Shri
Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment inaugurated
the “2nd workshop to train Professionals as Master
Trainers for using INCLEN Tools” organized by the National
Trust, a statutory body under the Department of Empowerment of Persons
with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
here today. Shri Gehlot wished all the professional Master Trainers a bright
future ahead. Shri N.S. Kang, Secretary, Department of Empowerment of
Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice &
Empowerment and Shri Mukesh Jain, CEO, National Trust and many dignitaries were
present.
The
1st National Workshop was organized form 31st
August to 2nd September, 2016 in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi in which
78 professionals in the field of Pediatrician, Clinical Psychologist &
Psychiatrists from 18 states were trained.
The National Trust is working for the welfare of persons with Autism, Cerebral
Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities. It has achieved a major
mile stone for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families
as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has been notified for
certification. The children affected by ASD will be certified by using the
INCLEN tools for diagnosis and ISAA tools for severity scoring. The aim of the
proposed workshop is to train and empower health care professionals
(pediatricians, psychologists, psychiatrists) to diagnose, certify and thus
take the first step to manage children with ASD appropriately. The purpose of
training the professionals as Master Trainers is that every State, thorough its
Master Trainers, will train other professionals in using INCLEN and ISAA tools
which becomes base in issuing the certificates for Autism. This will solve the
problem of issuing certificate for Autism is in the State.
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Sanjay Kumar/jk/M/o SJ&E/10.02.2017