Support a child for life skill development

It is approximated that 2% of the Indian Population is suffering from various types of mental illness making it a pressing issue to be addressed. NGO’s like AMC have an important role to play in caring for these individuals. AMC lends various kinds of services to the intellectually challenged children & adults. In order to make it a holistic approach towards caring for these individuals, AMC makes an humble attempt to handhold the families of these individuals and empower them.

Through AMC Special School the special needs such as learning disabilities, communication disorders, emotional and behavioural disorders, physical disabilities and developmental disabilities are addressed. This helps in the child’s overall development. Each classroom is comprised of students with varying needs. These students need a curriculum tailored to his/her individual development needs. The special school enables this through its specially designed class room sessions.

The education of intellectually challenged children has to be in a way that takes into consideration the particular needs of the child and understanding the limitations. AMC Special School addresses this need through its specially designed classroom sessions. Children are aided in their development through workshops in creative fields like dance, music, painting and crafts, sports and physical training. They are provided support through physiotherapy, speech therapy and periodic evaluation to monitor the development of each child. There is constant upgrading of the teaching techniques, assessment methods and tools to monitor progress. AMC gives these children a conducive environment, to ensure that despite the challenges they are facing in their lives, these children get to experience happy space at AMC. AMC ensures that these children participate in various Sports and Cultural events across Bangalore and outside providing an excellent platform for them to interact with others. Yoga therapy provides relief to the children with behavioral problems and asana help them with their digestive process as well as mobility functions. Children are served milk, ragi porridge with vitamin supplements in the morning and healthy nutritious meal for lunch. Children are also given two sets of uniforms and two pairs of shoes.

The support will enable disbursement of Special Education to Special children belonging to the lower- economic background. The project will improve each student’s educational experience and ensure successful learning, advocating independence among these children in carrying out daily routine such as dressing, personal hygiene, safety, handling money & day to day decision making, etc., thereby unburdening the parents/caregivers. It also teaches behavior that is appropriate and acceptable by the society which goes a long way in boosting the self-confidence of the child & help facilitate a better integration into the society.