One day orientation / training programme held
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 21 2022:
National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (NIEPID), Secunderabad organized a one day orientation cum training programme on "Prevention, Early Identification and Early Intervention of Developmental Disabilities" at Examination Hall, RIMS yesterday in collaboration with Relief Centre for the Welfare of Differently Abled Persons, Community Medicine Department, RIMS and State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities.
While speaking at the training programme, Rajendra Kumar Praveen, Assistant Professor, Special Education, CRC Rajnandgoan, NIEPID, Manipur State Coordinator had said that with the objective of empowering person with mental retardation, NIEPID is extending various training programmes and services in many part of India from the past 34 years.
As a part of it the services are reaching all North East States, he added.
Yaseen Shareef, Assistant Professor in Psychology, CRC Davanagere elaborated on various topics such as types of disabilities, causes, prevention, inclusiveness of persons with disabilities in the classroom, society and home, etc and volunteers are working earnestly to promote greater awareness of disability situations all over the world.
Talking to other parents who have children with disabilities and joining a support group is the easiest way to deal with the news, he said.
The three sessions went with audio and video presentations with interactive sessions in between the programme.