Preamble
The Department of Special Education was set up at AIISH in April 2005.With the advancement in the field of special education, the task force in the department is geared towards offering the best possible educational services and training programmes. The staff of the department is involved in training students of Diploma, Under-graduate and Post-graduate courses in Special Education, conducting institutional and collaborative research, offering special educational services to children with special needs, guidance and counseling to caregivers, disseminating information and resources to other professionals, and empowering caregivers.
Aims and objectives
The Department of Special Education strives towards the ultimate goal of educational mainstreaming of children with communication disorders through efforts towards inclusive education. The department endeavors to realize this goal through achievement of the following objectives:
- Human resource development in the field of special education of children with communication disorders.
- Providing quality special educational services to the children with communication disorders.
- Promoting research and development work in the field of special education.
- To disseminate information on aspects relevant to special educational, services through orientation and sensitization programmes, short-term training programmes and workshops to various target groups around the country.
Faculty Members / Staff
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Dr. Jayashree C. Shanbal Professor of Language Pathology & Head, Department of Special Education Ph Off : 2502849 & 2502570 Email: jshanbal@aiishmysore.in |
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Dr. Prithi Venkatesh Associate Professor Ph Off : 2502565 Email: prithivenkatesh@aiishmysore.in |
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Dr. Santosh Yadav Assistant Professor in Special Education Ph Off : 2502244 Email: santoshdy@aiishmysore.in |
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Ms. P.V. Ramanakumari Special Educator Ph Off : 2519 Email: pvramanakumari@aiishmysore.in |
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Ms. Sumana H.P. Special Educator Ph Off : 0821 2502569 Email: sumanahp@aiishmysore.in |
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Ms. Kumudha R. Special Educator Ph Off : 0821 2502569 Email: kumudhaprakash@gmail.com |
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Ms. K. Anjana Special Educator Ph Off : 0821 2502569 Email: anjana691@gmail.com |
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Ms. S. Vijayalakshmi Special Educator Ph Off : 0821 2502569 Email: vinichampa@gmail.com |
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Ms. Sreevidya M. S. Special Educator Ph Off : 0821 2502569 Email: sree.sreevidya.sree@gmail.com |
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Ms. Leena. C.C. Special Educator Ph Off : 2502569 Email: leenaarun45@gmail.com |
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Ms. Shobha B.N. Special Educator Ph Off : 2502569 Email: shosujanasss2004@yahoo.co.in |
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Mr. Rajkumar R. Special Educator Ph Off : 2502569 Email: rajkumar_rim@yahoo.co.in |
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Mr. Balu M. Specail Educator Ph Off : 2502569 Email: baluaiish18@gmail.com |
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Ms. Lakshmi. M Special Educator Ph Off : 2502569 Email: lakshmi@aiishmysore.in |
Activities
A) Human Resource Development
The department is involved in human resource development to teach children with hearing impairment at preschool level, in inclusive schools and special schools, to carry out training programs and need based research.
Long Term Training Programmes
- DECSE-HI: Diploma in Early Childhood Special Education – (Hearing Impairment)
- B.Ed.Spl.Ed.(HI): Bachelors of Education in Special Education (Hearing Impairment)
- M.Ed.Spl.Ed.(HI): Master of Education in Special Education (Hearing Impairment)
- Ph.D in Special Education
Short Term Training programmes
- Workshops
- Seminars
- Conferences
- Parent Help Parents Programme (PHPP)
B) Special Educational Service Delivery for Children with Communication Disorders
In order to achieve the mission of mainstreaming children with special needs various educational services such as Special Educational Assessment Unit (SEA-U), Parent Infant Programme (PIP), Preschool Parent Empowerment Programme (PPEP), Preschool Programme, Preschool Supplementary Services (PSS), Group Educational Guidance Service (GEGS), Individualized Education Programme (IEP), Curricular Support Services (CSS), Non-formal education (NFE), Demonstration Educational Training (DET) and Guidance and Counselling are provided to children with communication disorders and their caregivers are provided.
Parents / caregivers are empowered to manage children with special needs through training for parallel teaching in preschool. Their knowledge base is enriched through periodic orientation programme. Practical training is also provided to them in developing special teaching-learning material for children with communication disorders. In addition, basic literacy and computer literacy programme are also provided. The details of the various services are shown in Figure 1
Support Services for Caregivers & Educators
Events in the Department
- Dussehra & Ayudha Pooja
- Gowri Ganesha Festival
- Graduation Day
- Independence Day
- Republic Day 2026
- Seminar, Workshops 2024-25
- Summer Camp
- Hindi Fortnight
- International Yoga Day
- Orientation Program
- President Visit
- World Autism Awareness Day
Research Activities and Outputs
Research is an integral part of the activities of the department of Special Education. The faculty of the department is constantly involved in guiding UG and PG students in conducting research for presentation and publication of scientific papers. The PG students are also guided for their dissertations as part fulfillment of their master’s degree. A number of doctoral students are provided guidance for the preparation of the thesis by the faculty member of the department.
1. Book Chapters Published 2024-25
Public Education
1.CBR programme
2.Parent Enrichment Programs(PEP)
3.Parents Help Parents Program (PHPP)
4.Seminars, Workshop 2024-25
Resources for Special Education
1. Teaching Learning Materials unit (TLM)
Teaching Learning Materials are used by teachers for their individual/group sessions, to make teaching more interesting. Teaching Learning Material plays a vital role in a classroom for children with communication disorders. Pre-school curriculum focuses on development of skills like linguistic, cognitive, pre-academic, story rhymes and self help skills. To achieve these skills, appropriate teaching learning materials can be utilized.
2. Resources and Infrastructure
The Department of Special Education provides its stakeholders and the beneficiaries a good climate, natural learning environment and a well-developed infrastructure. The Department is equipped with 21 classrooms, which houses state of the art facilities like Smart board, Internet facility, Theme-based paintings and Modified furniture for meeting the special requirements of the children. The Department also consists of Prayer hall, Audio-visual hall, rooms for providing services like Parent Infant Programme, Spacious rooms for Parent Empowerment Programme, Cubicles for providing services to offer school children. To engage children in a holistic manner the department also has two play areas and an unique ‘Inclusive Therapy Park’. These play areas ensure an all round development of the children
Resources and Infrastructure
Building:
- HOD Chamber
- Office - 1 cabin
- Faculty rooms - 2 rooms
- Staff room - 1 room with 10 shared cubicles
- SEA – U 2 cabins
- Class rooms - 21 rooms
- Computer training room
- Audio Visual room with mirrored walls and audio visual display facilities
- LiBoToy - 1 room and display corridor
- SUMERU - 2 Sound treated rooms
- 1 Parent Infant Program - 1 room and open space in hall
- Edutech Lab - 1 room
- Equipment room - 1 room
- Teaching Learning Material room
- Prayer hall
First floor/Terrace
- Get –together-cum-recreational area
- U-SAFE
- 1 Sensory material room
- 1 Sand play station
- 1 Dark room for visual stimulation
Equipment:
- Smart board with activstudio software
- FM hearing aids
Documentary Movie
Special Educational Services (Kannada)
Special Educational Services (Hindi)
Special Educational Services (Telugu)
S𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐳𝐚𝐚𝐧
Special Education Documentary
𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐈𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 | Hearing Loss
𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐃𝐇𝐃(𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭 𝐇𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫
Contact Details
Dr. Jayashree C. Shanbal
Professor of Language Pathology and Head – Department of Special EducationAll India Institute of Speech and Hearing
Manasagangothri
Mysore - 570 006
Karnataka State, India
0821-2502849 & 2502570
91-0821-2510566
Working Hours: 09:00 am to 5:30 pm IST
Working Days: Monday to Friday
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