By Susan Dass | Corporate Relations - Manager
The special needs classes at the Home has made significant progress in the last couple of months. The boys who are engaged in the class are able to identify numbers, fruits, vegetables, animals, vehicles and colors. They are also learning to identify alphabets, days of the week, months and shapes. In August, the boys were given individual attention from the teachers. Each boy was called up in front of the class and asked to recite the information they had learned. The special needs teachers are always thinking of creative ways to teach the boys. To make classes more fun, they helped the boys identify shapes with the help of ice cream sticks. This activity proved to be slightly challenging for the boys. Raja, was the only one who enjoyed the activity and was able to successfully complete his task without any help.
The highlight of this month for the boys were when they had a story telling session. The boys were given books to read in groups. Karthick, Thayesh, Appi and Chian could not handle the group session and insisted on receiving their own books. While boys like Rahul, Gopal, Solomon and Akash were not interested in group reading. Raja, Nawaz, Pavan, Dasrath, Sudhakar and Legmar shared their books as well as helped others to read. The boys are definitely growing everyday.
The play school at the Home has two new assistant carers. They have been trained to work with the boys in the playschool.New toys that focus on sound and touch are proving to be great fun for the boys. The assistant carers are also playing ball with the boys to improve their motor skills.Since there are three assistant carers in the playschool, the boys get more attention and are more active now.
The Home is growinh everyday. They are learning to live as a community. Some days are challenging for the Care Managers, they have to take a moment to remember the smile on the boys’ faces. The hard work pays off when they see the boys smile. With the support of our volunteers we have seen a significant improvement in the boys and the men. Thank you so much for supporting our work at the Institutes and believing in the work we do with these wonderful boys. We hope to achieve more in the months to come.
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