V-Excel Request for Supporting Therapy services

V-Excel- Overview http://www.v-excel.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/freehearts Based in Mandavelli, Chennai Non-profit, non-religious, non-sectarian and non- discriminatory organization Cater to children with special needs Dr. Vasudha Prakash is Founder-Director and did Special Ed in NJ before moving to India Since 2001, Asha Seatle supported since 2006 Asha Seattle support scholarships for deserving children

V-Excel Vision Mission a world that believes in human potential, where individuals with special needs can integrate and contribute to mainstream society. Mission create an environment where individuals with special needs can grow to lead dignified, independent, and productive lives in society. With a unique holistic approach, we work on the all-round development of every individual’s abilities, rather than their disabilities.

Focus Core philosophy is that every child has the potential to learn and that the focus should be on abilities, not disabilities Early Intervention group for infant and toddlers. School group for school going children group (6 to 14 years of age). Pre- vocation group Vocation group for children learning a vocation – 14 to 25 years of age Remedial group for group for Regular children with some learning disabilities

Request for Supporting Therapy services Occupational Therapy (OT) - Engaging therapists and professionals The overall goal of Occupational Therapy is to help the person with autism improve his or her quality of life at home and in school. The therapist helps introduce, maintain, and improve skills so that individuals with autism and other disabilities can be learn functional ADLs (Activities of Daily Living) for self care. These are some of the skills occupational therapy fosters: Daily living skills, such as toilet training, dressing, brushing teeth, and other grooming skills Fine motor skills required for holding objects while handwriting or cutting with scissors Gross motor skills used for walking, climbing stairs, or riding a bike Sitting, posture, or perceptual skills, such as telling the differences between colors, shapes, sizes Awareness of his or her body and its relation to others Visual skills for reading and writing Play, coping, self-help, problem solving, communication, and social skills The services we offer are all extremely resource intensive. While we charge some fees, these are far from adequate to cover the intense essential services we provide keeping the special child’s development in mind. Apart from the infrastructural need, our challenge is to hire and retain trained professionals such as Occupational-Therapists and Physio-Therapists that have other lucrative job options. They form an important part of our multi-disciplinary team and bring significant value to a child’s development. We request your support for offering good therapies services. Beneficiaries of your support : We anticipate about 100 special children to benefit from these therapy services. Number of teachers to be hired/retained: Fund request will support to hire 5 skilled physio therapists. (Since this was started as One time funding request, this requested fund would support to retain 12 physio therapists by increasing the salary) Estimated Cost: Rs. 9,00,000 ( INR. 15,000/per month/per teacher) Fallback plan: If Asha approve the full funding that will be great. Otherwise, we will find other donor sources to get the remaining funds.

Thank you Through all the above therapies, children with Autism and other developmental disabilities: Develop peer and adult relationships Learn how to focus on tasks Learn how to delay gratification Express feelings in more appropriate ways Engage in play with peers Learn how to self-regulate Your contribution will go a long way in ensuring that children with disabilities are able to gain independence and lead productive lives in mainstream society.