THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
The National Institute of Speech and Hearing (NISH) has planned an online seminar on early identification, intervention, management and rehabilitation options for children suffering from “Global Developmental Delay” on November 17, in collaboration with the Directorate of Social Justice.
The topic of the NISH online Interactive Disability Awareness Seminar (NIDAS) is “Global Developmental Delay: What more to be done?” It will be led by Aswathi A.K, Speech Language Pathologist, Department of Neuro Developmental Science, NISH.
The proceedings of the webinar will be streamed live for the registered participants from the NISH campus at Akkulam here from 10.30 am. This is the 35th webinar being organized by NISH. The two-and-a-half hour webinar, to be conducted in Malayalam, aims at creating awareness on the causes, importance of early identification and intervention and the management and rehabilitation options for the children suffering from “Global Developmental Delay.”
Global Developmental Delay refers to delay on the part of a child to reach certain milestones compared to other children of the same age. This might involve learning to walk or talk, movement skills, learning new things and interacting with others socially and emotionally.
Those who are interested in the webinar may contact the nearest District Child Protection Units (DCPU) officer or register at http://nidas.nish.ac.in/be-a-participant/.
Registrants should have a personal computer/laptop/tablet along with reliable high-speed internet connectivity, webcam and microphone to take part in the discussions. Participants can also register via telephone, 0471-3066675. For more details, visit: http://nidas.nish.ac.in/.
