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New Delhi, August 11, 2021:
Deputy Chief Minister Shri Manish Sisodia on Wednesday inaugurated a resource center for children with special needs at RK Puram. These Resource Centers will provide medical facilities like Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy and Behavior Modification to children with special needs studying in its schools.
31 such resource centres will be launched by Delhi Government in all the education zones of Delhi so that children with special needs can have easy access to these centers. These centers are being started in two phases. In the first phase, 14 resource centers will be launched while in the second phase we will see the launch of 17 resource centers. 12,705 children with special needs studying in Delhi Government schools will benefit from these 17 resource centers.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Manish Sisodia said, “Delhi Government is fully committed to providing inclusive education to children with special needs. Through these resource centers, all the requirements and needs of Children With Special Needs would be taken care of, and services like psychological counseling, occupational therapy, speech therapy etc. would be provided to them.”
These resource centers will be run in partnership with organizations working in the field of disability rehabilitation. It will be the responsibility of the Heads of Schools to take the children with special needs to these resource centers, for which they will appoint special educators.
Additionally, the responsibility of transporting the children to those centers will be the responsibility of the special educators and the cost of transportation will be borne by the school. Keeping in mind that there is no loss of school time of the students, children studying in evening shift schools will be sent to these resource centers in the morning and children studying in morning shift schools in the evening.
Special Educators who will be responsible for transporting children with special needs to the Resource Center must ensure that they oversee the therapy and activities provided to the students at the Resource Center.
They must also communicate with the therapist about the therapy being provided. Special Educators will also discuss therapy being provided by therapist in order to facilitate sessions for students. Special Educators can also share how children performed after the therapy with the therapist.
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