  2 Day Training on Capacity building - Community Resource Mobilisation conducted on 11th – 12th May 2017 for NGO Leaders, Administration Managers. No. of Participants is 17nos.  Organised and conducted One Day training programme for Corporates on 27.4.17 sponsored by District Differently Abled Welfare Officer, Government of TamilNadu. Total no. of participants is 18nos.  One day Access Audit training conducted for students of Adhiyamman College of Architecture, Hosur on 22.06.17 as part of State Resource Training Centre training Programme. Total no. of students is 54+4  External Audit conducted by Tech Mahindra Foundation on 13.06.17  Organised tw o one day workshop on Oro Motor Therapy and Nutrition on 6th and 7th July’17 as part of State Resource Training Centre Training programme. Total no. of participants is 64 nos.  Organised and conducted 5 day Workshop on Understanding DeafBlindness from 17th to 21st July’17. Total no. of Participaonts is 26 from TamilNadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Kerala, sponsored by APPI and Supported by Sense International India, Ahmedabad  Training on Reading Skills by Dr.Geetha Raghavan and Mrs.Subhashini, Kalvi Foundation, sponsored by Tech Mahindra Foundation for all Special Educators of SPASTN on 15.07.17.  Organised and conducted One day Sensory Integration training for Alpha to Omega on 8th Sept’17. Total no. of students is 14 nos.  Organised and conducted State Resource Training Centre Training Programmes on Deaf Blindness on 6th & 16th Sept’17 for 120 professionals at Don Gunella Special School, Poonamallee and also on Access Audit on 15th Sept’17 at SRTC to a total no of 38nos.  Regional Training of Vocational Rehabilitation of persons w ith Deafblindness conducted on 4th - 5th October 2018 for 40 participants.  Awareness about Menopausal Sy mptoms and their attitude tow ards Menopausal Harmone Therapy and its usage in Urban and Rural Population by Dr.N.Hepzibah Kirubhamani, Saveetha Medical College for all staff on 12.12.17  Organised and conducted One day Sensitization Programme for ICDS w orkers on 24th Jan’18, sponsored by Sense International India. Total no. of Participants is 35 nos.  One day Sensitization for 35 ICDS Anganw aadi workers on Early Identification and Intervention and Inclusion for children w ith Deafblindness on 24th January 2018  External Audit by Mr.Richard Mascarenhas, Director-Accounts, Sense International India, Ahmedabad on 25.01.18  2 day Capacity Building Programme on Intervention and strategies to w ork w ith students with Autism on 6th & 7th Feb’18 organised as part of Staff Development Programme and sponsored by Tech Mahindra Foundation. Total no. of participants is 21 nos.  Ms.Karin Kruska, Neurodevelopmental therapist and Ms.Kaja Von Groeling, Curative Education visited SPASTN from 17th Feb to 2nd March’18, sponsored by Senior Experten Services, Germany. Ms.Karin Kruska conducted 5 days training on New born screening to a total no. 17 nos from 19th to 23rd Feb’18 and Ms.Kaja observed classrooms and intervention to all students. Ms.Karin visited Royapuram on 26.02.18 and Ayanavaram on 27.02.18.  Session on Disability Management to the 70 Professors across India as part of their Refresher course on Education at University of Madras on 15th Feb’18  South Regional Netw ork Meeting for Parents –PRAYAAS, Special Educators – ABHI PRERNA, Adults w ith Deafblindness – UDAAN on 9th & 10th March’18  Ms.Diana Tholoor, Founder of Chrysallis conducted 1hr session on Movement Therapy for our children on 13.03.18. Total no. of parents is 35 nos.

WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS / ATTENDED / PAPER PRESENTED Date Name of the Workshop/Seminar Staff Attended As 30.05.17 Expert Committee for Identification of Mrs.L.V.Jayashree Member posts suitable for Differently Abled Persons under section 33 4th & 5th National Conference on RPWD Act 2016 – Mr.Kishore Kumar Participant April’17 Opportunities and Challenges organized Ms.Jas mine by NIPMED 07.04.17 Online Processing of NT and its schemes Mrs.L.V.Jayashree State Nodal and benefits @ State Commissionerate for Mrs.Rajee Mali Agency the Differently Abled for all DDAWOs in Mr.Kishore Kumar Centre Tamilnadu 18.4.17 One day Brain Storming session to frame Mrs.Santhanalakshmi Participant child policy @ Panagal Maligai conducted by Social Welfare Board 18.4.17 Tech Mahindra Annual Day Celebration @ Mrs.Bhuvanesw ari NGO Partner Tech Office Raghavan 23rd TamilNadu State Judicial Academy – State Mrs.L.V.Jayashree Resource April’17 Consultation on Law s relating to children Person issues and challenges in implementation @ TNSJA and session on Conduct and Behaviour of children w ith Mental Retardation 26.04.17 Coordinators Meet of Tamilnadu Open Mrs.Bhuvanesw ari Participant University Raghavan 06.06.17 RCI Inspection @ Composite Regional Mrs.L.V.Jayashree RCI Inspector Centre for PWD, Bhopal, MP along w ith Dr.Nidhi Singhal, Mumbai 15.06.17 Presentation on Understanding Physical Dr.Sai Lakshmi Resource Grow th – Transition from child to Person adolescence and adulthood at NIPMED 16.06.17 Meeting w ith Octavis – Sexual Harassment Mrs.L.V.Jayashree Member 19.09.17 Committee 12.12.17 27.03.18 19.06.17 Meeting w ith Mr.Novemoney and Mrs.L.V.Jayashree Member Mr.Thangaraj, RUCODE and also w ith Mr.Charles Prabhakaran, State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities – National Trust 13th to National Level training on Understanding Mr.Rajasekaran Participant 15th Sexual and Reproductive Health and Parent July’17 Research Methodologies organized by Sense International India, Ahmedabad 14.07.17 Meeting of Experts of Sub-Committee of Mrs.L.V.Jayashree Member 11.08.17 identification of suitable Posts A & B @ Mrs.L.Ambujam State Commissionerate Office 17-19. Mind Tree’s Chairman Aw ard Function @ Mrs.L.V.Jayashree NGO Partner 07.17 ITC Gardenia, Bangalore 22.07.17 Samarpana Annual Day Celebration of Mrs.L.V.Jayashree Chief Guest 25yrs 01.08.17 One Day Workshop on Behaviour Analysis Mrs.Parimalam Participant at MNC, Chennai 04.08.17 3-days National Meet for Parents training Mrs.L.V.Jayashree Resource on MD and presentation on Open Person Employ ment by NIPMED 17.08.17 Committee Meeting of Tamil Nadu State Mrs.L.V.Jayashree Member Welfare Board 28.08.17 Expert Committee Meeting – studying the Mrs.L.V.Jayashree Member concept of Virtual Reality time for training the Autism and children w ith Intellectually Disability @ State Commissionerate 30.08.17 TNOU Board of Studies Meeting Mrs.L.V.Jayashree Member 09.09.17 All India Meet of RCI Course Coordinators Mr.R.R.Sanjay Mohan Participant for Southern Zone at Raj Park organized by NIPMED 10.09.17 Autism Round Table: Jobs and Mrs.L.V.Jayashree Resource Employability and self w orth and Person Presentation on Employability to Employ ment: Bridging the gap to make it REAL 15.09.17 Meeting of Expert Committee on Ms.Navyasree Member Alternative and Augmentative Communication by Government of TamilNadu 18.09.17 Expert Committee Meeting on Accessible Mrs.L.V.Jayashree Member 13.12.17 Indian Campaign - Access Audit – 74 Mrs.L.Ambujam Govt. Buildings Ms.Vijayalakshmi 16th & NBER RCI Coordinator meeting on Mr.R.R.Sanjay Mohan Participant 23.10.17 Scheme of Examination and Evaluation at NIEPMD 17.10.17 90th Anniversary celebrations of Andhra Mrs.L.V.Jayashree Participant Chamber of Commerce @ Taj Coromandel 25.10.17 ICDS Training for Grassroots Level Mrs.Raddamani Vettri Resource Workers and presentation on Inclusive Person Education 20.10.17 Meeting regarding UDID for children @ Mr.Kishore Kumar Participant SRTC Mr.Magesh 28.10.17 State Learning Centre [SLC] Parent Mr.Rajasekaran Participant Netw ork at Holy Cross Service Society, 2 Parents Trichy 28.10.17 Social Audit Panel Meeting of Madhuram Mrs.L.V.Jayashree Member Narayan Centre 07.11.17 FICCI Meet – GES 2017 Mr. Venkataraman Participant 10.11.17 Meeting on FCRA Mr. Venkataraman Participant 23.11.17 Training on EAT module of Public Mr. Venkataraman Participant Financial Management System [PFMS] 8th to ICEVI National Conference at Ahmedabad Mrs.R.Santhanalaksh Participant 10th mi Dec’17 Mrs.Rekha 14.12.17 Mental Health Aw areness in children and Mrs.L.V.Jayashree Participant people w ith Developmental Disabilities at Mr.Sanjay Mohan Mithra Mrs.Bhuvanesw ari Ragavan Mrs.Badrunissa Begum 16.12.17 Special Mom Forum – Government Policy Mrs.Nagalakshmi Participant and Schemes and Entitlements and Mrs.Ponni Benefits organized by Arunodhayam Charitable Trust, Kolathur at Hotel Shanroyal, Koyambedu 10.01.18 Capacity Building on Child Protection and Mrs.Shyamala Participant Child rights organized by State Child Protection Department 11.01.18 Expert Committee Meeting on Multiple Mrs.L.V.Jayashree Member 24.01.18 Disabilities – to suggest and recommend new Assistive Devices at NIEPMD 19.01.18 NGO Conference @ Mind Tree, Bangalore Mrs.L.V.Jayashree NGO Partner Mrs.Jeeva Azhakannan 23.01.18 Meeting w ith Mr.Pincha,Special Mr.Kishore Kumar Participant Rapporteur [Disabilities], National Human Rights Commission @ State Commissionerate for the Differently Abled 02.02.18 International Conference on Exclusion Mrs.L.V.Jayashree Resource from Education and presented a paper on Person Aspects of Art and Cultural related to Education at Medical College Auditorium, SRM and organized by NIPEMD 21.02.18 Capacity Building of TMF Partners on Mrs.L.V.Jayashree NGO Partner Financial Management @ Citadel Mr.Venkataraman 23.02.18 Department of Higher Education, Mrs.L.V.Jayashree Resource Government of TamilNadu, University of Person Madras – Orientation and Sensitization Programme on Disability Management 9th & 10th RLC Netw ork meeting at Hotel Vijaya Ms.Nithyalakshmi RLC Partner March’1 Park,Chennai. 2 staff participated and Mrs.Rani 8 Mrs.Santhanalakshmi Presented a paper Mrs.Suganthi on Impact of Netw ork Programme, Mrs.Santhanalakshmi organized by SENSE International India Mrs.Sanam Nair 8th to National Conference on Strategies to Mrs.L.V.Jayashree Resource 11th achieve Inslusion and presented a paper Person March’1 on 2nd Generation – Early Intervention, 8 CDAC, organized by PNR Society, Bhavnagar, Gujarat and also chaired a session on IE for children w ith deafblindness and multiple disability 12th to National Level Capacity building training Mrs.Santhanalakshmi RLC Partner 15th programme at Hotel Vijaya Park,Chennai Mrs.Sanam Nair March’1 and presented a paper on RLC and DB 8 programme, organized by SENSE International India 13th & Partner’s Meet and Capacity Building Mrs.L.V.Jayashree RLC Partner 14th meeting at Hotel Vijaya Park, Chennai. , March’1 organized by SENSE International India 8 21.03.18 One day w orkshop RPWD Act 2016 @ Mrs. Ambujam Participant Centenary Library, conducted by IP Dome Mrs.Santhanalakshmi and VidyaSagar Dr.Devi Mr.Sanjay Mohan Mrs.Jeeva Azhakannan REGIONAL LEARNING CENTRE – DEAFBLIND PROGRAM

The Spastics Society of TamilNadu (SPASTN), Chennai is the Regional Learning Centre on Deafblindness – Southern region (TamilNadu, Telangana, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry) and “Sparsh” Services for Persons w ith Deafblindness and MSI in TamilNadu supported by Sense International (India).

Highlights April 2017 – March 2018:

 Advocacy for the first time to include the one day Aw areness / Sensitization training on DeafBlindness funded by State Resource Training Centre (SRTC), Government of TamilNadu.  We have reached a target of reach 120 Special Educators, Primary Teachers etc. in 2 batches. The one day sensitization w as conducted on 7th and 16th September 2017 at Don Guanella Special School, Poonamalle, Chennai.  Inclusion of Deafblindness for the first time in the District Sports 2017 as part of World Disability day celebrations as a result of advocacy efforts.  Development and release of Aw areness Material on Deafblindness in the form of comic book - “The story of Nethran” at the National conference of Sense International India held at Chennai on March 14th 2018.

As part of RLC programme , RLC Coordinator visited

 Malankara Social Service Society (MSSS) [Office], Pattom, Trivandrum on 20th June 2017.  SPASTN Ayanavaram and Royapuram Branches on 11th July 2017.  Victory India Charitable Tent of Rescue Yacht, Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh on 20th October 2017.  Mathru School for the Deafblind, D.J.Halli, Bangalore, Karnataka on 9th February 2018.  Association of People w ith Disability (APD), Bangalore, Karnataka and The Spastics Society of Karnataka, Bangalore, Karnataka on 19th & 20th April 2018 (The visit w as also accompanied by Mr.Saravanan, Training Officer, SPASTN).

GLIMPSE OF TRAININGS IN 2017-2018 S.NO Name of the Date of No. Target group Outcome measures of the training the of training training particip ants 1. 2 Day Training 11th – 17 NGO Leaders, After the completion of the on Capacity 12th May Administration workshop, the participants w ill building - 2017 Managers have adequate know ledge of Community traditional and contemporary Resource trends in fundraising, mobilisation understand elements of fund raising and develop skills to write fundraising for their ow n organization

2. Regional 17th – 26 Special Creating aw areness in the Training on 21st July Educators area of deafblindness. Understanding 2017 Capacity building of Special Deafblindness educators. Screening, assessment and identification of children w ith deafblindness and deliver rehabilitation services through direct and indirect services.

3. One day 7th & 16th 120 SSA Teachers At the end of one day sensitization Septemb sensitization program the on er 2017 participants had aw areness Deafblindness on Deafblindness/MSI and to SSA also realized the importance teachers from of early identification and various early intervention of children Districts of with Deafblindness. Tamil Nadu

4. Regional 4th - 5th 40 Vocational The tw o day training provided Training of October Rehabilitation an opportunity to the Vocational 2018 Professionals Vocational Rehabilitation Rehabilitation Professionals to get of persons w ith sensitised on issues of Deafblindness persons with Deafblindness, participate in discussions as well as visit organisation providing pre vocational services to children w ith Deafblindness. 5. One day 24th 35 Anganw aadi At the end of one day Sensitization January workers sensitization program the for ICDS on 2018 participants had aw areness Early on Deafblindness/MSI and Identification also realized the importance and of early identification and Intervention early intervention of children and Inclusion with Deafblindness for children with Deafblindness 6. South 9th & 10th 61 Parents – The participants had gained Regional March PRAYAAS, know ledge on new vocational Netw ork Special trades, modules and Meeting Educators – adaptations w hich can ABHI become a part of their Income PRERNA, Generation Activity (IGA) in Adults w ith the future w ith appropriate Deafblindness Vocational training. - UDAAN The participants took aw ay some valid suggestions from other Local netw ork presentations w hich has been recommended to implement in their Local Parent Netw ork Meetings.

Mrs.Sanam Nair RLC Coordinator A Special Thank you to….

 Department of Empow erment of Persons w ith Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empow erment, Government of India  State Commissionerate for the Differently Abled, Government of TamilNadu  District Differently Abled Welfare Officer, Chennai and Thiruvallur District  Rehabilitation Council of India, Government of India  The National Trust, Government of India  Mind Tree Foundation Ltd., Bangalore  Madras Round Table 1  Tech Mahindra foundation, Chennai  Yoga Vereningung Rajagopalan, Germany  Ascendas  National Institute of Open Schooling  NIIT Foundation  Rehabilitation Council of India  TamilNadu Open University  World Bank  South Asian Voluntary Enterprises, UK  Sense International India  Aziz Premji Philanthropic Initiatives  Timken Foundation, USA  Chennai Willingdon Corporate Foundation  Chemfan Alkalis Ltd., Chennai  Roche Diagnostics India Pvt Ltd., Mumbai  Charities American Foundation, India and USA  CISCO Systems [India] Private Limited  Mrs.Kavitha Dutt Chitturi  Mrs.Rita Joseph  Elegant Construction  Dr.V.L.Indira Dutt  Mrs.Umayal Palaniappan  Mr.J.Uttam Kumar  Mr.T.Udaya Raj  Ms.Malathi Krishnamoorthy  TTK Group  Pushpam Enterprises Ltd  Yennarkey Ravindran Thilagavathy Charitable Trust/Ridhi Ratnam  Hotel Pandian  Pay Pal  Institute of Basic Medical Science  Suresh Consultancy  Accent Logistics  Mr.Muthusamy [Retd.]

Accountability and Transparency:

No remuneration, sitting fees or any other form of compensation has been paid since the inception of the organisation, to any board member including traveling and other expenses to attend board meetings

Staff Remuneration - per month:

Distribution of paid staff according to compensation levels

Slab of gross salary plus benefits (Rs per month) Male Female Total (No’s) (No’s) (No’s) ------<5000 3 25 28 5,000 - 10,000 16 39 55 10,000 - 25,000 1 4 5 25,000 - 50,000 -- 1 1 50,000 - 1,00,000 ------1,00,000 > Total 20 69 89

Details of Air Travel by Staff/ Volunteers /and Board Members at the expense of the organization in the last Financial Year.

Name & Designation Purpose of Cost Incurred Sponsored (Rs.) Designation of Travel (Rs.) Staff / Volunteer /Board Member

No Overseas travel w ere undertaken by any Staff / Volunteer/ Board Members for SPASTN utilizing the resources of SPASTN V Venkataraman Accounts Attended PFMS 8270 -- Incharge training at Hyderabad L.V.Jayashree Director Quizabled 1968 [one w ay] Meeting at Bangalore