Importance of Goals and setting Realistic Goals
Goal setting is fundamental to long-term success. … Goals help students to focus upon the journey to a collection of set achievements, meaning they allocate their resources and time more efficiently and can access motivation during times when they may feel like giving up. What is the importance of goal setting? Setting goals gives you long-term […]
Being Different Is Wonderful
-Psychologist at Drishti Having a special child in our class can either be a challenge, or interesting to learn from. If all the students were the same it may get monotonous. As a mental health professional, one needs to use a lot of strategies and techniques to help these kids and make it an […]
Success Story of a student with ASD
Case details: 7 yr old boy diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome with high ADHD. Along with this diagnosis, his motor movements had deficits too. He had a habit of talking about irrelevant things after frequent intervals like saying “trains”. Being on the spectrum, transitions were very difficult for him and maximum behaviours were seen for this […]
Role of Special Education in Academics during Pandemic
Due to the covid-19 spread and the lockdown restrictions, millions of students were forced to shift their traditional schooling to virtual one. With these limitations, it has been a challenge for many educators, students and families, especially the parents of children with Special Education Needs (SEN). “How are the virtual classes going to help my […]
How have schools adapted to the new normal?
Strategies they can implement to retain levels of motivation within the students Schools have been a major part of every child’s life. Be it playing in the playground, or waiting for your Art class, to sharing ‘dabbas’ in the break. We all have enjoyed our school life, no matter what. Then what about the kids, […]
Inclusive Policy Implementation – Role of school staff in fostering Inclusion.
Inclusive education is an approach that focuses on educating children with disabilities and learning disabilities along with typically developing children. As a policy it seeks to address the learning needs of all children with a specific focus on those who are vulnerable to marginalization and exclusion. It implies that all learners with or without disabilities […]
Autism: The “To Do” list..
-By Ms. Antara Dey Chowdhury (BCaBa, Program Manager – Training & Development at Drishti.) Dear reader, it has been months(years actually. This post has been sitting as draft since 2014) since my last post. And yes, I have been missing in action!! How can you not be in action when Autism has found you?? Well,I […]
Success Is A Fruit Of Slow Growth
Initially, being a School Counselor was really difficult for me because of the new challenges and uncertainty that the role brings. You deal with multiple students on a fairly regular basis and are expected to coordinate with teachers and parents… There is no telling what may happen the next moment. It was overwhelming to think […]
Bridging The Gap – Strategies to enable efficiency in online learning for students with special needs.
The 2020 pandemic forced the world into isolation. Physical contact meant an increase in the chances of infection resulting in most of the operations to be shifted into a virtual medium. Schools also had to convert all of their classes into a digital medium. While adapting into this change is difficult for most children, for […]
Teacher’s – Let’s Take a Break!
“Subject planning, grading, quizzing, creating lesson plans, online assessments, communicating with parents, answering questions at all kinds of odd hours, attending meetings,” the list could go on… The 2020 pandemic has tumbled the world over and only those who have sustained the fall, survived. Along with our frontline health workers, you, our teachers have also […]