Humble Beginnings

When Ms. Sindhuma had trouble finding the right support at school to train her son with basic life skills, she realized she had to do something drastically different. She began home-schooling her son and worked on him with a team of special educator, a physiotherapist and speech therapist and found that together they made small wins. With the thought of sharing these wins with other parents who go through similar situations, Sindhuma and her friends established Abhaya Care Foundation and started ARMS in June 2010. She closely monitors day-to-day activities at school and supports the staff with daily challenges.

Our APPROACH

Because Every Child is Unique”

We believe that each student is different in his/her abilities, learning potential and would have varied interests. We also believe that a healthy mix of functional and academic training is necessary help the special children to develop their capacity and help them to lead a much fuller life. Driven by this philosophy, we develop an individualized education plan (IEP) that includes various developmental areas such as language, communication, life skills training, motor development and physical development. The common basis while designing all our programs is an emphasis on the student’s potential plus interest and making training as functional and ability-appropriate as possible. We execute these plans with the help of a variety of professional experts including speech therapists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists.

A school of a different kind, it is the realization of a long cherished dream; it is a social movement; it is an infinite process.

Our mission is to provide a quantum leap for the welfare and rehabilitation of children whose only fault is to have been born without normal faculties. Ensuring this welfare is the collective responsibility of a progressive and egalitarian society of which these children have a right to be an integral part.

• Maintain a motivated, dedicated and quality oriented team of professionals.
• Educate and prepare multiply handicapped children to live within the community, having achieved threefold independence – physical, social and financial- to the best of their abilities.
• Provide therapy and counselling appropriate to their needs.

HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM

In house professional expertise is available in the form of speech therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and special educators. It also has a panel of highly competent doctors- physician.

School is a quality oriented professional organization, which is committed to providing an individualized education plan for each child. It offers a challenging program that looks at the individual as a whole. Thus, each IEP (Individual Education Plan) includes various areas of development including language, communication, motor development and inter-personal social skills. The common point in all programs is an emphasis on the child’s strengths, the child’s interest and making education as functional and age-appropriate as possible.

School has been divided into groups on the basis of the students’ functional levels and chronological age. Each group has a classroom setting where personalised attention is offered according to their various needs. Grouping of these children is a skilled job in which each child is simultaneously programmed for and taught in a one-to-one situation and in a group. This optimum training module requires a maximum of five children to one teacher.