A two-day workshop on “Holistic Management for Persons with Multiple Disabilities” was held here on Monday and Tuesday.
The workshop was jointly organised by the city-based National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD) under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and Vocational Rehabilitation Centre for Handicapped (VRCH) under the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
The programme was inaugurated on the first day by Social Security and Empowerment for Persons with Disabilities (SSEPD) Department Secretary Niten Chandra and Odisha Primary Education Programme Authority (OPEPA) Director Mahendra Mallick in the presence of VRCH Assistant Director (Employment) Ram Kishor Sharma and first audiologist of Odisha Mahendra Saraf.
During the two-day workshop, features and utilities of National Career Service portal, various scientific sessions on occupational therapy, speech and hearing therapy, alternative and augmentative communication, vocational training programmes for Persons with Multiple Disabilities and other holistic approaches were discussed.
On the second day of the workshop and valedictory session, State Commissioner for PwDs Dr Minati Behera was the chief guest and Associate Professor-NIEPMD, Chennai Nachiketa Rout and Ram Kishor Sharma were the other guests. Sharma offered a vote of thanks and Siba Prasad Sahoo coordinated the workshop.
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