On 2 Jan'2011 a parent workshop was held at Sandnya Srushti campus Butibori for parents of our mentally challenged students. The faculty who conducted the workshop was Mrs.Pratima Hawaldar, clinical psychologist from Mumbai. The registration started at 10 am, which off course was free. Dr.RM Uttarwar, Chairman of SSS welcomed the faculty with a small token gift made by our rehab unit. With a brief introduction by secretary Navin Deshpande regarding the faculty and purpose of the said workshop, the session was handed over to Mrs.Pratima Hawaldar at 10:40 am.
The whole session went till 3:00pm with a small break for lunch in between. Though we do not charge any registration fees but still we provide lunch to the participants and staff of SSS.
Mrs.Hawaldar, a lady with vast and long standing experience in this field guided the parents for critical problems in their mentally challenged wards. She has a skill to make the parents relax instantly. Many of the parents had their children along with them since there was no body at home to look after them. Thus we had our staff who took care of these students through out this period. We do realize that such workshops may not provide ready made solutions for the problems faced by parents. But the whole idea of such inter action is to explore various options out of which one may be useful in a particular case. This inter action can help parents think in many different ways to get a solution or to get strength for couping up with the ultimate.
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