Curriculum to suit individuals, not individuals to suit curriculum

Tamana is a quality oriented professional organization which is committed to providing an individualised education plan for each child. It offers a challenging programme that looks at the individual as a whole. Thus, each IEP includes various areas of development including language, communication, motor development and inter-personal social skills.

The School has been divided into 6 groups on the basis of the students' functional levels and chronological age. Each group has a classroom setting where personalised attention is offered according to their various needs.

It offers a comprehensive curriculum comprising:

Pre-academic stimulation : Activities in this curricular area include play, music and crafts. It encourages the child to participate in things that bring out his hidden feelings and talent. It also creates a suitable and informal atmosphere for learning. 

Functional academics : This curricular area has reading , writing, practical math etc. as activities. 

Environmental education : The curriculum here explores the world around us; especially the Nature, and physical sciences. 

Self-help Skills : Activities in this curricular area include eating, dressing and maintaining hygiene. The child learns the basic etiquettes and mannerism to interact with the society with more confidence.

Speech and language development : An important element of this is computer aided speech therapy which goes to the minutest details and provides a perfect teaching system.

Physical development : In this curricular area, we focus on manual and equipment aided physiotherapy.

Mobility skills development : It involves field trips, films, supportive classroom activities etc. which encourage the child to actually interact with the society and participate in events which have scope for such interaction.

Sex Education : Books and counselling is used to provide the child much needed sex education. His/her queries are answered and he/she is encouraged to leave inhibitions to be an aware person.

Vocational Skills : This section prepares the students to settle into the society as efficient and able citizens. They are given training such as cooking, needlework, weaving, laminating, cyclostyling, block printing, fabric painting etc.

Additionally, students help the staff with tasks such as maintenance, office work and meal preparation. The principal goal of this is to develop a sense of responsibility, deference to authority, understanding instructions, and a basic work ethic.Underlying all skill development is the goal of developing a sense of self worth and dignity as a member of the community.

Therapy:

Seventy percent of the students at Tamana require speech and occupational physiotherapy. Each child's speech, language and motor problems are scientifically evaluated. Special care is taken to ensure that teachers and parents are fully involved in the ongoing program.
  
The School offers a unique speech and language therapy with the aid of Visi-speech Computer Program. Specifically charted speech exercises are conducted by a full time speech therapist and an assistant.
  
Occupational therapy is administered by a senior occupational therapist and an assistant through manual and equipment aided techniques.