NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EMPOWERMENT PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES (NIEPMD)
(Accredited with NAAC: ISO 9001: 2015)
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan)
(Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India)
ECR, Muttukadu, Kovalam Post, Chennai 603 112, Tamil Nadu Tel: 044- 27472113, 27472046, Toll Free No:18004250345, Fax: 044- 27472389
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Academic Calendar
2018 - 2019
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EMPOWERMENT PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES (NIEPMD)
(Accredited with NAAC : ISO 9001: 2015 )
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India)
ECR, Muttukadu, Kovalam Post, Chennai 603 112, Tamil Nadu
Academic Calendar D.Ed SE (MD/ ASD/ DB/ CP) II year (2018– 2019)
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EVENTS ACADEMIC YEAR 2018-19
Commencement of Classes July 2018
Induction Programme July 2018
Lesson Plan writing and Mock Presentations August – September 2018
Teaching Practice classes and other Practicum September –March 2018
International Day of Disability Celebration December2018
Internal Examinations (Term I) December 2018
Christmas Celebrations December 2018
Half Yearly Holidays Last week of December 2018
Talent Show Special Education HRD’s January 2019
Zonal Sports Meet 3rd week of January
Pongala Festival Celebration 14th January 2019
Internal Examinations (Term II) February 2019
Model Examination May 2019
Last Working day 25th May 2019
Annual External Practical Examinations May2019
Annual examination June 2019
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EMPOWERMENT PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES (NIEPMD)
(Accredited with NAAC : ISO 9001: 2015 )
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India)
ECR, Muttukadu, Kovalam Post, Chennai 603 112, Tamil Nadu
Academic Calendar D.Ed SE (MD/ ASD/ DB/ CP) II year (2018 – 2019)
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EVENTS ACADEMIC YEAR 2018-19
Commencement of Classes July 2018
Induction Programme July 2018
Lesson Plan writing and Mock Presentations July –September 2018
Teaching Practice classes and other Practicum August –March 2018
Special school visits 2nd week of September
International Day of Disability Celebration December2018
Internal Examinations (Term I) December 2018
Christmas Celebrations December 2018
Half Yearly Holidays Last week of December 2018
Talent Show Special Education HRD’s January 2019
Zonal Sports Meet 3rd week of January
Pongala Festival Celebration 14th January 2019
Internal Examinations (Term II) February 2019
Model Examination May 2019
Last Working day 25th May 2019
Annual External Practical Examinations May2019
Annual examination June 2019
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EMPOWERMENT PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES (NIEPMD)
(Accredited with NAAC : ISO 9001: 2015 )
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India)
ECR, Muttukadu, Kovalam Post, Chennai 603 112, Tamil Nadu
College of Physiotherapy - NIEPMD 2018/19 Academic Calendar
Sep 2018 Oct 2018 Nov 2018 Dec2018 Jan2019 Feb2019 1 Sa 1 Mo 1 Th 1 Sa 1 Tu 1 Fr University Exam 2 Su 2 Tu Mahatma Gandhi’s
Birthday
2 Fr 2 Su 2 We 2 Sa 3 Mo 3 We Vacation 3 Sa 3 Mo 3 Th 3 Su 4 Tu 4 Th Vacation 4 Su 4 Tu 4 Fr 4 Mo University Exam 5 We 5 Fr Vacation 5 Mo 5 We 5 Sa Pongal Holidays 5 Tu University Exam 6 Th 6 Sa Vacation 6 Tu Deepavali 6 Th 6 Su Pongal Holidays 6 We University Exam 7 Fr 7 Su Vacation 7 We 7 Fr 7 Mo Pongal Holidays 7 Th University Exam 8 Sa 8 Mo Vacation 8 Th 8 Sa 8 Tu Pongal Holidays 8 Fr University Exam 9 Su 9 Tu Vacation 9 Fr 9 Su 9 We Pongal Holidays 9 Sa
10 Mo 10 We Vacation 10 Sa 10 Mo 10 Th Pongal Holidays 10 Su 11 Tu 11 Th Vacation 11 Su 11 Tu 11 Fr Pongal Holidays 11 Mo University Exam 12 We 12 Fr Vacation 12 Mo 12 We 12 Sa Pongal Holidays 12 Tu University Exam 13 Th Ganesh chadhurthi 13 Sa Vacation 13 Tu 13 Th 13 Su Pongal Holidays 13 We University Exam 14 Fr 14 Su Vacation 14 We 14 Fr 14 Mo Pongal Holidays 14 Th University Exam 15 Sa 15 Mo Vacation 15 Th 15 Sa 15 Tu Pongal 15 Fr University Exam
16 Su 16 Tu Vacation 16 Fr 16 Su 16 We Pongal Holidays 16 Sa
17 Mo 17 We Vacation 17 Sa 17 Mo 17 Th Pongal Holidays 17 Su
18 Tu 18 Th Dussehra 18 Su 18 Tu 18 Fr Pongal Holidays 18 Mo
19 We 19 Fr Dussehra 19 Mo 19 We 19 Sa Pongal Holidays 19 Tu
20 Th 20 Sa Vacation 20 Tu 20 Th 20 Su Pongal Holidays 20 We
21 Fr Muharram 21 Su Vacation 21 We Prophet Mohammed’s
Birthday
21 Fr 21 Mo 21 Th
22 Sa 22 Mo 22 Th 22 Sa 22 Tu 22 Fr
23 Su 23 Tu 23 Fr Guru nanak’s Birthday 23 Su 23 We 23 Sa
24 Mo 24 We 24 Sa 24 Mo 24 Th 24 Su
25 Tu 25 Th 25 Su 25 Tu Christmas 25 Fr 25 Mo
26 We 26 Fr 26 Mo 26 We 26 Sa Republic day 26 Tu
27 Th 27 Sa 27 Tu 27 Th 27 Su 27 We
28 Fr 28 Su 28 We 28 Fr 28 Mo 28 Th
29 Sa 29 Mo 29 Th 29 Sa 29 Tu
30 Su 30 Tu 30 Fr 30 Su 30 We
31 We 31 Mo 31 Th
Mar2019 Apr2019 May 2019 Jun2019 Jul2019 Aug2019 1 Fr 1 Mo 1 We 1 Sa 1 Mo 1 Th University Exam
2 Sa 2 Tu 2 Th 2 Su 2 Tu 2 Fr University Exam
3 Su 3 We 3 Fr 3 Mo 3 We 3 Sa University Exam
4 Mo 4 Th 4 Sa 4 Tu 4 Th 4 Su University Exam
5 Tu 5 Fr 5 Su 5 We Id-Ul-Fitr 5 Fr 5 Mo University Exam
6 We 6 Sa 6 Mo 6 Th 6 Sa 6 Tu University Exam
7 Th 7 Su 7 Tu 7 Fr 7 Su 7 We University Exam
8 Fr 8 Mo 8 We 8 Sa 8 Mo 8 Th University Exam
9 Sa 9 Tu 9 Th 9 Su 9 Tu 9 Fr University Exam
10 Su 10 We 10 Fr 10 Mo 10 We 10 Sa
11 Mo 11 Th 11 Sa Summer Vacation 11 Tu 11 Th 11 Su
12 Tu 12 Fr 12 Su Summer Vacation 12 We 12 Fr 12 Mo Idu’IZuha(Bakrid)
13 We 13 Sa 13 Mo Summer Vacation 13 Th 13 Sa 13 Tu University Exam
14 Th 14 Su 14 Tu Summer Vacation 14 Fr 14 Su 14 We University Exam
15 Fr 15 Mo 15 We Summer Vacation 15 Sa 15 Mo 15 Th Independenceday
16 Sa 16 Tu 16 Th Summer Vacation 16 Su 16 Tu 16 Fr University Exam
17 Su 17 We MahavirJeyanthi 17 Fr Summer Vacation 17 Mo 17 We Study Holiday 17 Sa
18 Mo 18 Th 18 Sa Buddha purnima 18 Tu 18 Th Study Holiday 18 Su
19 Tu 19 Fr Good Friday 19 Su Summer Vacation 19 We 19 Fr Study Holiday 19 Mo
20 We 20 Sa 20 Mo Summer Vacation 20 Th 20 Sa Study Holiday 20 Tu
21 Th 21 Su 21 Tu Summer Vacation 21 Fr 21 Su Study Holiday 21 We
22 Fr 22 Mo 22 We Summer Vacation 22 Sa 22 Mo Study Holiday 22 Th
23 Sa 23 Tu 23 Th Summer Vacation 23 Su 23 Tu Study Holiday 23 Fr
24 Su 24 We 24 Fr Summer Vacation 24 Mo 24 We Study Holiday 24 Sa
25 Mo 25 Th 25 Sa Summer Vacation 25 Tu 25 Th Study Holiday 25 Su
26 Tu 26 Fr 26 Su Summer Vacation 26 We 26 Fr Study Holiday 26 Mo
27 We 27 Sa 27 Mo 27 Th 27 Sa Study Holiday 27 Tu
28 Th 28 Su 28 Tu 28 Fr 28 Su Study Holiday 28 We
29 Fr 29 Mo 29 We 29 Sa 29 Mo Study Holiday 29 Th
30 Sa 30 Tu 30 Th 30 Su 30 Tu Study Holiday 30 Fr
31 Su 31 Fr 31 We Study Holiday 31 Sa
College of
Physiotherapy- NIEPMD 2018/19 Academic Calendar
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(Accredited with NAAC : ISO 9001: 2015 )
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India)
ECR, Muttukadu, Kovalam Post, Chennai 603 112, Tamil Nadu
College of Occupational Therapy - NIEPMD 2018/19 Academic Calendar
Sep 2018 Oct 2018 Nov 2018 Dec2018 Jan2019 Feb2019 1 Sa 1 Mo 1 Th 1 Sa 1 Tu 1 Fr University Exam 2 Su 2 Tu Mahatma Gandhi’s
Birthday
2 Fr 2 Su 2 We 2 Sa 3 Mo 3 We Vacation 3 Sa 3 Mo 3 Th 3 Su 4 Tu 4 Th Vacation 4 Su 4 Tu 4 Fr 4 Mo University Exam 5 We 5 Fr Vacation 5 Mo 5 We 5 Sa Pongal Holidays 5 Tu University Exam 6 Th 6 Sa Vacation 6 Tu Deepavali 6 Th 6 Su Pongal Holidays 6 We University Exam 7 Fr 7 Su Vacation 7 We 7 Fr 7 Mo Pongal Holidays 7 Th University Exam 8 Sa 8 Mo Vacation 8 Th 8 Sa 8 Tu Pongal Holidays 8 Fr University Exam 9 Su 9 Tu Vacation 9 Fr 9 Su 9 We Pongal Holidays 9 Sa
10 Mo 10 We Vacation 10 Sa 10 Mo 10 Th Pongal Holidays 10 Su 11 Tu 11 Th Vacation 11 Su 11 Tu 11 Fr Pongal Holidays 11 Mo University Exam 12 We 12 Fr Vacation 12 Mo 12 We 12 Sa Pongal Holidays 12 Tu University Exam 13 Th Ganesh chadhurthi 13 Sa Vacation 13 Tu 13 Th 13 Su Pongal Holidays 13 We University Exam 14 Fr 14 Su Vacation 14 We 14 Fr 14 Mo Pongal Holidays 14 Th University Exam 15 Sa 15 Mo Vacation 15 Th 15 Sa 15 Tu Pongal 15 Fr University Exam
16 Su 16 Tu Vacation 16 Fr 16 Su 16 We Pongal Holidays 16 Sa
17 Mo 17 We Vacation 17 Sa 17 Mo 17 Th Pongal Holidays 17 Su
18 Tu 18 Th Dussehra 18 Su 18 Tu 18 Fr Pongal Holidays 18 Mo
19 We 19 Fr Dussehra 19 Mo 19 We 19 Sa Pongal Holidays 19 Tu
20 Th 20 Sa Vacation 20 Tu 20 Th 20 Su Pongal Holidays 20 We
21 Fr Muharram 21 Su Vacation 21 We Prophet Mohammed’s
Birthday
21 Fr 21 Mo 21 Th
22 Sa 22 Mo 22 Th 22 Sa 22 Tu 22 Fr
23 Su 23 Tu 23 Fr Guru nanak’s Birthday 23 Su 23 We 23 Sa
24 Mo 24 We 24 Sa 24 Mo 24 Th 24 Su
25 Tu 25 Th 25 Su 25 Tu Christmas 25 Fr 25 Mo
26 We 26 Fr 26 Mo 26 We 26 Sa Republic day 26 Tu
27 Th 27 Sa 27 Tu 27 Th 27 Su 27 We
28 Fr 28 Su 28 We 28 Fr 28 Mo 28 Th
29 Sa 29 Mo 29 Th 29 Sa 29 Tu
30 Su 30 Tu 30 Fr 30 Su 30 We
31 We 31 Mo 31 Th
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Mar2019 Apr2019 May 2019 Jun2019 Jul2019 Aug2019 1 Fr 1 Mo 1 We 1 Sa 1 Mo 1 Th University Exam
2 Sa 2 Tu 2 Th 2 Su 2 Tu 2 Fr University Exam 3 Su 3 We 3 Fr 3 Mo 3 We 3 Sa University Exam 4 Mo 4 Th 4 Sa 4 Tu 4 Th 4 Su University Exam 5 Tu 5 Fr 5 Su 5 We Id-Ul-Fitr 5 Fr 5 Mo University Exam 6 We 6 Sa 6 Mo 6 Th 6 Sa 6 Tu University Exam 7 Th 7 Su 7 Tu 7 Fr 7 Su 7 We University Exam 8 Fr 8 Mo 8 We 8 Sa 8 Mo 8 Th University Exam 9 Sa 9 Tu 9 Th 9 Su 9 Tu 9 Fr University Exam
10 Su 10 We 10 Fr 10 Mo 10 We 10 Sa
11 Mo 11 Th 11 Sa Summer Vacation 11 Tu 11 Th 11 Su
12 Tu 12 Fr 12 Su Summer Vacation 12 We 12 Fr 12 Mo Idu’IZuha(Bakrid)
13 We 13 Sa 13 Mo Summer Vacation 13 Th 13 Sa 13 Tu University Exam 14 Th 14 Su 14 Tu Summer Vacation 14 Fr 14 Su 14 We University Exam 15 Fr 15 Mo 15 We Summer Vacation 15 Sa 15 Mo 15 Th Independenceday
16 Sa 16 Tu 16 Th Summer Vacation 16 Su 16 Tu 16 Fr University Exam
17 Su 17 We MahavirJeyanthi 17 Fr Summer Vacation 17 Mo 17 We Study Holiday 17 Sa
18 Mo 18 Th 18 Sa Buddha purnima 18 Tu 18 Th Study Holiday 18 Su
19 Tu 19 Fr Good Friday 19 Su Summer Vacation 19 We 19 Fr Study Holiday 19 Mo
20 We 20 Sa 20 Mo Summer Vacation 20 Th 20 Sa Study Holiday 20 Tu
21 Th 21 Su 21 Tu Summer Vacation 21 Fr 21 Su Study Holiday 21 We
22 Fr 22 Mo 22 We Summer Vacation 22 Sa 22 Mo Study Holiday 22 Th
23 Sa 23 Tu 23 Th Summer Vacation 23 Su 23 Tu Study Holiday 23 Fr
24 Su 24 We 24 Fr Summer Vacation 24 Mo 24 We Study Holiday 24 Sa
25 Mo 25 Th 25 Sa Summer Vacation 25 Tu 25 Th Study Holiday 25 Su
26 Tu 26 Fr 26 Su Summer Vacation 26 We 26 Fr Study Holiday 26 Mo
27 We 27 Sa 27 Mo 27 Th 27 Sa Study Holiday 27 Tu
28 Th 28 Su 28 Tu 28 Fr 28 Su Study Holiday 28 We
29 Fr 29 Mo 29 We 29 Sa 29 Mo Study Holiday 29 Th
30 Sa 30 Tu 30 Th 30 Su 30 Tu Study Holiday 30 Fr
31 Su 31 Fr 31 We Study Holiday 31 Sa
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EMPOWERMENT PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES (NIEPMD)
(Accredited with NAAC : ISO 9001: 2015 )
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India)
ECR, Muttukadu, Kovalam Post, Chennai 603 112, Tamil Nadu
COLLEGE OF AUDIOLOGY & COMMUNICATION SCIENCES, Department of Speech, Hearing and Communication
B.ASLP Academic Calendar for the year 2018-19
Date Day Event
03.09.18 Monday 1st Semester Classes Begins
10.09.18 Monday 3rd Semester Classes Begins
13.09.18 Thursday VinayagarChaturthi
21.09.18 Friday Muharram
28.09.18 Friday Submission of Assignments
02.10.18 Tuesday Mahatma Gandhi Birthday
18.10.18 Thursday Dusshra(MahaNavami)
19.10.18 Friday Dusshra(VijayaDasami)
24.10.18 Wednesday Unit test begins for 1st Semester
26.10.18 Friday Unit test begins for 3rd Semester
30.10.18 Tuesday Submission of Assignments
06.11.18 Tuesday Deepavali
21.11.18 Wednesday Id-E-Milad
23.11.18 Friday Guru Nanak’s Birthday
29.11.18 Thursday Submission of Assignments
17.12.18 Monday Mid-term Examination begins for 1st& 3rd Semester
25.12.18 Tuesday Christmas Day
28.12.18 Friday Submission of Assignments
14.01.19 Monday Pongal
26.01.19 Saturday Republic day
21.01.19 Monday Submission of practicum Records/work sheets/daily diary
22.01.19 Tuesday Model theory exam begins followed by Model SLP and Audiology
viva
28.01.19 Monday Tentatively External viva Examination begins
04.02.19 Monday Tentatively University Theory Examination begins for B.ASLP 1st&
3rd Semester
25.02.19 Monday Semester vacation begings
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EMPOWERMENT PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES (NIEPMD)
(Accredited with NAAC : ISO 9001: 2015 )
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India)
ECR, Muttukadu, Kovalam Post, Chennai 603 112, Tamil Nadu
Almanac of M.Ed (MD/ASD/Db)- I Year –Academic Year 2018-2019
Commencement of course August 2018
Induction Programme August 2018
Fresher’s Day August 2018
Practical Visits - Inclusive Schools, Special schools &
College of Education
September 2018
Submission of Research Proposal – Last Date November 2018
Internal Examination-1 December 2018
Sports (College Level) TNTEU December 2018
Short –term Vacation 28th December 2018 to 31st December 2018
Commencement of second term January 2019 Sports (District Level) TNTEU January 2019
Talent Show Special Education HRD’s January 2019
Pongal Holidays 14th January 2019 to 17thJanuary 2019
Sports (Zonal Level) TNTEU January 2019
Sports (State Level) TNTEU January 2019
Intra Cultural Competition Special Education HRD’s February 2019
Internal Examination -II February 2019 to March 2019
Model Examination April to April 2019
Submission of all records May 2019
Practical examination May 2019
Last working Day 11th May 2019
Commencement of University Examination 27th May 2019
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EMPOWERMENT PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES (NIEPMD)
(Accredited with NAAC : ISO 9001: 2015 )
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan)
(Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India)
ECR, Muttukadu, Kovalam Post, Chennai 603 112, Tamil Nadu
Almanac of M.Ed (MD/ASD/Db) - II Year –Academic Year 2018-2019
Commencement of course July 2018
Data collection period at NIEPMD November 2018 - December 2019
Sports (College Level) December 2018
Short –Term Vacation December 2018
Sports (District Level) January 2019
Pongal Holidays 14th January to 17thJanuary 2019
Internal Examination -I January 2019
Sports (Zonal Level) January 2019
Sports (State Level) January 2019
Internal Examination -II March 2019
Model Examination April 2019
Last Working day 3rd April 2019
Commencement of University Examination 27th May 2019
Submission of thesis 29th June 2019
Model practical Exam July 2019
Practical cum Viva-voce Exam July 2019
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EMPOWERMENT PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES (NIEPMD)
(Accredited with NAAC : ISO 9001: 2015 )
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan)
(Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India)
ECR, Muttukadu, Kovalam Post, Chennai 603 112, Tamil Nadu
Academic Calendar - PGDEI 2018-2019
I SEMESTER (curriculum programmes)
Interview 9/09/2018
Admission Date
(Theory, Practical Classes Started)
13/09/2018
Mehtha Hospital- Out Posting Classes 14/10/2018
Madhuram Narayanan Centre - Out Posting Classes 21/10/2018 to 23/10/2018
Annual National Seminar AS PER THE PLAN
Low Vision Classes in Sankara Netharalaya 9/12/2018
1st Internal Examination 11/12/2018
1st Internal Practical Examination 18/12/2018
Submission of Practical Record 08/01/2019
2nd Internal Examination 10/01/2019
2nd Internal Practical Examination 15/01/2019
Study Holidays 21/01/2019
I semester Examination
Theory Practical
28/01/2018 to 06/02/2018
I semester vacation 07/02/2018 to 17/02/2018
OTHER EVENTS AND PROGRAMMES for I sem
Introduction and Orientation 19.08.2018 to 21.08.2018
Nutrition week 23.09.2018 to 28.09.2018
Inclusive parent training programme 3.10.2018 and 04.10.2018
Motor activity training programe (MATA) 30.10.2018 and 31.10.2018
Pre-nursery poisting 11.11.2018 to 13.11.2018
Resource development week for EI 18.11.2018 to 22.11.2018
Home vist week 9.12.2018 to 13.12.2018
II SEMESTER (curriculum programmes )
OTHER EVENTS AND PROGRAMMES for II sem
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II semester Opening(Theory, Practical Classes,
Project work)
18/02/2019
MERF visit 04/03/2019
Braille Class 23/03/2019
Mehtha Hospital- Out Posting Classes 25/03/2019
3rd Internal Examination 15/04/2019
3rd Internal Practical Examination 20/04/2019
Low vision Training – Vidhyasagar 04/05/2019
Chettinadu Anatomy Museum Visit 11/05/2019
SRM Visit 22/05/2019
AIISH Mysore & COM DEALL Bangalore Visit OR
MERF
08/06/2019 to 10/06/2019
SRMC- Visit 24/06/2019
4th Internal Examination 08/07/2019
4th Internal Practical Examination 13/07/2019
Submission of Practical Record 17/07/2019
Study Holidays 22/07/2019
II semester Examination
Theory Practical
29/07/2019to
06/08/2019
Resource development week for EI (AWARNESS) 24.02.2019 to 28.02. 2019
Dance and Movement therapy workshop 11.03.2019 to 13.03.2019
Temporal –Difference TD approach expioration
work shop
30.03.2019 to 3.04.2019
Know the field exploration week 13.04.2019 to 17.04.2019
CBR week 27.04.2019 to 01.04.2019
Explore Modality for EI WEEK 25.05.2019 to 29.05.2019
MDT/TDT Presentation 18.06.2019 and 19.06.2019
DEIC VIST 29.06.2019 to 3.07.2019
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EMPOWERMENT PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES (NIEPMD)
(Accredited with NAAC : ISO 9001: 2015 )
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India)
ECR, Muttukadu, Kovalam Post, Chennai 603 112, Tamil Nadu
M. Phil Clinical Psychology – II year
Curriculum Plan:
September:
Biological Foundations of Behaviour:
Unit Syllabus
I Anatomy of the brain: Major anatomical sub-divisions of the human brain; the surface
anatomy and interior structures of cortical and sub-cortical regions; anatomical
connectivity among the various regions; blood supply to brain and the CSF system; cyto
architecture and modular organization in the brain.
VIII Introduction: Relationship between structure and function of the brain; the rise of
neuropsychology as a distinct discipline, logic of cerebral organization; localization and
lateralization of functions; approaches and methodologies of clinical and cognitive
neuropsychologists.
Psychotherapy and Counselling:
Unit Syllabus
I Introduction to Psychotherapy: Definitions, objectives, issues related to training
professional therapists; ethical and legal issues involved in therapy work; rights and
responsibilities in psychotherapy; issues related to consent(assent in case of minors);
planning and recording of therapy sessions; structuring and setting goals; pre- and post-
assessment; practice of evidence-based therapies.
II Therapeutic Relationship: Client and therapist characteristics; illness, technique
and other factors influencing the relationship.
Behavioural Medicine:
Unit Syllabus
I Introduction: Definition, boundary, psychological and behavioral influences on
health and illness, neuroendocrine, neurotransmitter and neuroimmuneresponses to
stress, negative affectivity, behavioral patterns, and copingstyles, psychophysiological
models of disease, theoretical models of healthbehavior, scope and application of
psychological principles in health, illnessand health care.
October:
Biological Foundations of Behaviour:
Unit Syllabus
II Structure and functions of cells: Cells of the nervous system (neurons, supporting cells,
blood-brain barrier); communication within a neuron (membrane potential, action
potential); communication between neurons (neurotransmitters, neuromodulators and
hormones).
IX Frontal lobe syndrome: Disturbances of regulatory functions; attentional processes;
emotions; memory and intellectual activity; language and motor functions.
Psychotherapy and Counselling:
Unit Syllabus
III Interviewing: Objectives of interview, interviewing techniques, types of
interview, characteristics of structured and unstructured interview, interviewing skills
(micro skills), open-ended questions, clarification, reflection, facilitation and
confrontation, silences in interviews, verbal and non-verbal components.
IV Affective psychotherapies: Origin, basis, formulation, procedures, techniques,
stages, process, outcome, indications, and research & current status with respect to
psychodynamic, brief psychotherapy, humanistic, existential, gestalt, person-centered,
Adlerian, transactional analysis, reality therapy, supportive, clinical hypnotherapy, play
therapy, psychodrama, and oriental approaches such as yoga, meditation, shavasana,
pranic healing, reiki, taichi etc.
Behavioural Medicine:
Unit Syllabus
III Cardiovascular system: Psychosocial, personality, lifestyle, and health practice
issues, psychobehavioral responses including coping with illness and functional loss in
hypertension, MI, following CABG and other cardiovascular conditions, salient issues
with regard to quality-of-life and well-being, empirically proven methods of
psychological management of CVS diseases.
IV Respiratory system: precipitants, such as emotional arousal, and other external
stimuli, exacerbants such as anxiety and panic symptoms, effects, such as secondary
gain, low self-esteem in asthma and other airway diseases, psychological, behavioral
and biofeedback strategies as adjunct in the management.
November:
Biological Foundations of Behaviour:
Unit Syllabus
III Biochemistry of the brain: Biochemical, metabolic and genetic aspect of Major mental
disorders, mental retardation and behavioural disorders.
IV Neurobiology of sensory-motor systems and internal environment: Organization of
sensory-motor system in terms of receptors and thalamo cortical pathways and motor
responses.
X Temporal lobe syndrome: Special senses – hearing, vestibular functions and integrative
functions; disturbances in learning and memory functions; language, emotions, time
perception and consciousness.
Psychotherapy and Counselling:
Unit Syllabus
V Behavior therapies: Origin, foundations, principles & methodologies, problems
and criticisms, empirical status, behavioral assessment, formulations and treatment
goals, Desensitization - (imaginal, in-vivo, enriched, assisted), Extinction - (graded
exposure, flooding and response prevention, implosion, covert extinction, negative
practice, stimulus satiation), Skill training -(assertiveness training, modeling, behavioral
rehearsal), Operant procedures- (token economy, contingency management), Aversion -
(faradic aversion therapy, covert sensitization, aversion relief procedure, anxiety relief
procedure and avoidance conditioning), Self-control procedures - (thought stop,
paradoxical intention, stimulus satiation), Biofeedback – (EMG, GSR, EEG, Temp.,
EKG), Behavioral counseling, Group behavioral approaches, Behavioral family/marital
therapies.
VI Cognitive therapies: Cognitive model, principles and assumptions, techniques,
indications and current status of rational emotive behavior therapy, cognitive behavior
therapy, cognitive analytic therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy, problem-solving
therapy, mindfulness based cognitive therapy, schema focused therapy, cognitive
restructuring, and other principal models of cognitive therapies.
Behavioural Medicine:
Unit Syllabus
II Central nervous system: Cognitive, personality, behavioral, emotional disturbances in
major CNS diseases like cerebrovascular (stroke, vascular dementia etc.),
developmental (cerebral palsy), degenerative (Parkinson’s etc.), trauma (traumatic brain
and spinal cord injury), convulsive (epilepsy), and infectious (AIDS dementia),
assessment and methods for psychological intervention and rehabilitation with such
patients.
V Gastrointestinal system: Evaluation of psychological factors including personality
characteristics and stress/coping style in functional GI disorders such as irritable bowel
syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, peptic ulcer disease, esophageal disorder etc.,
role of psychotherapy, behaviour modification, cognitive restructuring, biofeedback and
relaxation training.
March:
Biological Foundations of Behaviour:
Unit Syllabus
V Regulation of Internal Environment: Role of limbic, autonomic and the neuro endocrine
system in regulating the internal environment; reticular formation and other important
neural substrates regulating the state of sleep/wakefulness.
XI Parietal and occipital lobe syndromes: Disturbances in sensory functions and body
schema perception; agnosias and apraxias; disturbances in visual space perception;
color perception; writing and reading ability.
Psychotherapy and Counselling:
Unit Syllabus
VII Systemic therapies: Origin, theoretical models, formulation, procedures, techniques,
stages, process, outcome, indications, and research & current status with respect to
family therapy, marital therapy, group therapy, sex therapy, interpersonal therapy and
other prominent therapies.
VIII Physiological therapies: Origin, basis, formulation, procedures, techniques,
stages, process, outcome, indications, and current status with respect to progressive
muscular relaxation, autogenic training, biofeedback, eye movement desensitization and
reprocessing, and other forms of evidence based therapies.
IX Counseling: Definition and goals, techniques, behavioral, cognitive and humanistic
approaches, process, counseling theory and procedures to specific domains of
counseling.
Behavioural Medicine:
Unit Syllabus
VI Genitourinary/renal/reproductive system: Psychosocial issues in male/female
sexual dysfunctions, micturition/voiding problems including primary/secondary
enuresis, end-stage renal disease, dialysis treatment, primary and secondary infertility,
empirically validated psychological and behavioral interventions in these conditions.
VII Dermatology: Role of stress and anxiety in psycho dermatological conditions such as
psoriasis, chronic urticaria, dermatitis, alopecia and the impact of these on self-esteem,
body image and mood, role of psychological interventions such as relaxation, stress
management, counseling and biofeedback strategies.
VIII Oncology: Psychosocial issues associated with cancer - quality of life, denial, grief
reaction to bodily changes, fear of treatment, side effects, abandonment, recurrence,
resilience, assessment tools, and goals of interventions for individual and family, and
therapy techniques.
April:
Biological Foundations of Behaviour:
Unit Syllabus
VI Neurobiology of Behaviour : Neurological aspects of drives, motivation, hunger,
thirst, sex, emotions, learning and memory.
VII Neurotransmitters and behaviour: Role of neurotransmitters and neuro
modulators(acetylcholine, monoamines, amino acids, peptides, lipids) in various aspects
of behaviour including learning and memory.
XII Neuropsychological profile of neuro-psychiatric conditions: Neuropsychological
profile of cortical and subcortical dementia; major mental disorders and substance use
disorders.
Psychotherapy and Counselling:
Unit Syllabus
X Therapy in special conditions: Therapies and techniques in the management of
deliberate self-harm, bereavement, traumatic, victims of man-made or natural disasters,
in crisis, personality disorders, chronic mental illness, substance use, HIV/AIDS,
learning disabilities, mental retardation, and such other conditions where
integrative/eclectic approach is the basis of clinical intervention.
XI Therapy with children: Introduction to different approaches, psychoanalytic therapies
(Ana Freud, Melanie Klein, Donald Winnicott); special techniques (behavioral and
play) for developmental internalizing and externalizing disorders; therapy in special
conditions such as psycho physiological and chronic physical illness; parent and family
counseling; therapy with adolescents.
Behavioural Medicine:
Unit Syllabus
IX HIV/AIDS: Model of HIV disease service program in India, pre- and post-test
counseling, psychosocial issues and their resolutions during HIV progress,
psychological assessment and interventions in infected adults and children, and family
members/caregivers, highly active anti-retroviral treatments (HAART),
neuropsychological findings at different stages of infection, issues related to
prevention/spreading awareness and interventions in at risk populations.
X Pain: Physiological and psychological processes involved in pain experience and
behavior, assessment tools for acute and chronic pain intensity, behavior, and
dysfunctions/disability related to pain, psychological interventions such as cognitive,
behavioral, biofeedback and hypnotic therapies.
XI Terminally ill: Medical, religious and spiritual definition of death and dying,
psychology of dying and bereaved family, strategies of breaking bad news,
bereavement and grief counseling, management of pain and other physical
symptoms associated with end-of-life distress in patients with cancer,AIDS, and other
terminal illness, professional issues related to working inhospice including working
through one’s own death anxiety, euthanasia –types, arguments for and against.
May:
Biological Foundations of Behaviour:
Unit Syllabus
XIII Functional human brain mapping: QEEG, EP & ERP, PET, SPECT, fMRI
XIV Neuropsychological assessment: Introduction, principles, relevance, scope and
indications for neuropsychological assessment and issues involved in
neuropsychological assessment of children.
XV Neuropsychological rehabilitation: Principles, objectives and methods of neuro-
rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury, organic brain disorders, major psychiatric
disorders and behavioural disorders; scope of computer-based retraining, neuro
feedback, cognitive aids.
Psychotherapy and Counselling:
Unit Syllabus
XII Psycho education (therapeutic education): Information and emotional support
for family members and caregivers, models of therapeutic education, family
counseling for a collaborative effort towards recovery, relapse-prevention and
successful rehabilitation with regard to various debilitating mental disorders.
XIII Psychosocial rehabilitation: Rehabilitation services, resources, medical and
psychosocial aspects of disability, assessment, group therapy, supportive therapy and
other forms of empirically supported psychotherapies for core and peripheral members.
XIV Indian approaches to Psychotherapy: Yoga, Meditation, Mindfulness –based
intervention: methods , processes and outcome.
XV Contemporary issues and research: Issues related evidence-based practice, managed
care, and research related to process and outcome.
Behavioural Medicine:
Unit Syllabus
XII Other general clinical conditions: Application of psychological techniques and
their rationale in the clinical care of patients in general medical settings where
psychological services appears to affect the outcome of medical management
positively, for example in diabetes, sleep disorders, obesity, dental anxiety, burns
injury, pre- and post-surgery, preparing for amputation, evaluation of organ
donors/recipient, pre- and post-transplantation, organ replacement, hemophiliacs,
sensory impairment, rheumatic diseases, abnormal illness behavior, health anxiety etc.
XIII Contemporary Issues: Research and developments in health psychology,
psychophysiology, psychoneuro immunology, psychobiology, socio-biology and their
implications, and effects of psychotherapy on the biology of brain.
Presentations:
September – July
General Seminar, Journal club, Psychotherapy Presentation, Topic discussion, Movie club,
September
1st week - Research Protocol Presentation– final
October
1st week - Ethics Committee Meeting for Research
3rd week – Commencement of data collection
Examinations:
Internal Examination 1 4th week of November
Internal Examination 2 2nd week of March
Model Examination– Theory & Practical 1st week of July
University Examination – Theory & Practical 3rd – 4th week of August
Submissions:
December – Introduction of Research Topic
January – Review of Literature of Research Topic
February – 1 Psychotherapy case
March – 2 Psychotherapy cases
April - Data entry & analysis
May – 2 psychotherapy cases
June – Results & Discussion of Research
July – Printed Psychotherapy & Thesis submission
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EMPOWERMENT PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE DISABILITIES (NIEPMD)
(Accredited with NAAC : ISO 9001: 2015 )
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan)
(Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India)
ECR, Muttukadu, Kovalam Post, Chennai 603 112, Tamil Nadu
M.Phil Clinical Psychology – I year
Curriculum Plan:
October:
Orientation in the Multidisciplinary Departments of NIEPMD
Psychosocial Foundation& Psychopathology:
Unit Syllabus
I Introduction: Scope of clinical psychology; overview of the profession and practice;
history and growth; professional role and functions; current issues and trends; areas of
specialization; ethical and legal issues; code of conduct.
X Introduction to psychopathology: Definition; concepts of normality and abnormality;
clinical criteria of abnormality; continuity (dimensional)versus discontinuity
(categorical), and prototype models of psychopathology; classification and taxonomies
– reliability and utility; classificatory systems, currently in use and their advantages and
limitations. Approach to clinical interviewing and diagnosis; case history; mental status
examination; organization and presentation of psychiatric information; diagnostic
formulation.
Statistics and Research Methodology:
Unit Syllabus
I Introduction: Various methods to ascertain knowledge, scientific method and its
features; problems in measurement in behavioral sciences; levels of measurement of
psychological variables - nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio scales; test construction -
item analysis, concept and methods of establishing reliability, validity and norms.
II Sampling: Probability and non-probability; various methods of sampling - simple
random, stratified, systematic, cluster and multistage sampling; sampling and non-
sampling errors and methods of minimizing these errors.
Psychiatry:
Unit Syllabus
I Signs and symptoms: Disorders of consciousness, attention, motor behavior,
orientation, experience of self, speech, thought, perception, emotion, and memory.
II Psychoses: Schizophrenia, affective disorders, delusional disorders and other
forms of psychotic disorders – types, clinical features, etiology and management.
Psychological Assessments:
Unit Syllabus
I Case History
II Bender Gestalt Test, Bhatia’s Battery of Performance Test, Binet Test of Intelligence
(Local Standardization), Raven’s Progressive Matrices (all versions), Wechsler Adult
Intelligence Scale – Indian adaptation (WAPIS-Ramalinga swamy’s), WAIS-R
VI Seguin Form Board Test, Malin’s Intelligence Scale for Indian Children, Gessel’s
Developmental schedule, Gessel’s Developmental Test, Developmental Screening Test,
Vineland Social Maturity Scale, BASIC-MR, NIMHANS – SLD Battery
November:
Psychosocial Foundation & Psychopathology:
Unit Syllabus
II Mental health and illness: Mental health care – past and present; stigma and
attitude towards mental illness; concept of mental health and illness; perspectives –
psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, existential and biological models of
mental health/illness.
XI Psychological theories: Psychodynamic; behavioral; cognitive; humanistic;
interpersonal; psychosocial; and other prominent theories/models of principal clinical
disorders and problems, viz. anxiety, obsessive compulsive, somatoform, dissociative,
adjustment, sexual, substance use, personality, suicide, childhood and adolescence,
psychotic, mood disorders, and culture-specific disorders.
Statistics and Research Methodology:
Unit Syllabus
III Concept of probability: Probability distribution - normal, poison, binomial;
descriptive statistics - central tendency, dispersion, skewness and kurtosis.
IV Hypothesis testing: Formulation and types; null hypothesis, alternate hypothesis, type I
and type II errors, level of significance, power of the test, p-value. Concept of standard
error and confidence interval.
Psychiatry:
Unit Syllabus
III Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders: types, clinical features,e tiology and
management.
IV Disorders of personality and behavior: Specific personality disorders; mental &
behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use; habit and impulse disorders;
sexual disorders and dysfunctions – types, clinical features, etiology and management.
Psychological Assessments:
Unit Syllabus
II Wechsler Memory Scale, PGI Memory Scale,
III Rorschach Psychodiagnostics, Multiphasic Questionnaire
IV 16 personality factor questionnaire, Temperament and Character Inventory, Eyesenk’s
Personality Inventory, Eysenck’s Personality Questionnaire, Sentence Completion Test,
Thematic Apperception Test - Murray’s and Uma Chowdhary’s
VI Children’s Apperception Test, Draw a Person Test, Children’s Personality
Questionnaire
December:
Psychosocial Foundation & Psychopathology:
Unit Syllabus
III Epidemiology: Epidemiological studies in Indian context; socio-cultural correlates of
mental illness, mental health, psychological well-being and quality of life.
IV Self and relationships: Self-concept, self-image, self-perception and self-regulations
in mental health and illness; learned helplessness and attribution theories; social skill
model; interpersonal and communication models of mental illness; stress diathesis
model, resilience, coping and social support.
XII Indian thoughts: Concept of mental health and illness; nosology and taxonomyof mental
illness; social identity and stratification (Varnashrama Vyawastha); concept of –
cognition, emotion, personality, motivation and their disorders.
Statistics and Research Methodology:
Unit Syllabus
V Tests of significance - Parametric tests: Requirements, "t" test, normal z-test, and
"F" test including post-hoc tests, one-way and two-way analysis of variance, analysis of
covariance, repeated measures analysis of variance, simple linear correlation and
regression.
VI Tests of significance - Non-parametric tests: Assumptions; One-sample tests (sign test,
Mc Nemer test); two-sample test (Mann Whitney U test, Wilcoxon rank sum test); k-
sample tests (Kruskal Wallies test, and Friedman test) and chi-square test.
Psychiatry:
Unit Syllabus
V Organic mental disorders: Dementia, delirium and other related conditions with
neuralgic and systemic disorders – types, clinical features, etiology and management.
VI Behavioral, emotional and developmental disorders of childhood and adolescence:
types, clinical features, etiology and management.
VII Mental retardation: Classification, etiology and management.
Psychological Assessments:
Unit Syllabus
II Wisconsin cord sorting test
III Object sorting test, IPDE, NEO-5 personality inventory
IV Picture frustration test
V Rating scales: Self-rated and observer-rated scales of different clinical conditions
such as anxiety, depression, mania, OCD, phobia, panic disorder etc. (including
Leyton’s obsessional inventory, Y-BOCS, BDI, STAI, HADS,HARS, SANS, SAPS,
PANSS, BPRS), issues related to clinical applications and recent developments.
VI Developmental psychopathology checklist, CBCL, Clinical rating scales such as for
autism, ADHD, etc
VII LNNB, PGI-BBD, NIMHANS and other batteries of neuropsychological tests in current
use.
January:
Psychosocial Foundation & Psychopathology:
Unit Syllabus
V Family influences: Early deprivation and trauma; neglect and abuse; attachment;
separation; inadequate parenting styles; marital discord and divorce; maladaptive peer
relationships; communication style; family burden; emotional adaptation; expressed
emotions and relapse.
VI Societal influences: Discrimination in race, gender and ethnicity; social class and
structure, poverty and unemployment; prejudice, social change and uncertainty; crime
and delinquency; social tension & violence; urban stressors; torture &terrorism; culture
shock; migration; religion & gender related issues with reference to India.
Statistics and Research Methodology:
Unit Syllabus
VII Experimental design: Randomization, replication, completely randomized design,
randomized block design, factorial design, crossover design, single subject design, non-
experimental design.
VIII Epidemiological studies: Epidemiological studies: Rates- Prevalence and incidence;
Types- Prospective and retrospective studies; Diagnostic Efficiency Statistics
(sensitivity, specificity, predictive values); Risk Estimation- odds ratio and survival
analysis.
Psychiatry:
Unit Syllabus
VIII Neurobiology of mental disorders: Neurobiological theories of psychosis, mood
disorders, suicide, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders and other emotional and
behavioral syndromes.
IX Therapeutic approaches: Drugs, ECT, psychosurgery, psychotherapy, and behavior
therapy, preventive and rehabilitative strategies – half-way home, sheltered workshop,
daycare, and institutionalization.
Psychological Assessments:
Unit Syllabus
III Colour form sorting test, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Clinical
Analysis Questionnaire, Screening instruments such as GHQ, hospital
anxiety/depression scale etc. to detect psychopathology
IV Self-concept and self-esteem scales, Rottor’s locus of control scale, Bell’s adjustment
inventory (Students’ and Adults’), Subjective well-being questionnaires, QoL
VI AMD adaptation scale for mental retardation
February:
Psychosocial Foundation & Psychopathology:
Unit Syllabus
VII Disability: Definition and classification of disability; psychosocial models of
disability; impact, needs and problems; issues related to assessment/certification of
disability – areas and measures.
VIII Rehabilitation: Approaches to rehabilitation; interventions in the rehabilitation
processes; models of adaptation to disability; family and caregivers issues; rights of
mentally ill; empowerment issues; support to recovery.
Statistics and Research Methodology:
Unit Syllabus
IX Multivariate analysis: Introduction, Multiple regression, logistic regression, factor
analysis, cluster analysis, discriminant function analysis, path analysis, MANOVA,
Canonical correlation, and Multidimensional scaling.
X Sample size estimation: Sample size determination for estimation of mean, estimation
of proportion, comparing two means and comparing two proportions.
Psychiatry:
Unit Syllabus
X Consultation-liaison psychiatry: Psychiatric consultation in general hospital;
primary care setting.
XI Special populations/Specialties: Geriatric, terminally ill, HIV/AIDS, suicidal, abused,
violent and non-cooperative patients; psychiatric services in community, and following
disaster/calamity.
Psychological Assessments:
Unit Syllabus
VI Raven’s controlled projection test
VII WISC-R (for visual handicapped), blind learning aptitude test and other interest and
aptitude tests, Kauffman’s assessment battery and such other tests/scales for physically
handicapped individuals.
VIII Halstead-Reitan battery
March, April & May:
External Postings – Institute of Mental Health
June: Psychosocial Foundation & Psychopathology:
Unit Syllabus
IX Policies and Acts: Rehabilitation Policies and Acts (Mental Health Act of 1987,
National Mental Health Program 1982, the Persons with Disabilities (equal
opportunities, protection of rights and full participation) Act 1995;Rehabilitation
Council of India (RCI) Act of 1992, National Trust for Mental Retardation, CP and
Autistic Children 1999, Juvenile Justice Act of 1986; Mental Health Care Bill 2011;
ethical and forensic issues in psychiatry practice); assistance, concessions, social
benefits and support from government and voluntary organizations; contemporary
challenges; rehabilitation ethics and professional code of conduct.
Statistics and Research Methodology:
Unit Syllabus
XI Qualitative analysis of data: Content analysis, qualitative methods of psychosocial
research.
XII Use of computers: Use of relevant statistical package in the field of behavioral science
and their limitations.
Presentations:
October – July General Seminar, Journal club, Clinical Case Presentation, Movie club
Examinations:
Internal Examination 1 February 1st week
Internal Examination 2 March 4th week
Model Examination – Theory & Practical July 4th week
University Examination – Theory & Practical September
Submissions:
April – 1 Psychodiagnostics submission
May – 1 Psychodiagnostics submission
June – 1 Psychodiagnostics submission
July – 2 Psychodiagnostics submission
August- All 5 printed Psychodiagnostics submission
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