A visible change through ‘opening-up’
The Hindu
Project Green Slate introduces children of low-income families to multiple intelligence recognition
Till six months ago, 12-year-old Anitha (name changed) was a child suffering from low self-esteem. She wouldn’t mingle with anybody when she attended regular school before COVID-19 struck, and the lockdown only worsened the communication skills of the pre-teen. Luckily, she joined Project Green Slate, an initiative of the NGO Yellow Bag Foundation (YBF), which began conducting multiple intelligence (MI) training for children in the city’s slum areas in February this year. Attending three-hour weekly sessions of ‘opening-up’ have ushered in a visible transformation in Anitha.
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Under the NBS, newborns are screened for communication disorders before they are discharged from the hospital. For this, AIISH has collaborated with several hospitals to conduct screening which is performed to detect hearing impairment and other developmental disabilities that can affect speech and language development. The screening has been helping in early intervention for those identified with the disorders, as any delay in the identification poses risk and affects successful management of children with hearing loss, according to AIISH.