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Special Education

Notes • Community Based Rehabilitation
• Extension and Outreach programmes
To achieve optimum results, the institute has developed and introduced innovative structured training
courses like Early Intervention, Rehabilitation Psychology, Special Education and Disability
Rehabilitation at Masters level. The training programmes are offered on gradual scale from certificate
- diploma - undergraduate - graduate - post - graduate -Masters levels. Presently, the Institute conducts
5 Certificate Courses, 4 Diploma Courses (DSE(MR), DVR, DECSE, DCBR). Further, 2 Graduate courses
(BRT & B.Ed Spl.Ed(MR)), 1 Post-graduate Diploma course (PGDEI) and 2 Master courses (M.Ed
Spl.Ed) and 2 M.Phil (Special Education and Rehabilitation Psychology) level courses in affiliation
with different universities.

29.4 National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped

Ministry of social justice and empowerment has established National Institutes for various disabilities.
National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped (NIMH) was established in the year 1984 and it
serves as an apex body in the area of mental retardation, It has, as its objectives, human resource
development, research and development, service delivery models, documentation and dissemination,
extension and outreach programmes. It is head quartered in Secunderabad and has its regional centres
in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. Establishment of NIMH has resulted in strengthening the HRD
programmes in the country and has brought out a number of publications in the area of mental
retardation as an outcome of research projects.

29.4.1 Objectives of NIMH
• It has also resulted in creating awareness about mental retardation.
• education and training facilities.
• vocational training and placement.
• parent support programmes
• schemes and benefits for persons with mental retardation in the country.
NIMH has developed service models and contributed very significantly in the dissemination and
documentation. the performance in the extension and outreach progremmes is par excellence covering
large areas across the country. It is a "vision", "mission" and "value" driven organisation having work
culture appropriate to higher education. Manoranjan is service unit for persons with profound mental
retardation.

What is "Manoranjan" in the reference mental disability education?

Self Assessment
2. Multiple Choice Questions
Choose the correct option:
(i) National Institute for the mentally handicapped (NIMH) was established in the year ..........
(a) 1984 (b) 1986 (c) 1988 (d) 1990
(ii) It's headquarter is in .................. .
(a) Mumbai (b) Secundrabad (c) Chennai (d) Kolkata
(iii) NIMH is a "vision", "mission" and "value" driven organisation having work culture appropriate
to .................... .

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