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	We have found it extremely useful for hearing impaired students as well , since receptive spoken language can be developed in Hindi and English by covering the written text manually. All students enjoy doing the excercise and look forward to computer class with enthusiasm. Asha AWWA School, Delhi View Detail>>	The software given by Care'N'Cure under Project SMART is useful for Mental Development of Mentally Challenged children. It's audio visual impact has proved more effective for their development. Sona Viklang Punarvas Evam Shodh Sansthan (Rajasthan) View Detail>>
	Software packages under project SMART are extremely helpful for the children with disability. BIKASH (Bankura District, West Bengal) View Detail>>	The software proved to be not only educative and informative but also enjoyable for the children to work on. It is convenient for our teachers to teach and our children to grasp a new concept easier. It has also developed a willingness to learn new things in our children. Four Steps Family New Delhi View Detail>>
	Smart Softwares have helped them to increase their concentration, reduced the restlessness and they have learnt to use the mouse. Above all it has helped them to use their academic skills. Prem Ashram, Himachal Pradesh View Detail>>

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	As Jimmy enjoys to operate both the softwares now, he is ready to learn more. Now a days he waits for the period of computer. He identifies pictures with sound and without sounds too. He can operate mouse as well as keyboard too by his left hand only. Mangalmurti Viklang Trust,Gujrat View Detail>>		Kum Urvashi can recognize Fruits, Vegetables animals and birds by the help of special software "SMART". Her memory and concentration have also improved as well as development of fine motor development. She has started handling the mouse properly. Society of welfare of mentally retared, diu View Detail>>
	We have been able to increase his vocabulary with concept and operating the computer. She can match easily all the categories e.g. Fruits, Animals etc. Her expressive vocabulary very much improves. Deepalaya, Delhi View Detail>>		Now ashish can recognise his different body parts and also can tell the name fo the kitchen items. He couldn't identify coins and notes and even differenciate between Rs.5 and Rs. 50 note. But after regular teaching on the concept of Money matter, he can identify different notes and also can do some small transactions. Smarpit School, Haryana View Detail>>
	Computer assisted training helps the child to see the object and hear the name in proper way. When prajeet comes after the computer class, he says whatever he saw and heard in the class without much mistakes. Jeevodaya Special School, Nagpur, Maharastra View Detail>>		Ankit has learned to drag the mouse, select the objects and name the pcitures like fruits, vegetables, animals etc. It has enabled him to increase the vocabulary, eye hand coordination, concentration and reduced the restlessness. Prem Ashram, Himachal Pradesh View Detail>>
	Prinkle improved the skills of mouse handling, concentration, identification of objects, eye hand coordination. Umangredcross special school, Punjab View Detail>>		Master Chirinjibi Satpathy, Mild M.R child had improved in the following field: - Better identification and naming of objects. - Improved in fine Motor Skills. - Increase in Attention Span. Decrease of frequent out going behaviour. Regional Rehabilitation and Research Center, Orissa View Detail>>
	Parul, Mild M.R child(pre vocational) developed concentration and improved her eye-hand coordination from the software package stories, Money Transaction provided by Care ‘N’ Cure. Ek prayaas, punjab View Detail>>		Ajay Rana, Mild M.R.,After the use of Special Software he improved his Concentration, Vocabulary, Identification of different objects faster. Muskaan, Parents Association for the Welfare of Children with Mental Handicap, Delhi View Detail>>
	Archit Bhargava, Mild M.R. and C.P. of : The Programme has been of great use to children specially for ADL activities and functional academics through development of various skills like identification of objects, mouse handling and concentration. Anchal Research and Rehabilitation Centre View Detail>>		Mohit, (Secondary group) of RUCHI- Red Cross Hindu Institute for Education and Rehabilitation of Mentally Retarded Children, Sonipat : He has developed operating mouse with verbal prompting, able to identify fruits, vegetable, animals etc. on computer. RUCHI, Sonipat View Detail>>
	Master Manjunath L. M, Moderate M. R child improved the skills of Mouse Handling, Concentration, Identification of objects.His motor skills also improved. Manju Education Society, Karnataka: View Detail>>

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1. Sister Joyce, Principal of Prem Ashram, Himachal Pradesh:
“The software teaching Aid has helped the children to increase their concentration, reduced the restlessness and they have learnt to use the mouse. Above all, it has helped them to use their academic skills”.
It has advantages like:
· Its Audio - Visual impact.
· Concrete and practical in daily life.
· Can learn Colours, Identification and Naming.
· Creative and attractive for children.
· No Tension and Boredom.
· Increase Eye - Hand Coordination.
· Self reinforcing.

2. Ms Sangeeta, Headmistress of Bright Social Society, Madhya Pradesh:
“Children have increased their educational capacity like other normal children by using computer and in this way, they will be generalised by this programme. It has created zeal and self confidence in them and also increased their intellectual capacity. It can be used as a learning tool”.

3. Mr. Brijesh Bala, Project Coordinator of Ek Prayaas, Punjab:
“The software Programme developed by Care ‘N’ Cure is very helpful in teaching the Special Children. Being an Audio - Visual teaching Aid, it helps the children to learn better and also to teach effectively.Pictorial Narration of Stories helps them to understand and remember stories, its sequence and moral values. Softwares on Animals, Vehicles, Body parts, Fruits, Vegetables, kitchen utensils and dangerous & harmful items are useful in teaching children especially younger ones”.

4. Mr. N. Lakshmi Narayan, Project Coordinator of Dakshinya Institute for the Mentally Handicapped, Andhra Pradesh:
“Softwares like Fruits, Vegetables, Kitchen Items etc are really good to show to the students with both Audio - Visual effect. Story telling like ‘Crow for water’, ‘2 Goats crossing a bridge’ etc are really fine with animation effect”.

5. Dr. Dinesh Yadav, Project Coordinator of EDUCATUM, Uttar Pradesh:
“The children with Mild M.R and borderline development delays in Preprimary educational groups could learn about Vegetables, Vehicles, Animals etc in one month; what usually takes around 2-3 months. Child with Mild M.R and Borderline Intelligence in Primary and Pre Vocational group were benefited chiefly by the programme on Money Transaction”.

6. Ms. Jyothi P.V, Project Coordinator of Vidhya Vikasini Opportunity School, Tamil Nadu:
“The students are interested to work on all the programmes especially Money Transaction is very useful to teach.Programme like Rupiya Paisa is very useful for Moderate Mentally Retarded Children while Stories are useful for Autism and Down Syndrome Children. They enjoy the Animal Level – 2 as they love hearing sounds of the animals repeatedly. They recognise animals by their sounds itself”.

7. Ms. Uttam Mukherjee, Secretary of Kenduadihi Bikash Society, West Bengal:
“We, Special Educators are finding it extremely useful for Special Children of different categories and units. Precisely saying, children who are in the process of graduating to the picture recognition level as well as those who have already landed at that level are benefiting the most from use of these softwares. They are learning to identify the pictures they commonly see or use as fruits, vegetables, kitchen and domestic equipments, vehicles and parts of the body. Moreover the Software have enabled the children to gain phonic awareness and identify the different type of animals and the sounds made by them.
For reception children who have started picture sequencing and can already describe action picture along with its narration (Voice Output) proved to be a useful tool. Functional literacy and Pre - Vocational students are further being taught to develop a sense of Money Transaction through shopping activity based Software.
We are of the opinion that the computer softwares i.e. the Audio - Visual medium will be more attractive medium of imparting knowledge in future.Especially those who will graudally learn to separate computer on their own can develop concepts, acquire skills and express their ideas much faster”.

8. Ms. Shobhana Radhakrishna, Chief Executive of DISHA (Society for Rural & Urban Community Development), Delhi:
“We will be using the Softwares for the vulnerable street children who are all Slow Learners”.

9. Mr. Sunil Gadhok, Senior Counsellor, Dalmia Health Care Limited, New Delhi:
“These softwares are very useful pertaining to attention span and concentration of Differently Abled Children”.

10. Ms. Archana Prabhakar, Principal of Aanchal Mental Disability Resource Center, New Delhi:
“The Audio - Visual effect helps the students to grasp the concepts and learning is faster as helps to hold the students attention span. Besides, the programme package can be repeated several times to enhance learning.”

11. Ms. Sucheta Roy, Computer Teacher of AADI (Action for Ability Development & Inclusion), New Delhi:
“The softwares seen/demonstrated will be useful for our primary level students. The clarity of Speech, Hindi Language and use of bright pictures/video will aid learning of simple concepts/ building general knowledge.”

12. Lt. Col. S.B.Bishnoi, Secretary of ASHA School, Dehradun, Uttaranchal:
“If used for Mentally Challenged, as a colourful, visual & auditory sight, they have better impact.But no doubt, it will be more effective and help to develop their eye concentration & span”.

13. Dr. G.M, Singhvi, Chairman, Nav Jyoti Manovikas Kendra, Jodhpur
“Mostly those children are taught with the help of teaching learning material that includes charts, models and real objects which nee very long preparation. Computer will be a big asset to teach these children by displaying everything on the screen.
Teaching computer to these children is a good effort on part of Care N Cure organization.”

14. T. Mukesh Singh, Secretary, Community Dev. Programme Centre, Manipur.
“The proposed scheme and way of implementation norm in the way of modern and innovative system is first time in Manipur State. This gift of Softwares will benefit maximum, knowledge of learning an taching to the Disabled children for self skill development through Care ‘N’ Cure.”

15. Mr. Shashi Sohney, Manager, Streebal, Delhi.
“ The Children who would benefit from different software and learn English, General Knowledge and enhance their vocabulary. This will entertain them also.”

16. Hiralal Sharma, Project Coordinator, Ashagram Trust, Barwani.
“ It will help us in promoting effectively faster and better learning among the children those are in special needs. It will also provide us opportunity to of learning advance technology in the benefit of such children.”

17. Alok Kumar Bhuwan, Managing Secretary, Manovikas Charitable Society, Delhi.
“ This is very useful software for our Mentally Challenged children to develop their functional skills.”

18. Ms. Seema Chadha, President, SABAL, a parents association, Delhi.
“ Software will be used for students (Abled and Disabled both). They will get an opportunity to operate the computer for the first time. This will be another medium to learn from teachers which will definitely increase the grasping power of students.”

19. D. Arokia Mary, Secretary, Anbalaya Special School (Development Education Centre), Chennai.
“ This software will promote faster learning in Special Children. ADHD will be educated through this software to improve their attention. Children with Autism will be helped through computer software. Behaviour problems can also controlled by giving motivation through computer software.”

20. A.V. Raghavender Rao, Vice President, Radha Institute for M.R., Hyderabad.
“ The mentally challenged who were earlier using Flash Cards will now enjoy operating Computer and tell their siblings look I too can make use of the P.C.”

21. Vinay kr. Saini, General Secretary, ASCENT, Delhi.
“The Children will appreciate and will be motivated by the unique approach of learning facilitated by the softwares. The softwares can enhance the capacity of learning.”

22. Dr. Ritu Juneja, director, Nai Disha Tamana, Delhi.
“ Till now we did not have any softwares to teach different concept to our students. We were using softwares designed for normal preschoolers and school age children. We could not found softwares specifically designed for special children.”

23. Dr. D.S. Kamalia, Vice President, Vatsalya Spl School for M.R. children, DIU.
“ The Computer system and software will be very helpful for the Special Children as their Concentration will improve. They will learn to identify Animals, Birds, Vehicles, Body Parts, etc. They will also learn about different Denominations of money by watching them on the computer screen. Children’s Alphabetical and numerical ability will also increase.
The computer will be helpful to give them better training so that their social mental physical and language skill may increase day by day.”

24. Rachel Sangita, Special Educator, Okhla Centre, Delhi.
“ The children become familiar with the modern technology. They take more interest as it is visual and with sound. Lesson become like a game to them so the interest in learning remains there. They pay more concentration on the lesson than in note book or flashcards

25. Mrs. P.R. Shirke, Principal, Sneh Sampada Vidhyalay, Chattisgarh.
“ I was searching for CD’s of such types but could not get it and often your software fine, I got it. I am really thankful to you to launch these softwares. Now, much development and progress can be seen in our children and will also develop the confidence of our children.”

26. Manish Chaubey, Special Educator, Viklang Kendra, U.P.
“ I feel that this is the best software for the M.R. children which make them to identify the objects and things which is used in daily life. And this software also play a great role to make attention and it improve the I.Q. level of the M.R. children.”

27. Sony Gill, Ex. Director, Society for the Welfare of the Disabled, Shillong.
“ Interactive learning software has proven to be beneficial in the learning of children with disabilities. Because of its visual and changing (pictures in motion) nature, computers encourage the increase of attention span, the improvement of eye contact and the motivation to remain focused on a task.“

28. J.N. Pandey, President, Gurukul Shikshan Samiti, M.P.
“ i. these softwares will be helpful in creative and mental development of children.
ii. It will help the children to understand their surroundings.
iii. It will be useful to mould the little minds of children."

29. Sr. James Mary, Director, St. Francis Dilkush Special School for M.R. M.P.
“ This softwares will be useful as the teaching materials for the mentally challenged children. As the visual objects are there in the software it will be very easy for the children to learn the names of the objects and the pictures will give them more understanding of what they hear and write. As many are not having the concentration, the software will be useful to attract their concentration so as to increase the capacity for concentration.”

30. Ramakrishnaiah, Secretary, IMVO, Banglore.
“ The software you developed is very very useful for our organization to develop the mind setup of the M.R. children by Hearing Seeing and with action of the computer. The method which you are adopting in the field M.R. children education is very appropriate and adoptable.”

31. Baljeet Grover, Head Teacher, Umang Red Cross School for Mentally Handicapped Children, Faridkot.
“ -to enhance learning capability.
-to improve eye hand coordination.
-It will increase vocational ability.”

32. Dr. Parul Saxena, Director, EDUCATUM, U.P.
“ These softwares would provide a multimedia and multisensory presentation of stimuli to the children with mental retardation and associated syndromes. This kind of presentation would increase the quality of learning and would also enhance the memorization of various concepts.”

33. Mrs. Arundhati Dhareshwar, Principal, Asha School , Pune
“ Concepts simply explained single bold colored pictures on every slide, clear diction, simple language make this CD user friendly.”

34. Kamaljit Sandhav, Special Educator, Asha School, Haryana.
“ Teaching concepts, introducing different objects, planning group activities. Breaking monotony, drawing attention of children, telling stories, improving identification and language skills creating interest, developing survival and safety skills, making computer child friendly by using these CD’s. “