SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SPECIAL NEEDS – SCREENING CHECKLIST FOR SCHOOL STUDENTS

 

SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SPECIAL NEEDS – SCREENING CHECKLIST FOR SCHOOL STUDENTS By DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF GROUPS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING

Persons with Disabilities (PwD) Act, 1995 was replaced by Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(RPWD)Act, 2016
which recognises 21 disability conditions. The numerous newly added
disability conditions like Specific Learning Disability, Mental Illness, Intellectual Disability,
Autism are less known amongst the general population and hence often remains
unidentified and sometimes misdiagnosed. Early identification and certification of CWSN
is vital before seeking facilities and utilising provisions provided by the government.
The development of this screening checklist is an initiative by Department of Education
of Groups with Special Needs (DEGSN)
, NCERT to facilitate regular teachers and Special
Educators to screen and tentatively categorize children into 21 disability conditions at the
school level, so that they can be referred for further assessment during special camps.
This checklist has been divided into 2 parts.

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Part 1 is for the use of regular teachers for first level preliminary screening of students
in their respective classes. 


Part 2 is for the use of special educators for the purpose of second-level screening
of children identified by regular teacher or any other student if missed, to tentatively
categorize them into 21 disability conditions as per RPWD Act, 2016. After school level
screening and compilation of necessary information the students will be further referred
to assessments camps for identification and certification of disabilities.
The process of development of this booklet/checklist began with reviewing the literature
available about each of the 21 disability conditions and conducting a survey related to the procedure of identification of the disability conditions followed in various States and
Union Territories of India.
A draft screening checklist was prepared in-house for 21 disability conditions. This draft
screening checklist was finalised in a 3-day workshop wherein experts of disabilities,
inclusive education coordinators working in the states and UTs, special educators and
regular teachers actively brainstormed and finalised the checklist.
Trial of this finalised checklist was conducted in the Regional Institute of Education (RIE)
adopted blocks of following states: Karnataka, Meghalaya and Odisha. The screening
checklist was also field tried in select schools of Delhi.
This booklet is the successful outcome of the collective efforts and dedication of several
persons involved in its development.
This booklet is meant for the use of regular teachers, special educators, resource
persons and principals or school heads. It is hoped that this booklet will facilitate the timely
and appropriate screening of children suspected to have disabilities and consequently
enhance the quality of education in inclusive settings.

Source: NCERT 

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