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Tamana


Tamana is a non-profit organisation, established in 1984 that works primarily in the domain of Specially Abled. Its primary office is in New Delhi, Delhi.


Name

Tamana

Works on

Works towards the welfare and rehabilitation of specially abled children to make them socially, financially, and physically independent

Type

Non-profit

Sub Type

Society

Website

http://www.tamana.org

Sector(s)

Specially Abled Food & Nutrition Child & Youth Development Education

Start Year

1984

Government ID

DL/2009/0011539

Registration ID

14311

Projects in States

Delhi

Projects in Districts

South Delhi South West Delhi West Delhi

Overview

Tamana works towards integrating specially-abled children into society. It educates and prepares children to achieve social, physical and financial independence. It raises awareness regarding special needs with the help of print and digital media and conducts research on the training and education of these special children. The organisation runs an autism school, a skill development centre, a kindergarten, and a special education school for the education and skill development of specially-abled children. It provides parents of specially-abled children with legal help. Each of Tamana's centers offers speech, occupational, and physiotherapy, life skills training, computer education, music and dance, weight management and physical fitness, sports and extracurricular activities, counseling, behaviour modification, diagnostics and assessment facilities, and family counseling.

The organisation also runs a teacher certification program. Teachers with a certificate from Tamana can teach in schools specifically for the specially-abled.

The Autism Center-School of Hope is India’s first rehabilitation and research center for autistic individuals, with a special school, sensory integration clinic, early intervention center, diagnostic center, and a research cell for children with severe needs including autistic spectrum disorders and multiple disabilities. This school offers music, dance, and sensory integration therapy, in addition to using sports, yoga, and horse-riding to provide holistic intervention. In addition, it uses approaches such as TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children) and ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) for intervention, and focuses on teaching real-life daily activities, as well as vocational training to older students.

Tamana Special School caters to the individual needs of 115 children between the ages of 4-17. Each student is first assessed by a special educator, psychologist, occupational therapist, and a speech therapist, after which he or she is put into a group of six according to his or her chronological age, mental age, and functional level. The school focuses on the over-all development of each child. Hence, along with regular curriculum for children who can be integrated into regular schools, a focus is placed on computer training, yoga therapy, community service, speech therapy, multi-sensory activities such as dance or horse-riding, networking with other students, and arts.

Tamana Nai Disha, the Skill Development Center, works to ensure a smooth transition from school to the outside world for young adults with special needs. It offers a vocational training program which aims to develop skills and make the students ready for a career in a disabled-friendly industry; provides education, training, and workplace experiences; and builds awareness about career and employment options. In addition, it provides education in the fundamentals of business and economics, the importance of savings, the basics of personal financial management, and related consumer issues. It also offers customized skill training based on students' skill and interest. Some skills that are taught include pottery-making, jewelry-making, textiles printing, paper recycling, clay modeling, baking, and gardening.

Tamana Kindergarten is an early childhood care and education program for children of 2-6 years from economically disadvantaged groups. This program takes place in the 3 schools of Tamana that are not utilized in the afternoon, with the aim of providing holistic development for the children, including health, social, mental, physical, moral, and emotional development. The program aims to provide non-formal education, and hence includes music, dance, art, aerobics, and games into the curriculum, organizes educational trips and picnics, celebrates annual functions and social festivals, and hosts class competitions. In order to promote health, it also conducts regular medical camps for free immunization and health check-ups, provides a free mid-day meal daily, organizes health and cleanliness awareness programs, and provides counseling to parents on health, hygiene, and nutrition.

Primary Office Address

C-10/8, Vasant Vihar

City

New Delhi

State

Delhi

Major Activities

Major tasks and accomplishments (as reported by the NGO):
Tamana has been providing rehabilitative services to children with autism, mental and multiple disabilities since 1984. Children with special needs are provided a holistic developmental education-which includes special education, life skills training and vocational training- to effect optimum adult rehabilitation. Its contribution in the field of disability was recognized by the United Nations that granted it Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social CouncilTwenty five years ago, the Tamana started from a small shed with 4 students. Presently, Tamana Association has hundreds of students between ages of 4 years to 30 years enrolled in its three Delhi branches- School of Hope, Tamana Special School and Nai Disha Vocational Centre. The services provided by Tamana are:1) Special Education services are provided in two centre of Tamanaa)School of Hope( ph:26153474). It is the junior school of Tamana and caters to age groups from birth to 12 years. B)Tamana Special School(ph: 26151572) It is the Middle level school that caters to students between the age group 11 to18 Yrs. 2) Vocational and Prevocational Training are provided at ��_��_��_ Nai Disha Vocational Training Center (ph: 26151587) Nai Disha is a place that offers opportunities for its adults and adolescents from age 18 year onwards to acquire dignity and self respect. Besides special education, other services provided are: 3) Diagnostic Facilities 4) Early Intervention Programme for ages 6 months to 5 years 5) Home Programme: Differently abled children from different corners of India avail the services of Tamana through its out reach programme.6) Residential Programme for boys between ages 10 to 20 years 7) Formal Education through National Open School8) Awareness Generation through newsletters and organising conference and workshops. Tamana has organised two international conferences on autism and two international workshops on issues related to autism. 9 )Manpower Development in field of Disability: Tamana is running two courses: B. Ed in Special Education of IGNOU and Diploma in Autism Spectrum Disorders ( RCI recognised courses) .10) Education of the under privileged children of society. Tamana is optimally utilising its resources to extend benefits to the largest population possible. It is running two programmes for preschool children living in neighbourhood slums. This is very special endeavour by Tamana to reach out to the children from lower strata of society and make optimum utilization of its facilities .The two programmes are:a. Tamana Kindergarten: An afternoon preschool catering to children in the age group of 2 and 6 years. b. School on Wheels: School on Wheels was started to provide free primary education at the doorsteps of slum children. 11) Sports for the Disabled Special School Sports Council of India: A national level sports council to provide mentally challenged, autistic and multiply disabled children in rural as well as urban areas opportunities for participation in sports and adventure activities has been set up. The council has as its members, special schools and special education professionals, from all nooks and corners of India. 12) Research Tamana has a technical collaboration for research with the Autism Centre, University of Washington, U.S.A. Current research being conducted at Tamana are in the areas of sensory integration, alternative medicine and applied behaviour analysis..

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/tamana.ngo

Twitter

https://twitter.com/Tamana_Globe

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZY4IlUaKXwTZ7BHIWwNQQA

Income Tax ID Verification

Verified

FCRA Reg. #

231650520

Contributions/Source(s)

NGO DARPAN, Government of India (Learn more)

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