Our vision is to educate and empower individuals and create a supportive and sensitized environment to enable our children to live fulfilling ,independent and valued lives.

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Goals and objectives:

• Train, educate and empower parents to develop their children to lead self sufficient lives 

•  Maximize each child’s strength while working on his/her weaknesses 

• Incorporating principals of SRV to change perceptions towards special needs children. 

• Counselling  and trouble shooting for adults with autism to find their niche 

• Self advocacy 

• Sensitizing and educating society on the needs of individuals with autism 

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Programmes: 

1. Mother -child training programme: A programme that provides an environment where mothers work with their children under experienced and trained individuals. 

Here, the mothers are taught to train their children in group activities to learn waiting, turn taking and joint attention. 

Intensive one on one sessions are also carried on to forward the individual education plan (IEP) of each child. 

 It also focuses on building social interaction, pretend play and other social skills. 

 Teaching self help is also an important feature of this programme. 

The programme has been started to build each child’s skills for inclusion in mainstream schools and/or vocational setups. 

The MCT has been an online service since 2020. 

 

2. We also run an all year round classroom for the children who are from Jalandhar and neighbouring areas. Our approach in training is holistic, concentrating on the all around development of the child.  

We use the highly effective techniques of ABA /VBA methods for behaviour management and speech building. 

We also use PECS, signs and facilitated communication methods. 

The classrooms are structured to build independence and reduce anxiety following the tenets of TEACCH. 

Where needed RDI and Sonrise method techniques are also incorporated. 

Evening intervention sessions are also a part of this service. 

Great stress is laid on physical fitness too.  

Learning self-help skills(toilet training, bathing, etc,) are considered an important part of a child’s complete development. 

An OT designs the monthly sensory plans for the children. 

 

3.Vocational training : We at SOCH lay great stress on the vocational training of the children . This is to provide them with a permanent means of livelihood so they may get a feeling of dignity and self worth. Products made by the children if SOCH are diligently logged down by them and each child/adult is paid for the work done. All at SOCH are given an opportunity to polish their skill and at the same time remain motivated to work through regular pay

During 2020 Lockdown too safe work from home environments were created and the vocational work carried on from home fulfilling many orders. 

  

4.Workshops: We educate schools and the medical fraternity to increase awareness through presentations and workshops. As mentioned above parent empowerment and training is an important feature at SOCH. 

We regularly hold training workshops for the caregivers/ teachers / peers  and in this endeavour we have been supported by the medical and educational fraternity across the nation and visiting resource persons from abroad too. 

Workshops/trainings Done by Soch: 

Trainings and workshops in prevalent teaching methods for autism- 

1) Sarv shiksha Abhiyan special educators. 

 

2)Cambridge school, Jalandhar 

 

3)Bawa Lalwani School, Kapurthala. 

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4)Parents and special educators group ,Sangrur 

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5) Teaching methods workshop ,AWWA school ,Jalandhar. 

 

6) Training workshop for teachers of DPS ,Jalandhar. 

 

7) Workshops for teachers of Eklavya School , Jalandhar. 

 

8)Oxford juniors -Nakodar 

 

9)Workshop on autism at CT institutes jalandhar 

 

10)workshop at GD Goenka school on autism 

 

11)workshops and assessments at SEAL special needs academy (ludhiana) 

 

12)Workshop with legal authorities to train Angan wadi and Asha workers to pinpoint hand help those affected with autism. 

 

13) Teachers training workshop at Mayor world School. 

 

14)Webinar with the Pro-erhab team , Delhi. 

 

15)Webinar series (more than 100 webinars in total) during COVID lock down 2020 and 2021. 

 

16) Teachers training to understand various difficulties/disabilities faced by children in school at Cambridge, Kapurthala. 

 

17)Trainings on inclusion in collaboration with Rotary were taken up in 2022 covering Rotary clubs in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu.

 

18)In an MOU signed with FICCI FLO Amritsar in April 2022 , Soch also took up training various businesses and educational institutes in the city in an endeavour to make it “Autism friendly”.

 

19) Training with staff of Pingalwara Amritsar on Autism . 20)Workshop on Autism and training techniques with the Dept of education and Dept of Psychology at DAV University, Jalandhar. 21). 21)A workshop on World Autism Awareness Day at Ficci Flo, Ludhiana on inclusion. 

 

20)Parent training at SEAL Academy ,Ludhiana in 2022.

 

21)How to build valuable roles for the vulnerable in society, a training with Phulkari Women of Jalandhar.

 

22)Workshop on behaviour modification techniques at Ram Lal Bhasin School,Ludhiana in 2023.

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More Programs:

  

 5. Assessments and home programmes to help parents advance their children's learning from their homes. 

  

6.Sensory therapy:   We provide an individual sensory programme by an occupational therapist after a detailed assessment of the needs of each child. 

   

7. Parent Support group:   We, at Soch, also have a support group for parents, meeting regularly to discuss issues of concern and appropriate coping strategies. 

Whatsapp groups to distribute information and to trouble shoot have been created. 

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