Chennai: Ampersand Group owned Eduspark International Private Limited conducted an online pilot project in association with Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), government of Tamilnadu, on ‘Spectrum of Children with Special Needs For Anganwadi Workers’of Kancheepuram district, recently.
The Department of Integrated Child Development Services, government of Tamilnadu and Ampersand Group involved 253Anganwadi workers from Kancheepuram and St Thomas Mount, Chennai.
The training programme was conducted in Tamil language and aimed at enhancing the skill-set of the anganwadi workers and other officials from the Integrated Child Development Services.
The objective was to provide the anganwadi staff with skill and knowledge to enhance their learning abilities while catering to the early education needs of children. The programme included Identifying Signs &Symptoms, Introduction to Special Education Needs, Classroom Management, and Parental Guidance and Counselling.
Rustom Kerawalla, chairman, Ampersand Group, said, “we are thankful to the government of Tamilnadu for considering our services to translate the English language content of National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD) into Tamil and conduct the training for the anganwadi workers.”