Ability Week 2021-22

The Special Education Needs Department, Shiv Nadar School held its annual event – “Ability Week” in the month of November, an endeavor to honour International day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) where we all come together to laud and embrace each other’s abilities, human diversity and inclusivity. The aim of celebrating the Ability Week is understanding and acceptance of people with varied abilities and celebrating their achievements and contributions to the society as well as to empower individuals with diverse needs. The theme for this year was –Life Skills and Problem Solving. An array of activities to foster the same was held in each homeroom of the Primary years, led by the SEN team in collaboration with the Home Room Educators.

Students of Early Years and Grade 2 learnt resolving big emotions through movement by engaging in exercise and yoga. The activity focused on developing problem solving skills through self-regulation, relaxation, communication, learning to be resilient and ability to change.

A story telling activity was conducted in grade 3 to help students understand the similarities and differences in our surroundings. It provided students with opportunities to see that while each of us does and grasps some things well, some other things are hard or challenging for us. The message being that we are all different in some ways, but we all have the same needs for respect, acceptance, inclusion and friendship. this storytelling activity to help students learn how to cope with everyday problems they may face with friends and classmates.

A special assembly was held to culminate the week and reflect upon the learnings. The rhythm of the assembly was an Introduction to the International Day for Persons with Disabilities.