Home Science

Report on Educational Trip

Name: Milan Hannah

Class: 11-B

Introduction

Children who achieve their developmental milestones in time and adjust with their environment naturally are called normal children.

Children who are not able to achieve their developmental milestones and are not able to adjust with their environment are called disadvantage children. They lag behind in physical, mental and social development in comparison to the other children of their age.

According to Mr. Baker,’’ Children who have lesser physical, mental, emotional or social capabilities than the normal children and need special education and training to develop their potentials are called disadvantaged children’’.

Classification of Disadvantage Children 1. Physically handicapped or disadvantaged children

o Blind and partially blind.Some children are born blind; some become blind due to nutritional deficiency or some by accident. Partially blind children can see very little. Both blind and partially blind children cannot grow like children of normal eyesight. They develop inferiority complex and think that they are burden on the society. Such children suffer from a feeling of guilt.

Their needs

1. Teachers should be well trained so that they recognize the symptoms of partially blind children and take the action immediately. They should look for following signs the child rub his eyes, cannot note down his homework from the blackboard, find difficulty in reading the book, has crossed eyes, etc.

2. Parents and other people should have sympathetic attitude towards such children in order to help them to shed their feeling of inferiority.

3. Parents should try to consult the as soon as they know about their child’s disability, so that from the beginning they can be subjected to specialized training which can help them to adjust with their environment.

Completely blind

Except they cannot see, they are just like other normal children in every other capability.

1. From the very beginning they should be made to realize that they are equal to other children of their age except slight disability of not being able to see. For this, parents should treat them equal with their other children and help them to overcome the feeling of inadequacy.

2. These children should be made comfortable with their bodies and the orientation of the home.

3. Constant love and encouragement should be given to make them secure.

4. Children should start their education at the same age as other normal children.

Their needs

1. For partially blind, books with bold print and color should be recommended.

2. Green board, unglazed paper and black pencils help them in studying.

3. They should be educated with Braille system. It is a system of reading and writing the letters, number and words. It is a typewriter type device and has six keys. Braille dots are punched out one at a time from right to left. Children when trained can easily use it.

4. Children should be educated with audiotapes to sharpen their listening skills

o Deaf and partially deafThis disability is caused by many reasons.

1. The child may be born deaf

2. The child may get deaf due to some accident.3. Due to some serious and chronic disease, the child may become

deaf.4. Hurt in ear leads to tearing eardrum.

Their needs

1. Partially deaf children should sit in front row in the class.2. Such children should be taught sign language through visual

methods.3. Hearing aids should be provided to the partially deaf children.4. Sign language and visual teaching methods should also be use

for completely deaf children.5. They should be trained to become self reliant6. They should be provided opportunities to explore their

capabilities.7. Parents and other people should have positive and sympathetic

attitude towards such children

o Crippled children

Children who unfortunately lose their body part due to accident are called crippled children. There can be number of cause for this disability.

1. Born defect2. Accidents3. Some disease

These children are just like normal children. So their bringing up should be like other children.

Their needs

1. Such children need love sympathy and security which should be provided to them by parents and society.

2. If necessary, children should be provided physiotherapy treatment.

3. From the beginning, the child should be encouraged to be self sufficient and his self-confidence should be boosted.o Language defect

It has been seen that children sometimes suffer from language defects. Normally it is from birth. If they are not attended early then they can create environmental maladjustment. Sometimes due to environmental disturbances these defects occur in later life. Following disorders are found in children:a) Speech disorderb) Pronunciation defectc) Defect in sentence structure

Their needs

1. New words should be encouraged to speak good language.2. Children should be encouraged to speak good language3. There should be more interaction with the children of their age.4. Correct language can also be earned through radio or television

Mentally Retarded ChildrenChildren who are not mentally developed due to any reason like normal children are mentally retarded children. These children grow physically but their mental growth is checked. This is a permanent problem. It cannot be cured. Such children cannot perform properly. They need other’s help in doing work.

Their needs

1. Such children should be educated and trained from the beginning.2. Let the children do their personal work providing them help

wherever necessary.3. They should be sent to the school made specially for such children

Socially Handicapped childrenThere are many children in our society who gets separated from their parents due to some or other reasons. Poverty, natural calamity like earthquakes, epidemic is some of the reasons which leave many

children orphan. These children become antisocial due to lack of educational and other facilities and proper guidance. To make them a responsible number of societies, it is necessary to help them develop properly.

Their needs

1. Children should be trained in such vocations so that they can become self-dependent.

2. For juvenile delinquents, reformatory houses and psychological guidance should be arranged.

3. Good environment in home and society should be provided for their character, cultural and moral development

4. Proper arrangements for their education should be done. Government should take care of their school fees, books, etc.

Educational Trip report

On June 7 our school organized an educational trip to Elite English School. We were accompanied by our Home science teacher Mrs. Jeroha at 7:30 am we started packing up some gifts for the children

We reached in the school at 9:00 am and were accompanied by the teachers and staffs in Elite English School. We went to different sections of class who have different kinds of disabilities and distributed the gifts for the students the teachers were very kind towards their students.

The students showed as how to make a loom bandsAnd showed different kinds of talents like dancing and singing