Bangalore
EARLY INTERVENTION SCHOOL FOR HEARING IMPAIRED CHILDREN
THE FIRST ISLAMIC PRE SCHOOL FOR DEAF KIDS IN INDIA
Admission for children from birth to 2 ½ years is given in the Early Intervention program. The children
attend the Program from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm Monday through Saturday.
One parent of the child attends the classes along with the child, as the school strongly
believes
that the parents are the first educators in the child’s life and they are equal partners of the teachers
at
school, in fostering the child’s progress. The parents are shown ways and means to utilize the everyday
situations and activities at home, towards developing language and speech skills in the child
In cases where both the parents are not able to be the caregiver a relative of the child like a
grand-parent or aunt takes the role of the caregiver
Once the children complete the Early Intervention program they are moved to the pre- school program. The
age
of the children in the pre-school program ranges from 2 ½ to 6 years. There is no direct admission into
Pre-school except for some cases
Pre-School functions from 9.30 am to 3.30 pm – Monday to Saturday
The children are helped to further develop their Auditory, Receptive language and Expressive
Language skills. They are also helped to develop Readiness skills in Number Concepts, Reading, and
Writing
The Outreach Program functions separately. The program caters to children under the following categories
The Children in the Outreach program are also trained for Integration. Under this program the parents are
skilled to prepare the child at home accordingly
This program has flexible timings as per the convenience of the parents & special educators
The parents are equal partners in the program.
Regular meetings are held to help them.
They are guided to convert every situation at home into a language situation
They are trained to become the RESOURCE PERSONS for their child once the child joins the mainstream.
The
parents are encouraged to be in close touch with the school even after the child joins the mainstream
This enables the school extend so that the child’s progress is smooth in the mainstream
HOPE is located in Gandhi Nagar, K. G. Halli, Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka, INDIA.
We at HOPE provide sound treated classrooms
HOPE is well equipped with 3 sound treated classrooms with individual spacious seating
arrangements,
clean surroundings, and child friendly furniture accompanied by teaching aids
HOPE has a diagnostic center in the school is equipped with sophisticated equipments to diagnose
hearing loss in children, fit them with suitable hearing aids, check the performance of the hearing aids
and
check the middle ear function of children
To begin with the teacher student ratio is 1:1 and soon the children are grouped and the ratio is
maintained as 1:4
The parents are equal partners in the program.
HOPE has adapted its syllabus & methodology from BALAVIDYALAYA Chennai, that includes the parents as
equal partners in the scheme. The methodology is named as
DHVANI’ – acronym of ‘Development of Hearing, Voice and Natural Integration’
DHVANI is an intensive language scheme that uses Best Practices in Early Childhood Education to
help
infants and young children acquire age appropriate language and speech skills
DHVANI Teaching Learning Materials are sequential and they bring about a holistic development of the
child’s personality at an early age that is an invaluable investment for their future
HOPE has bought the DHVANI Teaching –Learning Materials (Kit 1 & 2) from BALAVIDYALAYA
No formal text books are followed in school. All learning is activity based. DHVANI TLMs
develop
various skills in the children. The outgoing students of HOPE are able to express themselves
fluently, read and write sentences independently and are comfortable with number concepts. They
exhibit functional independence and confidence in their social skills
The child’s hearing is assessed on admission and regularly mentioned there-after throughout their life
with
us at HOPE. Based on their audiogram reports, audiological investigation and speech and language
assessments, appropriate hearing aids are recommended
Using the child’s appropriately amplified residual hearing, he or she is trained over the years
to
speak and hear using various specialist techniques of auditory and verbal therapy
Parental involvement acts as a valuable recourse in underlining child’s strength and further growth and
upliftment.
Assess the parent’s involvement during the class hours, to observe and implement the same in
intensive
home training
A team consists of special-educators, audiologist speech therapists, psychologists, who evaluate the child’s linguistic skills for assessment and evaluation of child educational improvement
By the will of the Almighty, we plan to have an expanded early intervention school accommodating at least
100
children in the premises
To identify kids with Hearing impaired at an early stage and to rehabilitate, counsel, using the
importance of critical age
The child friendly and learner centric DHVANI Methodology is implemented with care by the team of
qualified
and trained staff from BALAVIDYALAYA,Chennai. They are trained in the Diploma In Early Childhood Special
Education- in Hearing Impairment(DECSE-HI), recognized by the RCI New Delhi and the Government of
Tamilnadu.
Currently there is 3 experienced and trained staff that provides services to students with the
purpose
of raising the level of listening & speech skills and grooming them into mainstream.
Individual attention is given to children allowing them to reach their full potential
intellectually,
socially and emotionally. Children are allowed to develop at their own pace. Regular observation along
with
continuous Assessments using the DHVANI Assessment Cards which are also adapted from BALAVIDYALAYA and
DHVANI KEYS provides a detailed picture of each student’s progress
The Research and Development is an ongoing program. We at HOPE are flexible for welcoming new inventions such as enhanced amplification, new technologies, improved teaching- techniques, teaching aids etc
A child born with hearing impairment and hence speechlessness can be made to hear and speak.
21 children have been benefitted in a span of three years.
Don’t be astonished, it’s not rocket science. It is possible with a little dedication and
commitment.
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