NISH Conducts Online Interactive Parental Awareness Seminar

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:
National Institute of Speech & Hearing (NISH) together with the Directorate of Social Justice is conducting its 26th online Interactive Disability Awareness Seminar (NIDAS) on December 16th. The seminar, which is first of its kind, deals with “Stroke and its Rehabilitation” will be handled by Dr. Bindu Thankappan, Dept of Neurology, SAT Hospital, Medical College, Thiruvanantapuram.
This online live seminar hosted at NISH will commence at its campus at 10.30 am. This will be simultaneously presented at all the District Child Protection Units (DCPU) offices via internet.
The two and a half -hour programme in Malayalam aims to reach out across the state to larger numbers of parents and caregivers, who are not aware of the implications of disability.
Those who wish to participate from DCPU offices in each district may contact the Child Protection Units Officer nearest to them and avail the telephonic registration process.
Participants from each district can contact the District Child Protection officers in the following numbers: Thiruvananthapuram (0471-2345121), Kollam (0474-2791597) Pathanamthitta (0468-2319998), Alappuzha (0477-2241644), Kottayam (0481-2580548), Idukki (0486-2200108), Ernakulam (0484-2609177),Thrissur (0487-2364445), Palakkad(0491-2531098), Malappuram (0483-2978888), Kozhikode (0495-2378920), Wayanad (04936-246098), Kannur (0490-2326199)and Kasargod (04994-256990).
Participants from Trivandrum district can also attend from NISH after telephonic registration by contacting NISH in 0471- 3066658.
Interested people can register on the website Interested people can register on the website
​​ http://nish.ac.in/others/news/609 Participants should either have a personal computer, laptop or tablet along with reliable high speed internet connectivity, webcam and microphone.