As we all know that our children are the future citizens of the country, it is very important to provide them with better quality education. Be it of Disadvantage Group or a Disable Child. Education is their right.
The regular education system was not very beneficial to the children with Special need due to various disabilities they were with. This demanded changes in curricular decisions, classroom arrangements, provision of aids and appliances, arrangements for finances and above all, appropriate teacher preparation. The training of regular school teachers at various level is more or less streamlined in India, while the preparation of special teachers still faces problems related to the role of teachers in the different service programmes for people with disabilities, and the individuals competency level in terms of the ability to teach children with a single disability and those with multiple disabilities. These issues are further linked to teaching in integrated schools and special schools. The most important aspect of this situation is the economics of developing such a large task-force of personnel to meet the needs of persons with disabilities, whose prevalence is usually quoted as ‘one in ten’. According to the National Policy on Education, 1992, the number of school going children with disabilities in India is reported to be about 12.59 million.
At present the constitution of the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) has brought about some changes in various aspects of teacher training programmes ![At present the constitution of the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) has brought about some changes in various aspects of teacher training programmes [Special education Professionals in India] in the area of Special Education. RCI is currently making efforts to streamline the teacher training programmes in terms of syllabus, infrastructure and staff pattern, to assure the quality of training. It is now essential that higher level programmes also have uniformity in content and process, according to the directives of RCI in collaboration with Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development.](http://vibhablog.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/shristi_1.jpg "Special education Professionals in India")
in the area of Special Education. RCI is currently making efforts to streamline the teacher training programmes in terms of syllabus, infrastructure and staff pattern, to assure the quality of training. It is now essential that higher level programmes also have uniformity in content and process, according to the directives of RCI in collaboration with Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development.
Adding to it is an effort from us to work as a resource agent in the field. We are looking forward to act as link between the service provider and the service bearer of which professionals are a much needed part. So here is a comprehensive list of professionals available in India.
| Specialisation | Professionals |
| Multiple Disability (Neurological and/or Physical) | Ami Shah- Rao ami_n_shah@yahoo.com |
| Multiple Disability (Physical and Neurological) | Priyanka Joshi rush2pingu@gmail.com |
| Multiple Disabilities | Snigdha Shikha Pattajoshi Working: with children with Autism |
| Neurological and Multiple Disabilities | Shalini Kaushik shal_kauhik@yahoo.co.in |
| Locomotor & Neuromuscular Disorders | Avik Banerjee bavi2007@yahoo.co.in |
| Learning Disability, Down Syndrome, Intellectual Impairment & Cerebral Palsy | Atula Shirur atula_shirur@yahoo.co.in |
| Learning Disabilities (Special interest in Reading & Maths Disabilities) | Aruna Sen arunassen@rediffmail.com |
| Lerning Disabilities, Autism, Cereberal Palsy & Mentaly Challanged Working: Area of Inclusion | Sarabjit Narula sarabjit6@yahoo.com |
| Inclusion, Learning disability | Bharti tarubharti@yahoo.com Location: NCERT, New Delhi |
| Learning Disability | Bharti Shinde bhartishinde11@gmail.com |
| Learning Disability | Mansi Kapadia mansikapadia@gmail.com |
| Hearing Impairment | Balachandran bala6819@gmail.com |
| Hearing Impairment | Pooja Dutta poosach@rediffmail.com |
| Specialisation:Hearing Impaired& Multiple Disabilities | Suchismita Sarkar sujatha.narayanaswami@gmail.com |
| Hearing Impaired, Community Based Rehabilitation | Suresh Gutta suresg1@gmail.com |
| Hearing Impairment & Ph.D in Special Education registered (Sept.2008)at FDMSE of RKMVU, Coimbatore, TamilNadu Current at Faculty of Education & Allied Sciences, MJP Rohilkhand University Bareilly UP as Lecturer in Special Education (Guest Faculty) | Arun Kumar Gupta arung0007@gmail.com |
| Hearing Impaired and Multiple Disabilities | N.Sujatha sujatha.narayanaswami@gmail.com |
| Deafblind | Deepak Krishna Sharma Working:at RCI as Assitant Program Officer Volunteerly involved with Multihandicapped unit and Defablin Unit of National Association for the Blind, R. K. Puram |
| Deaf Education, Sing Language Linguistics, Bilingual Education Associate professor at Gallaudet University | Madan Vasishta (Ph.D.) madanv41@gmail.com |
| Psychotherapy & Counseling & Special Education | Gargi Kundu (Dutta) Working:As Special Educator in Goodricke, School for Special Education, Siliguri |
| Autism Spectrum Disorder | Gracy Kingsley gracykingsley@gmail.com |
| Sensory Integration Therapy especially with Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD and Children with Dyslexia Professionally Occupational Therapist, M.O.Th. in Pediatrics | Santosh Kumar krsantosh12@rediffmail.com/ santosh@udaan.org |
| Autism Spectrum Disorder& Cerebral Palsy | Poonam Shetty 4poonamshetty@gmail.com |
| Multi- Categorical Disability, Visual Impairment, Working: in the field of Learning Disability & Autism | Gokulalakshmi Sadhanantham (Regd. with Rehabilitation Council of India) gokulalakshmi.sadhanantham@gmail.com |
| Autism Spectrum Disorders Consultant in Spl. Edn using cognitive therapy | Poornima Rao budhi1@hotmail.com |
| Autism Spectrum Disorder | Neha Thakur neha_thakur_25@yahoo.co.in |
| MR, CP, Autism,Qualified in Makaton (UK)& ABA | Rinku Shahani rinkushahani@yahoo.com |
| B.Ed in Multi category (Learning Disability, Mental Retardation& Cerebral Palsy), M.Ed in Learning Disability | Simran Sachdev vini.sachdev@gmail.com |
| Learning Disability (M.ED in Special Education) | Sonam Mehta sonammehta.20@gmail.com |
| Specific Learning Disability | Tharini Thilak thari15@hotmail.com |
| Special Education,had worked with children with Cerbral Palsy and Autism Work Address: Sol’s Arc Parallel School Bunglow No -121, Aram Nagar 2 Seven Bunglows | Shehla Syed Contact Number: +91 9819919152 |
| Autism Spectrum Disorder and Mental Retardation | Tanu Chandna soul_exceptional@yahoo.com |
| B.Sc., B.Ed., M.Ed (V course in Special Education,had worked in an Autism school for about 10 months | S Saradha Priyadarshini saradha_pry@yahoo.com |
| Mental Retardation | Anumol C.A anumol_mkd@yahoo.com |
| Mental Retardation | Vasundhra Sharma vasusharma10@gmail.com |
| Rehabilitation Administration, have completed Bachelors of Physiotherapy and MBA in HRM & Marketing) Working: As Programme Officer at National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped | Salil Jandyl (Regd. with Rehabilitation Council of India) jmcsalil@yahoo.co.in |
| Mental Retardation | Pravin Kamble pravin209brs@gmail.com |
| Mental Retardation | Merlyn Condillac merl.21c@gmail.com |
| Mental Retardation | Suchismita Sarkar Working as HM in IAF Special School |
| Mental Retardation, Cerebral Palsy, Learning Disabilities, ADHD& Autism Spectrum Disorder | Parul G.Shah pgshah77@hotmail.com/ pgshah77@gmail.com |
| Mental Retardation | Harish Kumar harish117@gmail.com |
| Mental Retardation | Raj Kumar Kaushik rajkaushik1112@gmail.com |
| Vocational/ Theraputic/ Educational Intervention for childern with MR, Neurological Conditions (CP) & Autisum Spectrum Disorders | Kalicharan Verma kalicharanverma@gmail.com/ kalicharanverma@rediffmail.com |
| M.Ed. Spl. (V.I.) from BHU, Varanasi | Ratan Jha ratan.bju@gmail.com |
| Working: As a lecturer Special Education at AYJNIHH,SRC, Secunderabad M.Sc. (Bot), M.Sc(Psy), M.Ed (Gen), M.Ed.(HI), M.Phil (Edn), Pursuing Ph.D | Santhi prakash (Regd. with Rehabilitation Council of India) Contact Number: +91 9491868735 |
| Special Educator (VI) | Saji Mohan sajimohan123@gmail.com |
| Visual Impairment & Learning Disability | Puja pujaprasad9@gmail.com |
| Visual Impairment Working: For Multiple Handicapped Children | Ketki Jaiswal ketkijaiswal@gmail.com |
| As a special Educator(MR) atAsha School for Children with Special Need | Seema Pillai sajimohan123@gmail.com |
| Counselling and Psychotherapy, Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychometric test | Saheli Mukherjee mohorprit@gmail.com |
| Occupational Therapy | Santosh Kumar santosh_moth@rediffmail.com |
| Mild to Moderate Disabilities, Curriculum and Instruction, Inclusive Education, Mathematics and Reading | Sheetal Sood sheetal.sood@gmail.com |
| Mild-Moderate Intellectual Disabilities, Visual Impairment, Inclusive Education | Sheetal Tammal sheetaltammal@gmail.com |
| Working as Asstt.Programme Officer in Rehabilitation Council of India(RCI) Teaching experience(more than two years)as a Special Educator Specialisation:Mental Retardation, Psychology, Learning Disabilities, ADHD,Guidance (B.Ed,M.Sc(Psy.)PGCMTLD,CIG) | Sunil Kumar spl.educator@yahoo.co.in |
| Learning Disabilities | Ashita Narang ashitanarang@yahoo.com |
| Learning Disability | Sumita Kalra sumitakalra@rediffmail.com |
| Child Care & Education/ Psychology/ B.Ed/ DVTE Consultant in Special Education | V.Venkatesh venkymdu@yahoo.co.in |
| M.Phil in Rehabilitation Psychology (NIMH), M.Sc in Applied Psychology, B.Ed in Special Education, Certificate on Intervention and Management of Learning Disabled Areas of Interest: School Counseling, Rehabilitation Psychology, Psychological and Educational Assessment, Behaviour Modification, Classroom Management, Special Education | Anil Sangwan anil.nimh@gmail.com |
| Consultant Psychiatrist Depression, Schizoprenia, ADHD& Child Psychiatry | Dr.HemanT Mittal doctormittal@hotmail.com |
| Child Psychology (Early Intervention for Children with Developmental Disability) | Dr. Shobha Shashidhara ankurafoundation@rediffmail.com Ankura Foundation |
| Certified Sensory Integration Therapist by University of Sothern California and licenced to administer Sensory Integration & Praxis Tests (SIPT) | Malavika Samnani malavika.mandal@rediffmail.com |
| Specialisation:M.Sc.in Chemistry, Ph.D submitted in Chemistry & M.Ed in Spl.LD Working: As lecturer in Education at Maharaja Agarsen Mahavidyalaya | Ram Shanker Saxena (Regd. with Rehabilitation Council of India) gold_ram@rediffmail.com Location: Bareilly |
| A Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Clinic and Special Education Centre Contact Person: Mr. Anil K. Sangwan M.Sc (App Psy); M.Phil, (Rehab. Psy)-NIMH, B.Ed(Sp. Edu.) Specialisation:Occ. Therapy (IPH), MDRA (NIMH) | Shikhar shikhar.rohini@gmail.com |
| Career Training/ Art Therapy/ Training in Inclusive Education& Work Culture | Shaloo shaloosharma@pallavan.com |
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