Early Intervention and early education programme involves identifying /screening children with development delays in the age group of 0-6 years, providing necessary intervention after proper assessment, empowering parents to enable them to deal with the special needs of their disabled child and creating awareness amongst various stakeholders for ensuring the functional, developmental and coping abilities of children.

Goal: To strengthen the ecosystem for early stage intervention and early education (EI & EE) for 100 children with disabilities/development delays of Kalaburagi town between the age group of 0-6 years and the relevant stakeholders through therapeutic and support services from.

ACTIVITIES

• Identification of 100 Children through door to door survey.
• Assessment of the Child with disability to classify the disability
• Regular Interventions
• Counseling to Parents about the Disability and their roles and responsibilities.
• Assessment for Medical Help like Surgeries, Medicine, Hearing and Speech Therapy etc
• Home/ community based services, Hearing and Speech Therapy
• Distribution of assistive devices
• Growth assessment.
• Awareness in communities, schools, colleges, about the causes of disability and prevention.
• Training to ASHAs, Anganwadi Staff and ANMs about the Early Intervention program and their role.
• Availing of Govt. schemes
• Enrolling children in anganwadis and schools under inclusive education.

Achievement:

• 140 children with developmental delays are identified
• Homes based intervention for all
• 33 Aids and Appliances Distributed
• 4 Surgeries conducted
• 12 received Medical support
• 3 children are able to walk
• 3 SH Children shown remarkable improvement