Inclusive School
INTRODUCTION
MIER College of Education under the auspices of the Department of Special Education has started an Inclusive school at Model Academy Jammu for educating students with special needs. A wide range of services are being provided including a whole school approach towards inclusion, working in small group settings, pre-vocational and life skills training, counselling, physiotherapy, speech therapy, creative strategies to make reading and math easily learnable and use of audio-visual learning materials. The faculty of the Inclusive school is highly trained, empathetic and knowledgeable and use differentiated instructions and Individualized Education Plans in the classroom as per the student's needs to teach them effectively. The school arranges frequent visits by specialists in various areas of disability to cater to the special needs of the children.
The teachers are well trained to deal with a wide range of disabilities ranging from Down syndrome, Autism, Physically Challenged, Mentally Challenged (MR) as well as Learning disabilities (LD).
Salient Features
Learning Environment:
The inclusive set up includes especially well-planned, structured, organized, and uncluttered classrooms for students with special needs. We provide a conducive learning environment where the focus is on presenting the material in a variety of ways to help the child retain the content presented in the best possible way. The objective of these classes is to enrich students not only academically but also enhance their other skills such as social, thinking, study and problem-solving etc.
Life Skills:
The instruction in inclusive school includes a lot of practical life activities to make them more independent and self-reliant in life. These activities are both fun and great for developing order, concentration, coordination and independence.
Resource or Pull-Out Classrooms :
The inclusive set up provides resource room services where students with educational/learning difficulties, such as specific learning difficulties in Reading (Dyslexia), Math (Dyscalculia), Writing (Dysgraphia) etc. are given direct, specialized instruction, academic remediation and assistance.
Visits/Field Trips :
The inclusive school also conducts field trips and visits for the children with special needs like visits to the zoo and the aquarium etc.
Medical Check Up :
The inclusive school organises medical check-up of students with special needs twice a year by specialists/doctors in the city. The medical check-up includes routine check-up for vision and hearing related issues besides checking the height, weight, teeth and nails of the children.
REHABILITATION CENTRE
The Rehabilitation Centre on campus provides various services such as Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Pre-Vocational Training. The Rehabilitation centre has several machines and devices to assist students in improving their gait, posture, walking or moving from one spot to the other with assistance.
Activities of Inclusive School
