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The headquarters is the hub of all activities and is situated at Taramani, on land owned by the society.

Special Education Centres

Taramani
A sprawling 18,000 square feet state-of-the-art building, houses the Special Education Centre in Taramani. This has the departments of Physiotherapy, Speech and Language, Music, Play, Special Education classrooms, unit for Sensory Integration, Open Schooling classrooms, Science and Computer labs, a unit for persons with multiple disabilities and sensory problems and Hydro therapy. This building is barrier free to enable easy access for persons with wheelchairs. SPASTN is an accredited institution for the National Institute of Open Schooling, both for the academic and for selected vocational courses.

Ayanavaram
This center is in a rental building in Central Chennai, close to the city slums. The center has all the services needed for children with Cerebral Palsy and is managed by the principal.
Royapuram
This center is right in the middle of the slums of North Chennai. This again, is in a rental building, with two floors and is managed by the principal. This too has all the services required for children with Cerebral Palsy.
Able Art
Trains young adults with disabilities for job oriented vocations, with a view to start their own sheltered workshop or for self employment, or to prepare them for open employment.

Human Resources Development
This department trains professionals in the rehabilitation field. A key factor in the movement for greater Disability Management and Rehabilitation is the development of trained personnel to serve this cause. Regular training programmes and short term training programmes are offered. The building opposite the special school has a well equipped library for both the staff and student trainees. The classes for regular training programmes are held here, and it has a hostel for out station students.

Administration Block
The Administrative Block housing the offices of the Director, her support staff and the Accounts department are in the building to the right of the school building. The Able Art vocational training centre is situated above the Administrative office. Each vocational area is colour coded with raised name boards for easy access to low vision people. The premises of Able Art was planned and constructed barrier-free, making it completely accessible for people with multiple disabilities.

Vocational Training Centre, Taramani
This is a large hall where students with disabilities are trained in vocations suited to their individual and collective abilities which includes skilled training and functional academics.

Workshop
The ground floor houses the core workshop, where special need based furniture are fabricated for all the three centers and for the CBR programmes.
The Orthotics unit functions from the first floor, where calipers and other special aids and equipments, necessary for the mobility and functioning of persons with disability are fabricated.

Family Service Centre

 

Children with disability and their families who come from out station, find this accommodation cost effective and also 'reach effective' - as it is within the campus.

Training Hall, (Gym)
The gym is a large hall which is now used for short training programmes and for yoga practice.

Open Air Auditorium
All big events are conducted here in addition to the daily prayer and yoga for children of the special school, in the open under a canopy of trees.

 


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