Tropical Health Foundation of India

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THFI Special School for the Mentally Challenged

Our Special School was started as a wing of Tropical Health Foundation of India 1990. From 1986 to 1990 our projects were limited to the field of identification of disabled children, parental counseling and guidance. Our School was started with only eight children. Now more than sixty children are studying in our institution. We give more importance to early identification , early intervention. A Special School for Mentally Challenged was set up as early as in 1990 and got the recognition from the Department of public Instruction, Government of kerala in 1999. Again a Centre for Cerebral Palsy was
started in 1997 as part of T. H. F. I with the view to help and rehabilitate the increasing number of children affected by Central Palsy. They come to T. H. F. I every day for physiotherapy and special education. Vocational training in tailoring for the deaf girls and training in Screen-printing for disabled Children was also started later.
The enrollment of children in the Special school has increased to 60. Students are grouped into primary and secondary classes according to their age and mental age. They are mainly trained to do ADL (Activities of daily living) independently and also numbering , colors, shapes, calculations etc by well trained teachers.
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