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Shubham is an unconventional welfare center for the
disabled, mentally retarded and underprivileged children of society.
Here a multi-pronged strategy is adopted for the all round development
of these handicapped children starting with medical attention,
providing hearing aid and other implements, physiotherapy, education
up to class eight, development of money-making skills etc. for their
independent integration with society |
Shubham provides separate education to deaf, blind, mentally
retarded, multi disabled and loco-motor disabled. The society runs a special
school for visually impaired children with free hostel and other facilities.
Fifty-four of the sixty-one registered students were admitted to the school. Shubham Badhir Vidyalaya provides education to deaf and mute children. Auditory
training, lip-reading, concentration stimulation program, whole language
approach, self instruction learning, main-streaming, independent living skills
and experience based learning are some of the innovative exercises that are
adopted for the education of deaf. Forty-six students with hearing impairment
are registered with the school and thirty of them attend classes regularly.
On the outskirts of Muzaffarpur town, it is spread over a
hectare of land provided by the family of Dr. Sangeeta Agarwal, the moving
spirit behind the center, and run with contributions from family and other well
wishers and voluntary help from doctors and therapists.
Shubham means auspicious. Our team of dedicated personnel,
therefore, strive hard to make these handicapped children's future auspicious
for them as well as the society and appliances necessary for the independent
living of the persons with disabilities.
Shubham helps people with disabilities to become
independent by the following steps :-
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Making them aware of their rights and responsibilities.
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Providing them with an enabling atmosphere for their overall development.
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Running interventional programs for minimizing sensory, mental and physical
deficiencies.
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Running the educational programs for the children with disabilities.
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Providing them vocational and special training facilities through networking
with other organizations.
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Distribution of special aids
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