New premisis

I am so glad to inform you all that saaburi and samardh centers moved into spacious and well ventilated building. It took almost three months to make it according to our kids needs. I could't even look into my blog all these days.Anyway, I am happy the way Saaburi set up has come up. It includes sensory room, sensory play, kinds friendly computer room, sensory motor remedial teaching. Saaburi kids are quite happy to see new facilities along with same old therapists and teachers.

The new building seems to be lucky for Samardh children as they got huge order to make non-woven bags and screen printing order. They are really busy with new assignment.Keep learning and earning my angels!

Shraddha children are enjoying their quiz competitions and sports camps. they had been to Mumbai and Ernakulam to atteneded training camps.Nice to see them talking about thier experiences.

Sannidhi people are showing progress in self care, social adjustments and learning life skills.One thing I have noticed in Sannidhi children is strong bonding between peer group. They do care about each other while eating, medicine timings, arranging the clothes in almairhs.

Thanks to my commited staff, supportive parents and amazing kids. You are helping me to make my every breath meaningful.

Janamstami celebrations

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Busy with Samardh

Busy with setting up Samardh and could not upload the recent news.There were colourful celebrations of Rakhee, Independence Day and Janmastami. Children were all excited in each event and enjoyed to the core.The moment the event is over, they will ask " When can we have it next"?

See the pics. of great moments.....

SAMARDH

"Samardh" the vocational training center started functioning from 27th July at Rasoolpura.We are introduing assembling, packing, printing, stiching and painting as skill training.. visit the center and encourage the children.

stepping stone No:4

since the inception of Shraddha we are just trying to extend our services in our own pace and style. The little thoughts which pop up in my mind taken shapes as Saaburi and Sannidhi. I am not boosting that we are perfect but sincere in learning from our mistakes. I am greatful for my family and team, especially Rekha. who can dream along with me, however vague it is.
The new dream which taken up a shape is SAMARDH vocatioanl training and production center, which will be coming up in Rassolpura( our old school building). I want to see every child of mine as productive citizens of the society. We have many plans for this new set up and Almighty will be with us to guide as usual. Wish me and the children while entering the new horizons.

We all want our children to be successful. But we may need to use different criteria to measure success for a child with special needs.Here are some ways to think about what success means for your child, and make it happen.

The goal is progress, not perfection.

Just moving forward is worth something. Improvement in grades, improvement in willingness to do homework, improvement in reading speed, improvement in classroom behavior -- are easier goals if you work along with teacher.You may always hold those perfect goals in your heart, but recognize that doing better from one year to the next is a triumph in its own right.

Create opportunities for success.

Make sure your child spends lots of time doing things he or she is good at. Teach skills in small steps so you can elaborately praise each successful learning experience.A little success can go a long way in improving your child's self esteem and breeding more success.

You don't have to fix everything.

Your child doesn't have to be successful in everything he tries. Every failure is not a signal that you need to prepare more and push harder. Most adults have figured out their own strengths and weaknesses, and make choices based on those. Kids rarely have the same luxury -- they have to go to school whether they favor deskwork or not, they have to acquire basic physical and mental skills whether it's easy or excruciating. But they don't have to excel at all of those things. As long as your child has some experiences of success, failures don't have to be tragedies.

Happiness counts.

Is being successful by your parental terms making your child happy? Happiness is in itself a kind of success, and something parents ignore at their peril. If your child is happy and comfortable in his or her own skin, chances are he or she is experiencing success in something -- whether it's something that matters to you or not. And if your child appears to be doing great, but is sad much of the time, then success may only be in the eye of the beholder.

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See the pics. of winning smiles.

one more.........

Yashaswini also won a Bronze medel and brought winning smiles on the face of mother who worked hard to bring up Yashu to this stage. Three cheers to Yashu and her mother.

winning world

I am extremely happy to announce that Susheel from our school got silver and bronze in cycling event out of 27 countries.Our mantra " I belive that you can do it" worked. I want to see the sparkles in the eyes of susheel parents. Let us dream for the best to happen in every child's life.

meeting parents

It is a good start by meeting all the parents and share the veiws and personel concerns.It is a nice feeling when parents are ready to work along with us in establishing the right kind of help for each child.Thank you parents for encouragement and support.

Brown Bear Song

Welcome

Dear parents,

Welcome back to school. Hope you all had a great fun during summer with your kids.Also note that if you ever have any comments, questions or concerns, You can make use of this site.

summer camp

The heat was too much. still we had our fun and frolic in summer camp.
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summer camp

I am just loving my summer days inspite of heat becuase of summer camp. Being with kids gives me immense pleasure and energy.Finding out reasons for thier behaviours is great invistigation work. Hope We can give some solutions for parents while understanding the child in deep sense.

April 2nd Autism Awareness day

12 calls to school office, 23 calls to my cell phone in a single day, to know about autism shows the impact we are able to create. The pamphelts and posters which we distibuted, creating lot of questions and enthu. to know about autism. I am happy about our efforts and the results.

The painting on human canvas is just fantastic. This is the best source to read the minds children with ASD. The painted dresses are displayed at office for those parents who missed out the event.Children enjoyed the music sessions and tried their skills.

The parents get together is very inspiring. This sort of meetings gives me great feeling of "WE BELONG"

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Secret behind India's victory

India won the world cup. There are many factors helped the team to get the cup. One of the main factor is .........

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Summer programs

Residential Summer camp:
We are planning to conduct summer camp at Sannidhi Center Vikarabad. The camp starts from 1st may to 30th may. Children from 14 to 30 are eligible for residential camp. Lot of planning has been done for fruitful summer.
For details... Contact Mahesh or ViJaya at main office.

April is for Autism Awareness

Any innovative ideas to rise awareness levels about autism?

Fish

watching fish is great relaxation for stressed minds.

Holi

One could witness the real joy and happiness while children at Shraddha and Saaburi playing with colours on the eve of HOLI. We have used herbal colours for the safety. While all the world says that children with autism has poor social interaction, We have seen the sheer enjoyment and participation of such children by wishing Happy Holi through their self invented expression and body language. May this Holi bring big change in our lives with vibrant colours.


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"We ought to approach the problem of children's behavior or learning with the same imagination, intellect, and patience that we use, for shopping ( saries and jewels),  for investing in real estate, for closing a business deal. We shouldn't use for our children our least creative, least intelligent, and least controlled methods for solving problems."

Question yourself and share with others:
 When did I last have an idea for handling my child that really worked?

unconditional love

I always feel specially blessed by God whenever I receive and listen beautiful love notes by my school children. Manas has been with me since 6 years, recently he got a Job in good company. Before leaving, he sent me a mail which made me cry, smile, feel touched, moved,proud and pampered.

This is the mail:

Dear Madam,

                                   Madam i am requesting you to not to eat sweets and do not drink any soft drink please madam. Madam if you keep on eating sweets and dringking soft drinks then your health will get spoiled. Madam i cannot see you in a bad shape. Madam if you want me to continue the job then you promise me that you will take care of your health. If you do not touch any sweet then i am going to come and see you.

Yours'a faithfully
Manas Mohan

bandh

I am getting calls from parents that their children are becoming very restless during these bandh days. I tried to talk those children over phone. The question from them is Why bandh? Why no school? Why no shops?
I tried to explain in very vague way that on bandh day no body can go on roads.The shooting question from that side is" How come many people are playing  with police on roads. I have seen in TV."?


Any answers???????

Picnic month

Feb. is a outing month for us with good weather to play and run around. Children had a blast at Sanjeevayya park. Girls vocational class had gone to Zoo along with parents and teachers. They utilized the outing as a discussion point to decide the future vocational programmes. I was so much relieved by the initiative taken by the parents. Parents, I need strength to join my strength. Together we will be strongest.


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parents advise

Hi... during the recent parent meetings it has been observed that many parents are following the blog silently. I have received some suggestions to focus on certain issues, they are as follows:


1. give more light into each special need ( characteristics,diagnosis,teaching strategies, behavioural issues of each )
2. teaching tips
3. vocational guidance
4. motivating parents ( we are already doing)


pl. give your comments on this.

Busy week

It has been a very busy week with parent teacher meetings, visitor from Foxwood School, children outings and preaprtion for upcoming workshop.


I just want to share a poem which was sent to me by a friend long back. Many of you might have seen it... still I want you to read once again.




WHOSE CHILD IS THIS?
Author Unknown


"Whose child is this?" I asked one day
Seeing a little one out at play
"Mine", said the parent with a tender smile
"Mine to keep a little while
To bathe his hands and comb his hair
To tell him what he is to wear
To prepare him that he may always be good
And each day do the things he should"


"Whose child is this?" I asked again
As the door opened and someone came in
"Mine", said the teacher with the same tender smile
"Mine, to keep just for a little while
To teach him how to be gentle and kind
To train and direct his dear little mind
To help him live by every rule
And get the best he can from school"


"Whose child is this?" I ask once more
Just as the little one entered the door
"Ours" said the parent and the teacher as they smiled
And each took the hand of the little child
"Ours to love and train together
Ours this blessed task forever."

Father's realization.

Yesterday  one father called me to say that he never read anything about autism or went to any appointments until his wife had to go out of town  for a funeral. Left home with their child, he came to a realization of what her everyday life was really like, and he began to take a different attitude. He wants to read about autism, go to meetings and requested me to organise a workshop on autism.

Dear mothers.... if you want your partner to know more about your child.. here is an idea.Take a day out..... just joking

Everyone deals with parenthood differently, and this difference may be even more pronounced in a family with a child who has special needs. It is very usual for one or both parents to become immersed in the world of special needs after the diagnosis of a child.
 
1.If you are not getting supportiveness of your husband does not necessarily mean an unwillingness to do so. Give him time to get to know your child in his own way and at his own pace.
2.Keep your husband informed about your son and what you learn about him and his special needs.
3. Continue to encourage positive family interaction as much as possible.
4.You can certainly let your husband know how his lack of involvement or interest makes you feel; but no accusations please.
5.You may feel somewhat resentful at times that you are the one doing all of the work here, but cheer up yourself.
6. If your husband has a particularly hard time accepting your son’s diagnosis then some counseling or therapy could be helpful. But first try to gently nudge him along and to talk to him about your feelings and his with regard to your son. Perhaps things can begin to move on from there.
 
 
 

needs

The other day I was talking to students of our school. I was asking some of the questions related to thier curriculum, just to test how much they are absorbing the inputs. One question of mine was " What are our basic needs? With out them we can not live."  I expected food, house and clothing as answers.

Answers are as below:
school
dance teacher
text books
play
uniform
computers
sridevi madam(WOW...)
school van/auto
teacher
physiotherapy
school day
colouring
music
behaviour wheel gifts
school prayer

I was speechless. First and foremost feeling of children is " without school they can not live".They like school so much because it is thier comfort zone. They understand that every one in this world has problems and there are solutions.

I am sorry... none of them said.. Mother,father,sister,brother.....

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A big bag of tricks

A long wait at the doctor's office, slow service at a restaurant. an endless car ride that are the moments where a tantrum is coming on fast, but can still be diverted. These are the times when parents need a big "bag of tricks" -- a deep supply of items and ideas that can fill a moment.
While a "bag of tricks" comes in handy with any child, it's particularly essential for children with special needs, who are often significantly less able to control themselves. Planning ahead can help.
Some of the items in your "bag of tricks" will be actual items, stuff you keep in your purse or pockets for emergencies.  Some possibilities:
• Toy cars
• Deck of cards
• Flash cards
• Little notepad and pen
• Finger puppets
• Keys
• Coins
• Photos
• Hard candy
• Small storybook
• Puzzle book
• Raisins
• Animal crackers
• Crayons
• Stickers


As your child gets older, changes interests, gets bored with some things and taken by others, you'll want to keep changing and replenishing the goodies in your "bag."
All the best dear parents. Share your bag of tricks to engage children in need.

"Three C's

While dealing with our children, it is important to remember the “Three C’s.”

1. Clarity of Expectations: Keep rules and expectations simple, concise and clear. Make sure they are easily understood by the child.
2. Consistency: Follow through with consequences in a consistent manner.
3. Calmness: Approach situations calmly. Take a deep breath and make sure you are in control. Take a brief “time-out” if you need to get a better hold over your emotions. Children are especially sensitive if we lose our temper. A calm approach is most effective and won’t overstimulate the child or escalate the situation.

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potty training

Children with special needs can be notoriously difficult to toilet train, for a host of reasons ranging from medical conditions to developmental delays to sensory insensitivity to stubborn temperament.The world is full of opinions on when children should be trained. If you are pushing the potty and your child is resisting, ask yourself if you’re doing this because you truly believe he or she is ready, or because your mother/mother-in-law/sibling/co-worker/daycare is nagging at you.
 Before you decide to pick this particular fight, keep in mind the following factors.

 

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Focus on today

"Will my child ever have a normal life? What will the future bring? How do we prepare for that?" These are questions that plague parents of children with special needs. And they're not bad questions -- our kids need us to plan for their future and do everything to make sure that they will be safe and secure and cared for. 

But it's too easy to slip into a mode of worrying constantly about the future while  missing an opportunity to really love and appreciate our kids where they are, right now, right in front of us. 

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Saaburi entered into project Whole Child

It is pleasure to announce that Saaburi Clinic for Special Needs has been selected as research agency for international project "Whole Child". This project will enable parents and professionals to perceive the developmental issues in detail. We are excited about it and busy collecting materials for the activities.

easy to plan

One of my fovourite plan for figuring out which behaviours to choose and which let by:
Three baskets:
one for things that are truly nonnegotiable
one for things that are important but allow for some compromise;
one for things that just aren't important enough to make a scene over.
The first basket should be the smallest, and the last the largest.
Think of the things you fight with your child over.
Could any of them get tossed in the second or third baskets?

observe your child

Something's just not right. You know it in your head, your heart, the pit of your stomach. Your child isn't developing like other kids. But you're afraid that giving a name to your fears and putting a label on your child will make things real that you'd love to believe are imaginary. How do you find the strength to move from suspicion to certainty? And even after a diagnosis is given, how can you accept that this is your child's fate? Seeking a diagnosis for a child is one of the hardest things that parents can do. It means putting aside dreams of one kind of life for your child and setting off down another path. But fear and denial don't help your child. Getting the proper diagnosis and treatment does.
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Notes for parents and teachers

Raising children with special needs requires such an enormous degree of guesswork, instinct, making the best of bad options,etc. Wouldn’t it be great to have operating instructions -- clear indications of which choices will work out best, which attitudes will help and which will hinder, how to steer young lives in a way that will make for strong and successful adults? Wouldn’t it be great?  Let us find out or create such manuals together. Will you be with me? Keep reading the page sharing zone.

My first post to welcome you

Dear parents, friends and well wishers,
Welcome to our blog! We have had very busy term settling into new school and my job became so busy that sometimes it is hard to get together or even talk on the phone. Maybe we can communicate on various topics through this blog. Be sure to make this a bookmark and follow this blog so you can stay up to date on the things going on  at school.