Current Events
- We share on views on one topic under the broad umbrella of inclusion per month and invite experts in for a discussion on the last Saturday of the month. Follow us on facebook to know about the topic for this month and keep a watch for the registration link which would be published in the last Monday of the month .
Past Events at Elina
- August 2021 - A webinar on Making Inclusive School Environments a Reality
- June 2021 - A panel discussion on "Therapy during COVID times"
- May 2021 - A panel discussion on "Making online learning possible for children with special needs"
- April 2021 - A panel discussion on "Exploring various opportunities for individuals with Autism across age groups"
- March 2021 - 4 Part Online Workshop on "The ABCD Model for Emotional Regulation" by Dr. Bala Pillai.
- January 2021 - A webinar on "Role of environment in development of communication for children in the Autistic Spectrum by Raashi Shetty, Speech Language Pathologist, Chennai
- November 2020 - A webinar on "Effective Learning Environment for ALL during COVID times" by Mrs. Usha Ramakrishnan, Renowned Educationist and Emotional Intelligence Consultant.
- October 2020 - A webinar on "School Based Occupational Therapy by Ms. Rajarajeswari Natarajan and Ms. Sukanya Balu, occupational therapists in HLC international
Workshop with Principals and Teachers
Samagra shiksha Abhyan is Government of India's program to ensure inclusion and equity in School environments. Under this program, Elina in Partnership with Vidyasagar has been conducting a series of knowledge sharing sessions with teachers of Government schools in Virudhunagar, Karur , Thiruvallur and North Chennai districts since last year.
More than 50 teachers from Virudhunagar district benefitted from the sessions held on July 22,23 , 27 and 28 , 2021. About 150 Government school teachers from Karur district have attended the sessions on on Aug 12,13,18 and 19 , 2021. These 2-day workshops have been planned by Elina and Vidyasagar to empower the teachers towards inclusive education and have been conducted online.
The main objectives of these sessions were to share some success stories of inclusion, understand the barriers or challenges and identify one change that each one can make in their environments. Elina was part of the planning as well as implementation of these sessions.
