Academy for Severe Handicaps and Autism Asha Charitable Trust

States

Karnataka

The day school program is a holistic program for children from the ages of 3 to 18 years running from 10 am to 4 pm. The program includes assessments to understand the skill level of the child, individual and group sessions to build self help, motor, social skills, cognition, language and communication skills, therapies such as speech and physiotherapy, parent training and counselling services. The early intervention is an important part of the overall development of the child. It focusses on building pre-learning skills for children in the ages of 2 to 6 years of age. The program also focusses on making the student independent later in life through pre-vocational skills training. The students are trained in functional communication, job skills and independent living skills. The students also receive other services like yoga, art and craft, music and dance to maintain health, wellbeing and improve communication skills. The parent training helps parents navigate the challenge of managing a child with a disability. Parent counselling has helped them address family, financial and other personal problems. All the services are available in one place which makes the program easily accessible to the families and the child receives intervention without wasting valuable time.