Beneficiaries of Activities of Inpa

S. No / Beneficiaries / Children / Mothers / Professionals, Para-Professionals, and Non-Professionals / Miscellaneous
Beneficiaries of all the Research Projects Undertaken by Dr. Tehal Kohli or Research Projects Completed Under the Supervision of Dr, Tehal Kohli (President of INPA) for Special/ Handicapped Children During 1982 to 2009 / 8577 / 8127 / 3500 (App.)
Personnel Training Through Special Education Courses / 1070
Beneficiaries Through Early Intervention Services / 600 (App.)
International and National Conferences/Seminars / 912 (App.)
Beneficiaries Through Training Workshops/Short Term Courses of Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) / 941
Awareness Generation Rural Camps / 128
RCH Project for the Welfare of Children, Women, Adolescent Boys and Girls / 12,500
Grand Total = 42,288 / 9,177 / 8,255 / 12,601 / 12,500

BENEFICIARIES OF ACTIVITIES OF INPA

These include :

I Beneficiaries of all the Research Projects Undertaken

II Personnel Training Through Special Education Courses

III Beneficiaries Through Early Intervention Services

IV International and National Conferences/Seminars

V. Beneficiaries Through Training Workshops/Short Term Courses of Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI)

VI. Awareness Generation Rural Camps VII. RCH Project for the Welfare of Children, Women, Adolescent Boys and Girls

Summary Report of Beneficiaries of Activities of INPA /Dr. Tehal Kohli for Handicapped Children and their Teachers/Trainers from 1980 to March 2009

BENEFICIARIES OF ALL THE RESEARCH PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY PROF. TEHAL KOHLI OR RESEARCH PROJECTS COMPLETED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF PROF. TEHAL KOHLI (PRESIDENT OF INPA),FOR SPECIAL /HANDICAPPED CHILDREN DURING 1982 TO 2007: PORTAGE TRAINING WAS GIVEN IN ALL OF THEM

Investigator / Year / Title /

Beneficiaries

Rajni Dutta (M. Phil) / 1982 / Portage Service: An Intervention Programme for Pre-school Mentally Retarded Children with Motor Handicaps. / 10 MR Children for long term portage training.
Kusum Sagar / 1983 / Effect of Early Stimulation on Developmental Deficits of Infants under ICDS scheme. / 80 parents & 40 infants of slums.
Kavita Malhotra / 1984 / Development of Play Material for Socialising the Mentally Young Children. / 40 MR Children, 40 Parents, 40 Caretakers
Saritinder Grewal / 1984 / Language Acquistion Programme for the Mentally Retarded Young Children. / 30 Pre-school MR children with language problems.
Surekha Sundari Swami / 1985
1986 / Impact of ICDS services on various Devopmental Aspects of Pre-school Children / 200 MR Children between 3 – 6 years
Farhad Farhang Azad (Ph.D) / 1986 / Effectiveness of Portage Home based Training Programme on Cognitive Development of pre-school Mentally Retarded Children. / 30 MR (0 – 6 years), 30 Mothers.
Rajni Datta / 1986 / Impact of Home-center based training programme to reduce Developmental Deficits project of Disadvantaged Young Children under ICDS school in Chandigarh. / 150 children, 150 Mothers, 150 AWWS
UNICEF sponsored / 1987-89 / Effect on Behaviour Modification Techniques on Aggressive Pre-school Children (3-6 years) of AW's in Chandigarh. / 3000 Infant Children, 300 MR Children
Batni Devi (Ph.D) / 1989 / Impact of Portage Trained Aganwadi workers on Cognitive Development of Pre-schoolers at different levels of intelligence. / Beneficiaries 30
Bhupinder Kaur / 1989 / Home based training to reduce / 30 MR Children
Rita / 1989 / Home based Training to reduce Developmental Deficits of Disadvantaged Young Children : A Follow up study of UNICEF sponsored project. / 30 MR Children followed up
Meenu / 1989 / Centre based Training to reduce Developmental Deficits of Disadvantaged Young Children : A Follow up study of UNICEF sponsored project. / 60 MR Children
Maninder Kaur (M.Ed) / 1990 / A follow-up Early Intervention Programme to reduce Developmental Defects of Disadvantaged School Going Children / Initial Beneficiaries 200 children
Training 24 children
Satnam Kaur / 1991 / Effectiveness of Differential Reinforcement of other Behaviour in Reducing Aggression of Developmentally Delayed Pre-schoolers Belonging to Anganwadis of Chandigarh. / 60 aggressive and mentally delayed children
with behaviour problems
Balwinder Kaur / 1992 / Effect of Differential Reinforcement on Non-Compliant Behaviour of Preschool children of AWCs in Chandigarh / Initial Beneficiaries 200 children
Training 24 children
Geetika Maini (Ph.D) / 1993 / Effectiveness of Integrated Intervention for Enhancement of Development of Pre-schoolers in UnionTerritory of Chandigarh. / 17 AWCs; MR Children of age 3 – 5 years
Initial Sample: 191 Final 173
UNICEF Sponsored
Project / 1994
1995 / Survey of Community Based Early Intervention Services for pre-school mentally retarded children in India. / All the 516 Institutions of India dealing with Early Intervention Services surveyed and studied
Bharathi Murthi (Ph.D) / 1996 / Psycho-Social Problems of Mental Retardates and the role of self help groups. (Portage Training Kits development in Hindi and Punjabi) / Non Institutional 242 MR Children & their 242 Mothers
M Kaddesh Ali / 1997 / Attitude of LearningDisabledHigh School Students towards Studies / 64 Learning Disabled, Non – LD children
Devinder Bains (Ph.D) / 1997 / Differential Impact of Various Remedial Strategies on Reducing Reading Disability of DyslexicPrimary School Children. / Beneficiaries 209, Training 30 LD children
NCERT Project / 1997 / Comparison of various Remedial Strategies in Reducing language Disabilities of Dyslexic children. / 307 referred Learning Disabled Children
in the schools of Chandigarh
Shaminder Kaur / 1998 / Survey on Existing Community Based Early intervention Services for Pre School Children in rural areas of Chandigarh. / 50 MR Children
Seema Vij / 1998 / Evaluation of the Existing Community Based Early Intervention Service for Pre-school Children in rural areas of Chandigarh. / 25 AWS of Ropar, MR Children 78
Tehal Kohli & David Shearer / 1998 / A Cross Cultural Study of Early Intervention Services in USAIndia - Sponsored by University of Albama, Birmingham, USA. / Mothers 300, Pre-school Children 300
Upjeet Kaur / 1999 / Impact of Portage Training Through Rural Camps and Self Held Groups for Enhancing Development of Young Children in Chandigarh. / 60 MR Children & 60 Mothers
Tehal Kohli
NCERT
Project / 1999
2000 / Comparison of various Remedial Strategies in Reducing Language Disabilities in Dyslexic Children / Infants307 Learning Disabled children aged 7 – 10 years
Renu Arora / 2001 / Impact of Imparting Health & Nutrition Education to Mothers on Growth Development of their Pre-School Children. / 300 pre-school children and300 mothers of different schools of Ambala District
Debendra Sethi / 2004 / A Comparative Study of Academic Achievement of Control & Self Concept of Learning Disabled and NormalPrimary School students belonging to different levels of Intelligence. / Initial Sample: 235 children 9 – 10 years
Final: 83 given early intervention
Daman Chauhan / 2004 / Effectiveness of Different Strategies for Remedial Disabilities in Primary School children. / Initial Sample: 1574 LD Children
Trained 84 grade 2 & 3

PROJECTS COMPLETED

UGC Prof. Emeritus Fellowship Project conducted by Prof. Tehal Kohli / July2005-July2007 / National Level UGC Project Entitled, Survey of Existing Early Intervention Programmes and Practices in India for Better Involvement of Existing Professionals, Para &Non Professionals for Enhancing Development of Young Children / Surveyed more than 3000 Institutions of India providing Early Intervention Services –Institutions for Mentally retarded Children, Anganwadi Centres,Creches etc. Data was collected with the help of 4 Questionnaires, i.e., Policy Makers, Administrators, Teachers and Parents providing Early Childhood Education. Imparrting Portage Training was a significantComponent of these Tools.
Project Sponsored by
SOSVA. Director :Prof. Tehal Kohli. Senior Psychologist-Lakshmi & Home Advisor,Nidhi Mahajan / April 2007-March 2008
(1st year) / Project Entitled: Centre and Community Based Early Intervention for Enhancing Development of Young Children of Rural-Urban AWCs of SAS Tehsil (Mohali) / In this Project, 302 children between 3 to 6 years were given Portage Training in 9 AWCs of Distt.Mohali. 83 of them were DD/Border-line Children. The rest were low average. All belonged to either Rural /Slums of Mohali. Three Training Workshops were conducted to train the parents and anganwadi workers. Project was continued for another one year.
Project Sponsored by
SOSVA.Director :Prof. Tehal Kohli. Senior Psychologist-Sukhwinder Kaur & Home Advisor,Preeti Nagpal / April 2008-March 2009
(2nd year) / Project Entitled: Centre and Community Based Early Intervention for Enhancing Development of Young Children of Rural-Urban AWCs of SAS Tehsil (Mohali) / In this Project, 300 children between 3 to 6 years were given Portage Training in 9 AWCs of Distt.Mohali. 74 of them were DD/Border-line Children. The rest were low average. All belong to either Rural /Slums of Mohali. Three training workshops were conducted to train the parents and anganwadi workers; exhibition of toys was also held at two places.
Project SponsoredBy Central Social Welfare Board & Chandigarh Social Welfare Board. Director :Prof. Tehal Kohli.
Senior Psychologist-Anju or Taran or Reetu & Home Advisor, Kiran
Kaushal. / Feb.2007 - Jan.2008. / Project Entitled: Impact of Empowerment of Disadvantaged Mothers Through Rural Camps, Self-help groups, Functional Literacy of Nutritional Education & Portage Training on Enhancement of Development of Young Children with Developmental Delays / This Project was running in Sikhya-School of Learning in Sector-46-A.Chandigarh where the deprived/disadvantage Children from Slums of Catchment Colonies were studying. Portage training was given to 150 children out of which 33 were DD/Border-line children between 3 to 6 years. The rest were average children but delayed in one or two areas of Development.

CURRENT PROJECT

Project Sponsored By University Grants Comission (UGC).
Principal Investigator: Prof. Tehal Kohli.
Co-investigator: Ms. Kuldip Kaur / Feb.2009 - Jan.2011 / “Impact of Material and Personnel development on behaviourio – educational aspects of children in inclusive setting at pre-primary and primary school levels” / Major Research Project for developing Identification Tools and Training Packages for the Training of Pre-Primary & Primary Teachers for implementing Inclusive Education for different types of Disabilities.

II. BENEFICIARIES OF ACTIVITIES OF INPA

PERSONNEL TRAINING THROUGH SPECIAL EDUCATION COURSES

Beneficiaries: Professionals, Para-Professionals and Non-Professionals

1. Certificate Course of Management and Training for Learning Disabled, Approved by INPA & AICTE up until 2007
Approved by INPA/IPA, USA 2007 onwards
YEAR / NO. OF MALES / NO. OF FEMALES / TOTAL
Jan-June 1998 / 4 / 40 / 44
Jan-June 1999 / 3 / 44 / 47
Jan-June 2000 / 3 / 40 / 43
Jan-June 2001 / 1 / 56 / 57
Jan-June 2002 / 2 / 20 / 22
Jan-June 2003 / 5 / 17 / 22
Jan-June 2004 / 2 / 21 / 23
Jan-June 2005 / 2 / 26 / 28
Jan-June 2006 / 4 / 42 / 46
Jan-June 2007 / 4 / 42 / 46
Jan-June 2008 / 3 / 42 / 45
Total / 33 / 390 / 423
2. Certificate Course of Pre-School Education and Portage Classroom Management
Approved by INPA/IPA, USA 2007 onwards
YEAR / NO. OF MALES / NO. OF FEMALES / TOTAL
Oct-March 2000 / 1 / 19 / 20
July-Dec 2001 / 2 / 24 / 26
Oct-March 2002 / 1 / 9 / 10
July-Dec 2003 / Nil / 15 / 15
July-Dec 2004 / Nil / 12 / 12
July-Dec 2005 / 2 / 14 / 16
July-Dec 2006 / 121 ( by CRE) to (C.C. Portage) = 126
July-Dec 2007 / Nil / 14 / 14
July-Dec 2008 / 3 / 13 / 16
Total / 9 / 120 / 240

3.Foundation Course in Education of Children with Disabilities RCI Course, INPA is an approved Centre

Jan-April 2005 No. of Students Enrolled – 3
Jan-April 2006 No. of Students Enrolled – 35
Jan –April 2006 No. of Students Enrolled – 35
Jan-April 2007 No. of Students Enrolled – 32
Jan-April 2007 No. of Students Enrolled - 40
October 2007 No of Students Enrolled- 44
February-April 2008 No. of Students Enrolled – 83
June-August 2008 No. of Students Enrolled – 34
October-December 2008 No of Students Enrolled- 45

4.1 Year Regular Diploma in Early Childhood Special Education (Mental Retardation) Special Consideration for Physically/Mentally Challenged Students

Year 2005-06 No. of Students Enrolled - 7
Year 2006-07 No. of Students Enrolled – 11
Year 2007-08 No. of Students Enrolled – 16
Year 2008-09 No. of Students Enrolled – 23

Total Beneficiaries through Special Education Courses till Date = 1070

Other Courses of NIOS, Govt. of India, MHRD, yet to begin, i.e.

a)Early Childhood Care and Education Course (NIOS, Govt. of India, MHRD, INPA is approved Centre, Code 7504)

2005-06 No. of Students Enrolled – 7
2006-2007-No. of Students Enrolled - 17
2007-2008 No. of Students Enrolled - 19
2008-2009 No. of Students Enrolled - 18

b)Certificate Course in Computer Application (1-yr Course, NIOS, Govt. of India, MHRD, INPA is approved Centre, Code 7504)

2005- No. of Students Enrolled- 2
2006 No. of Students Enrolled – 7
2007 No. of Students Enrolled – 3
2008 No. of Students Enrolled – 5

c)Certificate Course in Desktop Publishing (6 months)

d)Certificate Course in Secretariat Practices (1 Year)

e)Toy Making and Joyful Learning

III BENEFICIARIES THROUGH EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES

1.Portage Training Programmes were conducted for number of children from time to time as per Projects under study since 1980. 120 MR children were trained from Jan. 1985 to Dec. 1987. 88+74= 162 in SOSVA Project (2007-2009) and 47 in CSWB (2007-2008)

2.Free Services given to MR Children ranging from 0-8 years as and when they come.

Prayas Room No. 1 from 1994 to August 2003.
PU, Chandigarh, Dept. of Education.
Now the services are continuing at Karuna Sadan from Sept. 2003 till date.

Total No. of Children and Parents who have benefited from these services = 600 (approx.).

Services by mail are given throughout the country to all special Institutional heads needing them when required.

IV INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL CONFERENCES/SEMINARS ORGANISED BY INPA

International Conference:

Fifth International Portage Conference and First National Conference of India was held at Ashok Hotel, New Delhi, Nov 27th to 29th 1994

No. of Delegates: 118

Countries Represented: 16

National Conferences:

First National Conference

First National Conference of India was held at Ashok Hotel, New Delhi, Nov 27th to 29th 1994

No. of Delegates: 118

Countries Represented: 16

Second National Conference on the Theme: Early Intervention Strategies for Psycho-Social Development, 1997

Papers presented: 26

No. of Delegates: 100 (approx.)

Third National Conference on the Theme: Learning Disabilities and Their Management, 1998

No. of Delegates: 100

Fourth National Conference on Early Childhood Welfare

Theme: Child Welfare Policies, Programmes and Services, Retrospect and Prospects

Dec 21st to 22nd 1999

Participants were Professors, Readers, Lecturers and Head of NGO’s from various Institutions and Organizations of India and Abroad

No. of Delegates: 142

Fifth National Workshop cum Seminar on Intensive Portage Training

Dec 16th to 18th 2000

Training by Dr. Prof. K. Yamaguchi, Dr. Tomoto Dobashi and other Experts from Japan and INPA

No. of Trainees: 53

Sixth National Conference

Feb 18th to 20th 2002

Theme: Developing Linkages between RCI and Institutions for Rehabilitation of Disabled in North-Western India

Venue: ICSSR Complex, PU, Chandigarh

Participants: Administrators, Doctors, Educators, Consultants, Scientists/Research Scholars, Social Workers and various Handicapped professionals

Papers Presented: 49

No. of Delegates: 160

Seventh National Conference

Nov 27th to Dec 1st 2006

Theme: Intervention and Home Visiting in the 21st Century

Venue: ICSSR, PanjabUniversity, Chandigarh

Participants: Administrators, Doctors, Educators, Consultants, Scientists/Research Scholars, Social Workers and various Handicapped professionals

Workshops Held: 2

Workshop 1: November 27th to November 29th, 2006-David E. and Dr. Darlene Shearer

Workshop 2: November 29th to December 1, 2006-7 Experts from India

No. of Delegates: 121

V BENEFICIARIES THROUGH TRAINING WORKSHOPS/SHORT TERM COURSES OF REHABILITATION COUNCIL OF INDIA (RCI)

Workshop 1

Anganwadi Functionaries: 1986

No. of Trainees: 120

Workshop 2

Anganwadi Functionaries: 1987

No. of Trainees: 120

Workshop 3

Post Conference Portage Intensive Training Workshop for Pre-school Educators, Parents, Professionals and Para-Professionals Dec 2nd to 5th 1994

No. of Trainees: 40

Workshop 4

National Seminar cum Workshop on Learning Disabilities at ICSSR Feb 23 to 24, 1996

No. of Trainees: 50

Workshop 5

Post Conference Portage Intensive Training Workshop

March 26th to 28th 1997

No. of Trainees: 32

Workshop 6

Intensive Portage Training

November 27th to 29th 2006

No. of Trainees: 121

Workshop 7

Portage Training as per Indian Conditions

November 29th to December 1st 2006

No. of Trainees: 121

Workshop 8

Fourth Portage Training Camp for Enhancement of Development of Children by CDPO’s, Supervisors, Teachers and Volunteers to Implement Portage Training in Anganwadis Centres of Chandigarh

12th September 2007

No. of Trainees: 110

Workshop 9

Fourth Portage Training Workshop (for first year) for Enhancement and Development of Children for CDPO’s, supervisors, teachers, and Volunteers to Implement Portage Training in Anganwadi Centres of Rural and Urban area, Kharar, Tehsil, Mohali

12th October 2007

No. of Trainees: 50

Workshop 10

Portage Training Workshop (for second year) for Enhancement and Development of Children for CDPO’s, supervisors, teachers, and Volunteers to Implement Portage Training in Anganwadi Centres of Rural and Urban area, Kharar, Tehsil, Mohali

12th October 2007

No. of Trainees: 50

Workshop 11

2nd September 2008

No. of Trainees: 50

Workshop 12

Exhibition of toys made out of waste material on World Disability Day at two places:

Karuna Sadan on 2nd December 2008
Vocational Rehabilitation Centre, Sector-46 on 3rd December 2008 – inaugurated by his Excellency Gen..S.F. Jean Rodrigues.

Workshop 13

CME-cum-Workshop on Genetics in Clinical Practice for Prevention and Management of Disability,

3rdDecember 2008

Venue: Genetic Centre, GovernmentMedicalCollege and Hospital, Chandigarh.

Workshop 14

CSR Best Practices Meet,

4 February 2009

Venue: CII (Northern Region) Headquarters, Sector 31-A Chandigarh.

CRE COURSES OF REHABILITATION COUNCIL OF INDIA (RCI), NEW DELHI

Course 1

Current management practice in mental retardation and application of learning principles in the management of mental retardation.

Dates: 23rd Dec to 25th Dec 2002

Beneficiaries: Special Educators, Psychologists, Counselors and Therapists

No of Participants – 32

Course 2

Assisting children with Specific Learning disabilities.

Dates: 26th Dec to 28th Dec 2002

Beneficiaries: Counselors, Therapists, Special Educators, Trainees and students from special Education

No. of participants – 42

Course 3

Implementing Inclusion in MainstreamSchool

Dates: 30th Dec 2002 to 2nd Jan 2003

Beneficiaries: Counselors, Therapists, Special Educators, Trainees, Research Scholars and students from Special Education

No. of Participants – 34

Course 4

Continuing Rehabilitation Education Programme Schedule – Sponsored by Rehabilitation Council of India

Dates: 18th Jan to 22nd Jan 2005

Venue: Room No. 14, 15 Karuna Sadan, Sector 11, Chandigarh.

Theme: Current Trends and Developments in Special Education for Children with Mental Retardation

Beneficiaries: Counselors, Therapists, Special Educators, Trainees Research Scholars and Students from Special Education

No. of Participants: 38

Course 5

Community Based Rehabilitation and Independent Living Skills – Sponsored by the Rehabilitation Council of India

Dates: 2nd January to 6th January 2006

Venue: ICSSR, PanjabUniversity, Chandigarh

Theme: Community Based Rehabilitation and Independent Living Skills

Beneficiaries: Counselors, Therapists, Special Educators, Trainees, Research Scholars

No. of Participants: 31

Total Beneficiaries Through Workshops/Short Term Courses = 941

AWARENESS GENERATION RURAL CAMPS

Awareness Generation Camps are held from time to time

a)Year: 2004-2005

Dharamshala of Village Lahora Khuda (10 days Camps)

Houses Surveyed: 100

Women Participants Trained and awarded Certificates: 30

b)6-1-05 to 14-1-05

OldModelSchool, Village Sarangpur

Houses Surveyed: 100

Women Participants Trained and awarded Certificates: 42

c)07-8-07 to 16-8-07

Village-Dhanas

Beneficiaries = 25

d)21-3-06 to 29-3-06

Village-Dadu Majra

Beneficiaries = 31

Total Beneficiaries =128

VII RCH PROJECT FOR THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN, WOMEN, ADOLESCENT BOYS AND GIRLS

Reproductive and Child Health Programme in TripuriTownship adjoining Slum Areas, Patiala (RCH, Govt. of India Project)

Population Surveyed and given Services as per need: 12, 500