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Click to Know More Enquire Now Talk to a Advisor 21K GroupWhile it is true that every child has the innate ability to learn, at 21K school, we recognise that learning is most effective and pleasurable when it occurs in a way and pace that the child is comfortable with. To realise this, our school has a Counselling Department, which recognises that each child is unique in their own way and the traditional one size fits all approach needs to be disregarded.
Our Counselling Team has specially trained and qualified counsellors, remedial educators, and special educators who work in tandem with the facilitators and parents to accommodate every child’s needs and create a comfortable learning space for all the learners.
Inclusive education, in its essence, means a space for learning, where learners with and without any comorbidities attend classes together. The term inclusion refers to equality and equity, i.e. the provision of equal opportunities for all learners whilst being mindful of their concerns and challenges and creating mechanisms to help them through the same.
At 21K School, learners from diverse backgrounds and varying physical and cognitive concerns are part of the same classroom. The programme is structured so that all learners, with or without any difficulties, have an equal opportunity to learn, grow, and flourish. The learners are encouraged to participate and work together, leading to a two-fold effect where learners with special needs can interact with and learn from their peers and grow in an environment wherein learners learn to accept and celebrate our differences.
As our school is inclusive, we can accommodate learners with varying special needs. However, being an online school, we also recognise our limitations, and thus there are certain areas wherein we cannot be the best fit for your child.
We will be able to help your child if they have the following physical or cognitive concerns:
Parents must submit relevant medical and psychological assessment reports during the admission process. This is not an exhaustive list as every child is unique and has strengths and areas for improvement. Thus, we follow an interview approach that helps us gauge if the school will be able to provide for your child’s specific needs before admission.
Our School's Counselling Department are available to every learner. It is both preventive and responsive. The counsellors develop a specific action plan to address the varying behavioural, emotional, academic, and adjustment concerns that a learner may be going through. These plans are then implemented in a comfortable way for the learner.
The following are the services to learners with special needs based on their needs.
First and most importantly, We sensitise all the facilitators associated with your child towards their individual needs. The sensitisation training includes making them aware of the child’s concerns, thus eliminating any biases, focussing on strengths and improvement areas. We also create an individualised education plan for the learners. This plan includes:
While being aware of their concerns and making accommodations for their needs, we also strive to push and challenge them like their peers, which helps them grow in their way. Thus, all the learners get an equal opportunity to participate in all academic and extracurricular activities.
All the facilitators and parents/caretakers will be made aware of the concessions and assistance that the child is eligible for during assessments. After discussion and review of the learner's performance with all the stakeholders, School will provide the following concessions based on the needs of the learner:
Remedial education is an approach to teaching where the aim is to bridge the gaps in learning by using modes/techniques which the learner is comfortable with. It also tends to focus more on building conceptual clarity in literacy and numeracy, which paves the way for future learning. A remedial educator goes down to the level of the learner and works with their strengths to cement the learning.
If a learner requires remedial support, an action plan will be created for the same after a review and discussion with all the stakeholders. The remedial classes will either be held on a separate link with the remedial educator at the time of the class or after school hours. This distinction is made keeping in mind the child’s needs and ability to cope in the classroom.
All remedial sessions will be one to one, and the timings will be decided based on the availability of the remedial educator and the learner.
The counselling department constantly strives to work towards enhancing the mental well-being of all the learners in the school, but they are not alone here since their efforts will only be realised when all the people in the ecosystem of the child, namely facilitators, parents, coordinators, classmates and the management come together to help with the same. For this, we have regular check-ins with all the stakeholders and keep updating the action plan to best suit the learner’s needs. The staff, learners and the management is also constantly sensitised regarding the needs of the various learners. We also expect the parents to lend support since they play an integral role in their children's lives.
Being an inclusive school, we also recognise the challenges that may crop up when learners with varying needs are placed in the same setup and have designed accommodations. We begin by educating the learners regularly, emphasising the need to accept all of their classmates. We constantly strive to foster a sense of community among the learners by encouraging them to participate in class group activities, cooperative learning, games, and classroom interactions. For example, there are no barriers to participation in any event. Learners can participate in all celebrations and festivals. Over the years, we have seen that learners become more at ease, more tolerant of diversity, and form caring friendships, contributing to the development of an empathy-driven society.
Furthermore, all the stakeholders support and maintain the learners' right to privacy and protect confidential information received from learners, their families, guardian and staff members. This includes and is not limited to medical reports, educational reports, counselling notes, etc. The sensitive information related to the special needs of the learners is only divulged on a need to know basis with their consent.
Lastly, the school management is committed to restructuring school culture, policy, and practices so that learners with diverse needs in various academic and non-academic activities.
Our counselling team comprises experienced and trained Counselling Psychologists and Remedial Educators who facilitate individual and group counselling sessions with learners using different strategies and therapeutic approaches. They create and implement individualised action plans for learners with special needs along with sensitising and psychoeducating parents, families and facilitators regarding the same. Lastly, the team also conducts talk sessions, discussions with learner groups, and various activities throughout the year to enhance their mental well being.
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