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Planing meeting
to be organised between the Departments of Education, Health
and the Society for rehabilitation of Cognitive and Communicative
Disorders to work out a plan of action to ground the training
programmes at the community, school and block levels. |
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Process data already
available with the Society for rehabilitation of Cognitive
and Communicative Disorders and map learning disabilities
for every school in the 10 Panchayats in Malappuram district. |
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Develop a communication
strategy to educate parents, the community and children
on learning disabilities. |
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Selection of around
100 women health activists in all the villages as well as
resource teachers for each panchayats. |
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Orientation training
of health activists, resources teachers and PHC doctor for
a period of 30 days in three ten day spell for the first
year. In every subsequent year one week refresher training
is to be given. |
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Setting up of
supervisory committee at each panchayat level headed by
the PHC doctor including members like the sarpanch, resource
teacher, representatives of parents and the VEC. |
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Three day orientation
to be given to this panchayat level committee |
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For setting up
of referral unit at the block level, recruitment of speech
pathologist, special educator, child psychologists and social
worker. Training to be given to this team for a period of
thirty days in two spells. Refresher training for 10 days
to be given in every subsequent year. |
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Mobilising and
enabling a panchayat committee to manage the block referral
unit and a harness local resources to meet some of the cost
of running the block unit. |
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The Society of
rehabilitation of Cognitive and Communicative Disorders
to develop the training packages for all levels as well
as to impart training. |
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The Society to
collaborate with the DPEP Kerala to plan and implement the
training of health activists and teachers; develop appropriate
advocacy material which could be incorporated within DPEP's
own environment buildings and other community based strategies. |
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The Society to
provide specialist referral service on continuing basis
as well as supervision of the functioning of the block referral
unit. |
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Early identification
by training of Anganvadi teachers / mothers for high risks
infant screening |
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Setting
up of the two resource centres for alternate education,
training and research development, Speech Therapy course
etc. |
