Education of CWSN

About this chapter

Education of CWSN is the inclusive-education chapter that moves from the learning characteristics of children with motor, hearing, vision, intellectual, autistic, cerebral-palsy and specific-learning disabilities to the curricular adaptations and classroom arrangements a regular primary teacher must make. It covers four big adaptation tools — accommodation, modification, omission, substitution and expansion — plus material adaptation, evaluation adaptation, the Persons with Disabilities Act 1995, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), Block Resource Centres (BRCs) and the itinerant teacher model. It also explains inclusive classroom strategies (Kagan's cooperative learning, peer tutoring, TLM selection, ICT, ramps and seating), home-based education for children with severe or multiple disabilities, and the use of Braille, hearing aids, large print, scribes and 30-minute extra time in Class X / XII board exams. CTET Paper I tests this topic heavily through scenario items on identification, curricular accommodation versus modification, exam concessions, and the teacher's role in inclusion. The four tests — Practice 15, Quiz 15, Hard 15, Mastery 30 — cover all six topic strands at CTET depth.