Alongside school education, Asmita Vikas Kendra provides pre-vocational training to students between the ages of 14 and 18. After completing this stage, students participate in a transitional programme that helps transform the skills they have acquired at school into practical vocational activities.
The acceptance of individuals with developmental disabilities in the workforce is gradually increasing, and Asmita Vikas Kendra strives to contribute to this positive change by promoting inclusion, equality, dignity, and self-reliance.
The dedicated efforts of our professionals and management have helped many individuals achieve partial or complete economic independence. Through appropriate training and continuous support, these individuals have developed greater independence in their personal, social, and occupational lives. We remain committed to helping more individuals achieve independence and supporting them throughout their journey.
With support from Dry Creek Charity (Utah, USA), Devjibhai Foundation (USA), and the friends and families of Mr. and Mrs. Govind Shah (USA), Asmita Vikas Kendra established the Pankaj-Priyam Vocational Centre for Children with Developmental Disabilities on 15 November 2015.
We have been fortunate to receive the generous support and funding of Late Pankajbhai Patel and Mrs. Priyamben Patel since the beginning of this initiative.
The centre provides practical vocational training and currently develops a variety of handmade products, including:
• Scented Incense Sticks (Agarbattis)
• Files and Folders (Soft & Hard Box Files)
• Rakhis for Rakshabandhan
• Diyas
• Paper Bags
• Cloth Bags
Children with a mild case of mental disabilities could be successful in completing training after a continuous period of proper training. While children with a moderate case of mental disabilities may take longer to achieve a similar goal. The work can be highly challenging from and along with children may face other challenges such as epilepsy, hearing loss, impaired vision, and hyper activeness.
The main objectives of this Centre are to develop work habits & positive attitudes for work with punctuality & sincerity. To improve skills to work in group setting with various instruments, task completion behavior and also to develop life survival & safety skills.
One special teacher with two assistant teachers are coordinating these learning activities.
1): File Making (soft & hard box) 2): Ball pen making & 3): Various scents incense making (Agarbatti)
Whenever we get more grants, we will expand this department with many more products.
Children with MILD (Mentally Challenged) effects could be successful in completing training after continuous proper training, while MODERATE children takes longer time to achieve similar goal. This is very highly challenging work, because unfortunately some of these children also are suffering from the associated problems like: epilepsy, hearing loss, Slanting eyes, hyper activities.
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