Maruthi Seva

Maruti Seva’s vision is dedicated in enabling children with specific needs to achieve their best. Maruti Seva Centre for Special Education is one among the best schools in India for the children with Intellectual Disabilities (Mentally Subnormal - Mild, Moderate, Severe and Autism – educable, trainable and custodial group and Intellectual Difficulties Slow Learners and Learning Disabilities). We are a leader in rehabilitation, habilitation and child education and in the delivery of integrated child development services. We believe in uniqueness of all children and the power of families. We also believe in interdisciplinary approach towards overall development of the child. We believe in creativity, innovation and in challenging barriers. In partnership with parents, we develop and implement innovative programs and services to enhance the quality of life for children and their families.

Children with learning difficulties are often typecast. In school, they may struggle to focus, seem unwilling to learn and unable to keep up with their grade level. However, such challenges often impact children in other ways; leaving them socially alienated, unable to maintain healthy relationships and suffering from low self-esteem and sometimes dropped out from school. Without the right support, these children will continue to feel self-conscious, sad, angry, and helpless. And without specialist intervention, these children will be taught to accept that way of life; they will be taught not to aspire.

Founded in 31st January 1999 in Chennai, India, we have over 20 years of experience of working with children with learning difficulties. We use several educational therapy techniques and learning strategies to motivate children to learn, to think deeply and critically, and expect more of themselves. By building and strengthening fundamental cognitive skills, we positively impact children to be intellectually independent and to live life in the long run.

Our team is committed to providing direct, individualized, and high-quality services to children with special needs.

We have a specialist team comprising of:

Speech-Language Pathologists
Occupational Therapists
Physiotherapist
Psychologists
Special Educators
Montessori Teacher
Social Worker

We dedicate ourselves to the cause and provide services in all the related areas focusing on the children with intellectual disabilities/difficulties. Since learning disability/difficulty is a hidden disability which does not allow the child to perform to his/her actual is a potential, the under achievement of an otherwise intelligent child is puzzling to both teachers and parents alike. Timely identification and appropriate help will ensure that these children continue in the mainstream of education and their potential is fully tapped.

Our objectives

To provide integrated therapy services in a multi-disciplinary framework.
To enhance support for the child in his immediate environment.
To fortify partnership between families/carers, service providers and community resources.
Dissemination of information and sharing knowledge by providing training to parents/carers, teachers, other health professionals and students.
To develop resources to meet the needs of our diverse communities.
To introduce standards that allows for flexibility in service delivery and offers a greater level of expertise.
To promote individual professional growth for members of the team and facilitate continuous enrichment of their knowledge and skills.
To not only to identify, provide help and support the child but to actively develop their hidden strengths and talents.
To help parents to understand and accept their child's condition and empower them to find solutions.

MARUTI SEVA believes that

Everyone has the ability to learn
Every individual should be given the opportunity to fulfill his/her potential whatever the obstacles;
Every individual should have the opportunity to enrich his/her life, make choices and live independently;
Learning methods should be moulded to suit the student.

Assessment

Maruti Seva offers an educational assessment for children who seem to be having difficulties and are performing poorly in school and are referred by schools or brought in by parents. A detailed case history is obtained by meeting the parents in order to get a thorough understanding of the child's background. A series of psychological tests, intelligent quotient tests and other evaluation tests are regularly conducted for school children, on behalf of pediatricians and schools. They undergo diagnosis and assessment for IQ, psychological problems and learning disabilities. All the children are assessed according to their level of intelligence, opportunities, curricular/co curricular inputs by different tools/methods.

Areas assessed:

Some basic factors observed during assessment are

The arousal and sustaining of attention
Expressive and receptive language areas and the taking of instruction
Mental fatigue
Interest etc

The basic skills of

Reading
Comprehension
Listening
Spelling
Writing
Mechanical
Expressive
Copying Skills
Near Point
Far Point
Subject Comprehension
Mathematics
Second language
Focus to task on hand
Visual Perception, Motor Planning and Execution
Auditory perception

With over 20 years of experience in working directly with children with learning difficulties, we understand the level of effort, hard work, patience and drive that children and teachers need to have so that each child succeeds through their school years. Continuously working on bridging grade gaps and gradually improving performance can be physically and emotionally difficult for a child, but we have created a school community and environment that is safe, empowering and inclusive.

Our children are getting true knowledge in Tamil, English, Maths, Environmental Science, Life Oriented Education and Pre-Vocational Training. After acquiring basic knowledge in language - written, oral, communication, functional academics and other areas, they were send to NIOS system for the completion of 10th std. and 12th std.

Subjects Taught:

Tamil
English
History, Geography etc
Home science
Business studies
Computer science
DTP
Data entry
Life oriented Maths/Science

Our school focuses mainly in academic related skills which will help them to be independent in future. We maintain individual files for each and every student, which contains their previous and present level of the academic, non-academic and other behavior details. Behavioral management program is given to all the students.

Periodical evaluation is conducted once in three months in front of the parents and feed back is taken from them. Clean and hygienic environment is provided. Qualified and experienced teachers are handling the children under our Honorary Director S. Ramalingam.

Before the evaluation, Quarterly, Half-Yearly, and Annual Examinations are conducted like regular schools. Answer sheets are given with marks and separate test notes are maintained. Weekly tests are conducted and marks are awarded to the students. Principal, Director and Parents will sign in those papers.

Functions celebrated:

Children’s day
Annual day
Sports day
Teachers day
Independence day
Republic day

Unique methodology is adopted on the basis of overall psychological principles. Each child is getting direct experiences from different methods and strategies Teacher made Teaching Learning Materials (TLM) are mostly used. It is very cost effective. Traditional methods were used to develop sensory inputs.

Remedial education:

This is a supportive section for children who are with borderline intelligence, children with learning disability (Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, and Dysphasia), behavioral problems, and emotional problems. They are trained in all aspects by encouraging and supporting them. Such positive reinforcement helps and ensures that they emerge with a strong sense of self-worth, confidence, and the determination to keep going even when things are tough. We provide the children with social and emotional tools he or she needs to work through challenges. This makes them grow stronger and more flexible so that they can cope up with the regular children both in academics and in extracurricular activities. It is offered after school hours for the children from LKG to 10th std. Timing: 3.00 p.m to 9.00 p.m

Clinical teaching:

It is offered to the students from LKG to 12th std. Subjects handled are Tamil, English, Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology etc..

Guidance and Counseling:

It is given to the Children with emotional disturbances, low self-esteem and mentally disturbed children. Psychologists provide psychotherapy, behavior modification programs and counseling to families of children who may have social-emotional disturbances, familial issues and/or poor academic performance. Most often these problems are expressed in children as behavioral disorder and Psychologists help the family understand and manage these issues. Occupational therapy:

We provide best pediatric occupational therapy to develop their academic and non-academic skills. Our therapy lab has full fledged equipments. Occupational Therapists aim at enabling the child to be as physically, psychologically and socially independent as possible. Occupational therapists work with children who have inadequate motor coordination and planning (praxis), sensory processing dysfunction, social-emotional imbalance, impaired cognitive functions, poor academic performance and limited play skills.

Our school is located in a well structured building. The environment is child friendly. The school timing is from 9.30 a.m to 3.00 p.m

We provide

Basic Reading, Writing, Spelling and Mathematics Programme
Alternate Schooling
Remedial and Parallel Education Programme
Autism Laboratory for development of communication skills and social behaviour

Early Learning is based on:

Research based Instruction
Planned curriculum based instruction
Differentiated Instruction
Developmentally appropriate Instruction
Reinforcement of Positive Behavior
Caring and Learning
Parent- Teacher involvement

Basic Reading ,Writing, spelling and Arithmetic Programme:

The pre-school scheme is tailored for children between the ages of 3 and 9 years. By special request from heads of private schools, pediatricians and neurologists, admission is granted to help, at an early stage, children with learning problems. Basic reading, writing, spelling and Arithmetic programmes on alphabets, numbers and social development, necessary for coping in school are conducted. After the successful completion of this programme, many children are ready to return to a regular school.

Admission Policy

The admission policy is an open one and a formal referral is not necessary. Children may be referred by the heads of schools, teachers, parents or doctors and are accepted throughout the academic year. These students are helped to attain a level best suited to their ability.

One of the main objectives of this policy is to transfer the child back to the mainstream school as and when abilities match. Children who are unable to rejoin a mainstream school are also helped to complete Secondary and Senior Secondary Examinations conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling, Department of Education, Government of India.

Resource Room

This is a reading/writing/spelling/Arithmetic practice room, housing a series of activities to assess and develop fine motor co-ordination, eye-hand co-ordination, letter recognition and formation. Basic reading and writing can be well established through special activities, which will take the form of play and games, encouraging the child to have fun while learning to read and write. Many children from this group are integrated into mainstream schools.

Library

Maruti Seva has a good collection of books and reference materials. Library class is an important part of the curriculum, when the children are taught to refer to books, take notes, etc

Recreation Room

Maruti Seva has set up a Recreation Room where children may benefit from indoor games of concentration such as chess, scrabble, carom, Arts and crafts.

About Us