WEAVING THERAPY

WEAVING FOR PERSONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

  • Hand weaving can be learnt and practised by people with physical disability, hearing disability and learning disability. Interestingly, the process of weaving is also therapeutic for people with intellectual & developmental disorders and generally for people with low self-esteem/ anxiety. Hand weaving helps people improve their gross & fine motor skills too; thereby making them live more independently.

  • In addition to helping them with reduced anxiety levels and improved self-esteem, it also gives them social acceptance. Weaving can be taken up as an occupation that can provide financial support to them. Today, weaving is being used as an art therapy in various parts of the world. The process of creating a woven piece has therapeutic value. A person’s choice of colour and concentration on patterns also varies. “An individual needs to have a higher degree of concentration while working on a loom with thread. If they go wrong, they need to redo it. So, their mind is completely focused on the entire process. Weaving lifts a person’s spirits and brings positivity. When an individual creates something beautiful using a loom, he/she gets a sense of accomplishment. Selecting colours for the yarn is a way of expressing your emotions. Rather than bottling up feelings, you get to relieve it while weaving. This has a healing touch.

WHY WEAVING?

Weaving is a fun and inexpensive activity that helps to develop your child’s fine motor skills. Weaving also helps to develop:

  • Eye-hand coordination and concentration

  • Problem-solving skills. Children need to consider and work through any problems they encounter as they weave.

  • Understanding of patterns and sequencing, which are essential for later literacy and numeracy development.

  • Language skills such as naming colours, and language concepts such as ‘in,’ ‘out,’ ‘up,’ ‘down’ etc.

CREATIVITY AND RELAXATION:

Weaving is a quiet, calming activity in which children can develop and express their creative ideas. Weaving teaches children about recycling and reusing materials. You can re-use all the materials for another day. Weavers also engage in a form of algorithmic thinking as they systematically interlace threads and repeat and vary numerical sequences of patter

TRAINING:

At DACAL, we provide training on setting up the loom, basics of weaving and also some interesting hand weaving techniques which can be easily practiced by people with special needs. Design & product ideas will be provided during the training. With this comes an interest in increasing the accessibility of making for people with disabilities, which has mainly emphasized independence and empowerment.

SOME OF WAGE EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS INCLUDE:

  • Designers

  • Warping Expert

  • Yarn Dyer

  • Assistant Weaver

  • Quality Control/Supervisor

  • Sales person in sales outlets of cooperatives and brand stores

OPPORTUNITIES:

The Handloom sector is one of those unique areas where there are tremendous opportunities for self-employment. You can easily set up a weaving unit with financial help from the Government. There are a large number of wage employment opportunities in the organized sector. In Handloom weaving industry most of the workers are in unorganized sector. However, a large number of weavers join together and work in cooperation which is known as a cooperative society. This has many advantages:

  • Bulk orders can be undertaken with quality assurance

  • Greater profits as raw material is purchased in bulk cheaply

  • All unite together to overcome hurdles and problems. This makes the weaver feel more secure

  • Empowering the weaver through latest innovations in the sector

    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.

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