THE ROLE OF SKILLS THE ROLE OF SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPMENT IN

ECONOMIC ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF PWDsEMPOWERMENT OF PWDs

Presentded by :Presentded by :

Shahbaz Khalid RanjhaShahbaz Khalid RanjhaM.Sc Psych, PG.DSLT, DHMSM.Sc Psych, PG.DSLT, DHMS

Director (Special Education) DGSE, IslamabadDirector (Special Education) DGSE, IslamabadConsultant Psychologist/Speech therapist/Homoeo Consultant Psychologist/Speech therapist/Homoeo

PhysicianPhysician

Family Health Hospital Family Health Hospital IslamabadIslamabad

EmpowermentEmpowerment

Referes to increasing Referes to increasing

socio-economic strength of socio-economic strength of

Persons With Disabilities Persons With Disabilities

(How money is earned and spent)(How money is earned and spent)

Skill DevelopmentSkill Development

An ability or proficiencyAn ability or proficiency

developed through trainingdeveloped through training

or experience. It may be an or experience. It may be an

Art ,Trade or Technique. Art ,Trade or Technique.

Types of Skill Development Types of Skill Development in context of PWDsin context of PWDs

Self-help Skills DevelopmentSelf-help Skills DevelopmentThe Skills which are The Skills which are required for independent required for independent living according to age living according to age in the society i.e. toileting, in the society i.e. toileting, feeding, eating, drinking, feeding, eating, drinking, clothing, buttoning, clothing, buttoning, bothing, and other activities bothing, and other activities of daily livings etc. of daily livings etc.

Communication Skills Communication Skills DevelopmentDevelopment

It refers, how a person/It refers, how a person/individual learn to make theindividual learn to make the sign, then must give them sign, then must give them meaning, and finally learn meaning, and finally learn gramer through which a gramer through which a person transfers his thaughtsperson transfers his thaughts and communicate information to others. It may and communicate information to others. It may

bebethrough verbal expression, gestures, sign through verbal expression, gestures, sign

language or totallanguage or totalcommunication. communication.

Physical Skills Physical Skills DevelopmentDevelopment

Physical Skills DevelopmentPhysical Skills Developmentrefers gross motor skills and refers gross motor skills and fine motor skills. fine motor skills. Gross motor skills involve the Gross motor skills involve the coordination and control ofcoordination and control oflarge muscles like walking, sitting large muscles like walking, sitting and running. and running. Fine motor skills involveFine motor skills involve the coordination the coordination and control of small muscles and control of small muscles and skills like holding a rattle and skills like holding a rattle picking up crumbspicking up crumbs and scriblling with a pencil etc. and scriblling with a pencil etc.

Cognitive Skills Cognitive Skills DevelopmentDevelopment

It involves quantitative It involves quantitative

changes ( growth in amountchanges ( growth in amount

of information) as well as of information) as well as

qualtitative changes qualtitative changes

(Differences in the manner (Differences in the manner

of thinking), most importantly, it involves of thinking), most importantly, it involves children actively shaping their own children actively shaping their own intellctual abilities through interacting intellctual abilities through interacting with the community. with the community.

Psychosocial skills Psychosocial skills developmentdevelopment

Psychosocial skills Psychosocial skills includes our ability to includes our ability to appropriately experience, appropriately experience, display and perceive display and perceive emotional status and emotional status and relates to the events relates to the events and environment. and environment. Psychosocial skills mustPsychosocial skills must work together with the work together with the skills already discussed in skills already discussed in previous slides previous slides

Vocational/Technical Skills Vocational/Technical Skills DevelopmentDevelopment

Vocational/Technical skillsVocational/Technical skills development is an aspect development is an aspect of education designed to prepare of education designed to prepare a persons with disability for industry, a persons with disability for industry, agriculture, commerce and home agriculture, commerce and home economics etc. It also refers economics etc. It also refers training of an individual’s proficiency training of an individual’s proficiency in relation to his future occupation, in relation to his future occupation, training or a systematic training training or a systematic training experiences to upgrade his capabililties experiences to upgrade his capabililties for a specific job. for a specific job.

Tools of Skills Development Tools of Skills Development during prevocational eraduring prevocational era

Physical therapy, Speech therapy,Physical therapy, Speech therapy,Occupational therapy, Psychotherapy,Occupational therapy, Psychotherapy,Indivdual Education Plan (IEP),Indivdual Education Plan (IEP),Specially designed furniture & Specially designed furniture & Acquipment, supportive aids/Acquipment, supportive aids/Assistive divices.Assistive divices.Musical therapy.Musical therapy.Sports and otherSports and other recreational activities etc.recreational activities etc.

Economic Empowerment Of Economic Empowerment Of PWDs Through Vocational PWDs Through Vocational Training And EmploymentTraining And Employment

Need based assessmentNeed based assessment Trade selectionTrade selection Job trainingsJob trainings Job placementJob placement Follow upFollow up Markeeting of ProductsMarkeeting of Products of PWDsof PWDs

Job PlacementJob Placement

Self-employmentSelf-employment Corporate sector employmentCorporate sector employment Public sector employmentPublic sector employment Private employmentsPrivate employments

Name of some vocational Name of some vocational tradestrades

Art & CraftArt & Craft

MechanicalMechanical

ElectronicsElectronics

Flower makingFlower making

Sewing Program for Female Sewing Program for Female StudentStudent

Electrical WeldingElectrical Welding

Food and cooking Food and cooking programprogram

Computer/I.TComputer/I.T

Handicraft SkillHandicraft Skill

Beauty Salon ProgramBeauty Salon Program