Presentations & Workshops

Nithya Sadhaana regularly organizes and attends workshops which helps to exchange ideas and information with national and international organizations working in the social development sector.

Workshop on Vocational Skill Training and Community Living

A workshop was conducted for parents of persons with Intellectual Developmental Disorder on Vocational Skill Training and Community Living.

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Social Role Valorization Seminar

Hema Nataraj was one of the trainers and group leaders at the three day seminar held by Keystone Institutes USA on the topic of Social Role Valorization.

Anniversary Celebration Of “TAMAHAR”

Hema Nataraj attending Dashanjali, the 10th anniversary celebration of Tamahar, a training centre for young children with intellectual developmental disabilities. She participated in a panel discussion on vocational skill training for older children.

Presentation at KAS officers’ club

Art based therapy program conducted by Ms. Tangam at the Planetarium for children

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Participation in a national conference organized in NIMHANS, Bangalore

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Nithya Saadhana was invited to take part in the Golden Jubilee Celebration of Psychiatric Social Work Education in the Department of Psychiatric Social Work at NIMHANS, Bengaluru and the XXXVII Annual National Conference of the Indian Society of Professional Social Work (ISPSW), which was held from 3rd to 5th January 2019 at Convention Centre, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, India.

Nithya Saadhana set up a stall in the convention centre, which was an added value to showcase the work we are doing in the area of mental health to the varied professionals coming from all over India.

Nithya Saadhana’s stall, which was managed by faculty members, Beeresh and Venu, was appreciated by visitors. It also got several enquiries on conducting similar training program in different parts of India. Nithya Saadhana was felicitated at the end of the two day Golden Jubilee Celebrations.

Assistive Solutions Showcase at IIM-B

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Beena Krishnamurthy was on the panel for the Assistive Solutions Showcase at IIM-B on December 6 2018. The panel had representatives from accelerator platforms. The aim of the panel was to highlight the importance of synergy among stakeholders for the benefit of the disability sector as a whole. About 195 people had registered for the event representing 53 innovators, 60 employers, 6 researchers, 7 funders, 44 NGOs and more.

Adolescence: Contemporary issues in the clinic and beyond

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Beena Krishnamurthy was a panelist for the CME program on 15th of March, 2019, Adolescence: contemporary issues in the clinic and beyond. She presented her insights during the panel discussion on ‘Skills & Opportunities for Adolescents with Developmental Challenges’. This session was moderated by Dr Jagadisha Thirthalli, Head of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services at NIMHANS. Dr. Shekhar Sheshadri, Head of CAP was also present.

Presentation program at Information Resource Centre (IRC)

During a presentation program on vocational training at Information Resource Centre,

Hema Nataraj, and three trainees Krupa, Sreekanth and Ganaashan, represented Nithya Saadhana.

The trainees spoke about Printed Circuit Board, cleaning of PCB and the delivery of the PCBs to the factory and Wire harnessing respectively. The audience included about 40 teachers and parents doing a Diploma Course in Severe Learning Disability, Mental Retardation and Autism Spectrum Disorder. The presentation by our trainees was appreciated by the audience.

Participation in a conference on ROSES (Rehabilitation Oriented Services) in NIMHANS

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Mrs.Hema Nataraj made a presentation at a group discussion on “Learning from other disabilities” at a Conference on ROSeS (Rehabilitation oriented Services) for the mentally ill at NIMHANS. She spoke on difficulties such as Mild Mental Retardation, Autism Spectrum Disorder and Down’s syndrome. While speaking on the occasion Mrs.Hema told the audience about the remedial measures and the vocational training given by Nithya Saadhana and also spoke about the advantage of mainstreaming the persons with special needs.

Presentation at ‘Chetana’, Richmond Fellowship Society, Banashankari I Stage –
20th October 2012

The trainees are experts in making presentations. Parents of clients at Chetana, Richmond Fellowship Society were the audience to a presentation of the skills learnt, done by our trainees themselves. Prathima explained the process of wire crimping, Bharath V talked about PCB stuffing, Kiran told the audience how he does soldering. The perfectionist Vidyasagar described the steps to wire harnessing and Lalith told everyone how easy the steps of data processing were to him. All the trainees received a very good feedback from the audience.

Presentation by the trainees at education fair at Brindavan Education Society

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At an Education fair arranged by the Parent’s support group of Brindavan Education Society, our trainees made a presentation to a large audience on 13th Feb 2016.

Ms. Hema Natraj led the presentation. The trainees were very confident and explained all the activities of their training program and the steps in production with ease. Sanjana helped in demonstrating the process while her friends explained. The trainees looked very professional with their presentation, following the PowerPoint slides perfectly.

We also had a table where parents visited and gathered more information.

Interview given by Nithya Saadhana founders, Beena Krishnamurthy and Hema Nataraj to All India Radio

Presentation by trainees at Rotary Bangalore West.

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The presentation was made to members of the Rotary Bangalore West, during which they showcased their skills and requested them for placements in their organisations.

Highlights

  • At Brindavan Education Society, during an education fair arranged by the Parent’s support group, our faculty members made a presentation to a large audience. This is a very good platform to create awareness about the opportunities we have been able to create in the work place for persons with special needs.
  • Education and vocational training for mentally challenged” was the topic of the day for presentation at KAS officers’ club which is situated at Infantry Road. Beena Krishnamurthy made the presentation along with Dr.Jagadish, Dr.Nirmala and Dr. Uma of NIMHANS. The audience for this workshop was the District Disability officers of Karnataka Government.  Beena spoke about the manner in which the differently-abled could cope with their difficulties through vocational training.
  • A program on the role of homeopathy in developmental disorder was organized for parents of children with Intellectual Developmental Disorder at Nithya Saadhana’s centre. The resource person, Dr. Amrutha interacted with the parents, who described the program as useful and informative.
  • A workshop for Girls on ‘Sexuality Education for persons with Developmental Disabilities’ was conducted by Ms.Prema Narayan in 2012. Ms Narayan, who is a special educator with 6 years of training differently abled persons in the USA, spoke to the differently abled girls and their mothers the importance of explicitly telling the differently abled girls about their body and safety issues regarding sexuality.
  • A seminar was organized by the Banjara Group at Chiguru School on “Living with a special needs child”. At least 20 of our trainees along with parents attended the program. Dr. Ali Khwaja spoke on the subject and interacted with parents and the program was very informative. Speaking on the subject Dr Ali told that these children are not special children but they are of special needs. Banjara group then enacted a play on how the elders behave when they see a child with special needs.