Introduction:
Most children with normal development will progress to adolescence and adulthood and will achieve their maturational goals with the support of their family, teachers and peers. A few, however, need more assistance. We have only to look around us to recognize them. Apart from the various emotional and behavioral problems that children go through, there are certain specific learning problems that are distressing for certain children. They might write alphabets in reverse despite being bright children. They might work hard all year but forget all that they have learnt, just before the exams and so on. As a result, they might stay aloof and be poorly adjusted with their peers.
These children and their families go through high levels of distress. It is essential to address these difficulties in an adequate and comprehensive manner. None of this is possible without the accurate assessment of the child’s problem on its various dimensions.
At Manas, we have planned a course on understanding Learning Disability, its implications, screening and remediation. The course is aimed at helping teachers, educationists and students of Psychology to identify and manage the same.
The learning process is an amalgamation of language, perception and cognition. Perception is the processes by which the brain and the various neurological synapses assimilate information from the environment, tallies it with the past experience and gives response to the present situation. Language is a code through which ideas about the environment are represented through a conventional system of arbitrary signals for communication. Cognition is the internal structures and processes that are involved in the acquisition and use of knowledge, including sensation, perception, attention, learning, memory, language, thinking, and reasoning. Any impairment in language, perception & cognition, can lead to learning deficits.
In this course we are targeting how to identify to visual, auditory deficit and motor planning deficit (dysprexia) and the implication arising out of these in the management process of the growing child as these deficits when not given intervention at an appropriate time can lead to deviant cognitive and language development in the child.
DETAILS OF THE COURSE
Contents of the Course:
- Learning process – language, perception & cognition
- Screening & early identification of Learning Disabilities
- Behavioral & emotional difficulties in SLD children
- Brief assessment techniques for the classroom using Jlev, Kephart, Cruckshank, and screening proforma for cognitive and language assessment
- Primary intervention for Specific Learning Disability
- Behavioral intervention & family management
- Vocational & career choices for the child with Learning Disability.
Techniques for remediation in Learning Disabilities will cover different methods in perceptual, cognitive and language training:
- figure-ground,
- spatial relations,
- visual discrimination establishment,
- visual closure,
- auditory discrimination,
- development of inner language,
- auditory receptive language & auditory expressive language
Structure of the Course
Duration One month - starting from April 9, 2007 to May 9, 2007 ,
Timings 3:30pm to 5:30pm, Monday, Wednesday & Friday.
Venue ‘Manas Foundation’, S-62, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase II, New Delhi.
Participants 20 - 25
Eligibility
- School teachers
- Counselors
- Special Educators
- M.A. (Psychology) students
- Students of Special Education
Faculty
She specializes in the evaluation and remedial intervention of Learning Disability. She has particular interest in Pervasive Developmental Disorders, where she works towards early intervention and mainstreaming.
- Ms. Mridula Apte (NIMHANS, Bangalore)
She is a clinical psychologist with vast experience in psychometry and psychotherapy. She has keen interest in educational and training programmes for fellow professionals.
- Ms. Monica Kumar (NIMHANS, Bangalore)
She is a clinical and child psychologist with wide interests and experience in childhood related mental health disorders and their management. She has an active practice focusing on child and adult psychometry and psychotherapy.
Registration
The course fee will be Rs. 3500/-, which will be paid by the candidate through cheque, or DD payable to “Manas Foundation”. The registration form has to be duly filled and submitted along with the payment by post or in person.
Registration will be on first-come-first-serve basis. Last date of registration is 30th March 2007.
All queries can be directed to:
Manas Foundation
41708517, 41707590
Ms. Joysree Mukherji
Ph.: 9811210539
Ms. Mridula Apte
Ph 9350548728
