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Services - Vocational Training Center

The ultimate aim of SPASTN is the effective inclusion of disabled persons in the working society. At SPASTN's Vocational Training Centre, children with disabilities learn to make Paper Bags, Candles, Jute Bags, Pen-refills, Handkerchiefs, Hand-towels, Leather Key-chains, Phenol, Liquid Soap, and Decorative Flowers made from waste silk cocoons, etc. The latest introduction in vocational training is the ceramic unit and Horticulture.

Trainees undergo Occupational therapy to sensitize them to the requirements of manufacturing routines. They learn at their own pace and they also learn to assist each other. In the afternoon teamwork is further ingrained through a session of games. Vocational training not only keeps them occupied but inculcates a sense of discipline and is also therapeutic. They therefore learn to follow a regular routine for all their activities including meal times, leisure times and a time for rest. The centre has orders for the supply of products manufactured at the Vocational Training Centre, on a regular basis.

Through this Vocational Training Centre, SPASTN strives to include persons with disabilities into regular vocational activity, gain employment in sheltered workplaces or even engage in a trade, working from home.

SPASTN also has a Job-oriented Vocation Training called ABLE ART, which is a job oriented training programme. It imparts training in Tailoring, Food Production, Weaving, Printing, Desk Top Publishing and Office Training. The premises of Able Art was planned and constructed barrier-free, making it completely accessible for people with multiple disabilities. Able Art is manned by trainers and special educators, who pre-determine the set of competencies for each trade. Testing and evaluation, using real-time tests, are carried out, often in the presence of prospective employers.

Trainees here also go on visits to industrial and other business establishments to get sensitized to real workplace atmospheres. Employers are also briefed and sensitized to the disabled employees and their requirements, especially barrier free work areas. The DTP and Printing divisions of ABLE ART are already processing respective orders. The Catering division caters to all meals and snacks of SPASTN as well as additional Party orders on special occasions.



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