REMEDIAL UNIT

REMEDIAL EDUCATION: A SHORT TERM BUT NECESSARY FIX

WHAT IS REMEDIAL EDUCATION?

Remedial education, also known as basic skills development, is instruction provided to students who need more support in core areas such as reading and math. As students’ progress across grades without grasping fundamental concepts from previous grades and the curriculum becomes more rigorous, these learning gaps only keep widening.

  • Remedial Education Definition: Remedial education, often called basic skills development, is an essential instructional approach.
  • Targeted Students: This approach aims to assist students struggling in core subjects, especially reading and mathematics.
  • Identification of Students: Students qualify for remediation based on their underperformance in these subject areas.
  • Closing Learning Gaps: Remedial programs are designed to reteach fundamental concepts that students may have missed or not fully grasped in previous grades.
  • Preventing Widening Gaps: As students progress through higher grades without mastering these core concepts, the learning gaps become more pronounced.
  • Diverse Delivery Methods: Remedial instruction can be provided in various ways to meet the specific needs of students.
  • Personalized Support: Effective remedial programs are often conducted by teachers with specialized training, who can provide individualized attention.
  • Smaller Class Sizes: Remedial classes tend to have fewer students compared to regular classrooms, allowing for more personalized support.
  • Inclusivity: Remedial programs cater to a wide range of students, including those with learning disabilities.
  • Support for Learning Disabilities: Students with learning disabilities (LD) benefit significantly from remedial education.
  • Slow Learners (SL): Remedial programs are also valuable for slow learners, helping them catch up with their peers.

DACAL addresses the skill deficits of children for their strength and needs. We screen them for pre – learning skills and then follow it up with remediation for children at risk.

DACAL is a full time pull out remediation centre for children with LD and SL. Remedial intervention is offered for children between the ages of 6 to 12, where the child is pulled out of the main stream school and given a remedial program based on multi-sensory approach.

The remediation program is offered for a period of one year at the minimum to two years at the maximum, depending on the intensity of the remediation required after which the child is either mainstreamed back to the regular school or they can opt for admission in Pre-NIOS or vocational training.

Bringing together key components in an integrated way that supports the development of the capacity to self-regulate, attend, engage, communicate, learn, and think/reason.An Individual Education Program (IEP) is drawn out for the child based on his strengths and needs. It consists of skill building, need based and activity oriented learning. Occupational therapy, Speech therapy and Psychotherapy is given to children in need accordingly.

HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT

Apart from academics, we provide skill building and Holistic Development of the child with a view to nurture innate abilities, talents and interests of the child. Every child is exposed to the following areas.

  • Art and crafts
  • Multiple-intelligence
  • Sports
  • Home-Science

PART TIME REMEDIATION

Part-time remediation is a crucial intervention for students who, despite progressing through grades, struggle to comprehend grade-level course material. These students often face ongoing difficulties in understanding basic concepts, making it essential to address their immediate learning gaps while working on strengthening foundational learning in the long term.

Part-time remedial teaching is a flexible approach that accommodates small group or individual instruction. The curriculum is seamlessly integrated with the student’s existing coursework. It involves a collaborative effort among students, parents, and teachers to assess the need for additional support, devise an implementation plan, and evaluate the impact of remedial teaching.

This type of remediation spans various levels of support, with its significance often increasing during intensified support periods. Part-time remedial teaching is accessible to students encountering challenges such as linguistic or mathematical difficulties, specific subject-related learning struggles, or difficulties with study skills.

The primary goals of part-time remedial teaching are to enhance students’ foundational learning skills and proactively prevent learning difficulties. It’s a collaborative process where students, parents, and teachers collectively assess the need for support, strategize the implementation of teaching, and assess the effectiveness of the intervention.

This type of remediation spans various levels of support, with its significance often increasing during intensified support periods. Part-time remedial teaching is accessible to students encountering challenges such as linguistic or mathematical difficulties, specific subject-related learning struggles, or difficulties with study skills.

The primary goals of part-time remedial teaching are to enhance students’ foundational learning skills and proactively prevent learning difficulties. It’s a collaborative process where students, parents, and teachers collectively assess the need for support, strategize the implementation of teaching, and assess the effectiveness of the intervention.

WHAT CAN BE DONE?

  • Assessment: Assessment includes a variety of standardized criterion-reference instruments which provide information across the traditional areas of development including cognition, fine and gross motor, receptive and expressive communication, social-emotional development and self-help.

  • Evaluation: Procedures used by qualified professionals to determine a child’s initial and continuing eligibility which focus on determining the status of the infant or toddler in all of the developmental areas: cognitive, social/emotional, physical (including vision and hearing), communication, and adaptive behaviour.

REGISTERED & RECOGNISED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR WELFARE OF THE DIFFERENTLY ABLED BY THE GOVT. OF TAMIL NADU REGISTRATION NO. 685 / 2024

NIOS ACCREDITED CENTRE NO. M19103

DACAL is a school which caters to children with developmental delays, learning difficulties and special needs.

CONTACT US

DACAL - Darul Ansar Centre for Applied Learning

Anjuman-e-Himayath-e-Islam

#16, B.N. Reddy Road, Chennai 600 017.

Phone: 044 4901 4553, 98842 70480

[email protected]

Mon-Fri: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm