PG AND RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCE

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF STUDIES - 2017

DATE : 28.03.2017 TIME: 8.30 am VENUE: LIBRARY (REHAB DEPT)

The Board of Studies of the PG & Research Department of Rehabilitation Science was held on 28th March 2017 in the

Rehab Library. The meeting began with a short prayer followed by the formal welcoming of the special invitees, the

faculty members and the student representatives by the Head of the Department Dr.P. Nagalakshmi . The special

invitees were

Dr. E. Ramganesh ,Professor and Head Dept. of Educational Technology, Bharathidasan University ,Tiruchirappalli-24

Dr. Prabhavathy ,Assistant Professor, Centre for Differently Abled , Bharathidasan University. Tiruchirappalli-24

Following the welcome the chairperson presented the agenda of the meeting. The agenda was

To pass the syllabi of the papers of the V and VI semester of the UG course.

To incorporate new course the paper INTRODUCTION TO DISABILITY was introduced in the I semester.

addition of new papers if any

The following were the changes suggested and revised by the expert.

1) The new paper titled as Principles and Practices of Vocational Rehabilitation was introduced.

2) The NME paper Indian Sign Language to be retitled as Sign Language.

3) To evolve criteria for managing rehabilitation programmes and also include content on Managerial skills

and professional ethics were introduced in the paper Management of Rehabilitation Programmes.

Some of the common changes suggested by the expert were

The objectives in each paper to reflect knowledge, application, skills and values and

also objectives to be framed unit wise .

References to be classified as 1) TEXT BOOK and 2) ESSENTIAL READING

References to include recent editions, publications and articles.

To encourage Journal reading culture among students.

To the query on bringing changes in the course pattern, the expert suggested that a

minimum of 140 credits is mandatory for any UG course and that any structural modifications in

the course pattern can be brought in with the passing of the course pattern in the Board and getting

its approval in the Academic Council of the College.

The changes brought in the paper Introduction to Disability as per the RPWD Act 2016 was revised and

passed.

With these suggestions the syllabi of the papers of the V and VI semester of the UG course was revised

and passed.

After transacting the agenda, the minutes of the meeting was presented and the proceedings came to a

close with the vote of thanks.

Based on the suggestions given by various stakeholders, courses which focused on skill

development, employability and entrepreneurship were introduced to make the students ready to

be effective is employees or dynamic/smart employers. The details of these courses are given

below.

Skill Development (SD), Employability (EM) and Entrepreneurship (EN)

Semester Course Code Title of the Course Old/New SD EN EM

I U17RS1MCT01 Introduction to Disability new

I U15RS1ACT01 Intervention for Visually

Impaired

Old

I U15RS1ACT02 Human Development Old

II U15RS2MCT02 Intervention for Mentally

Retarded

Old

II U15RS2MCT03 Intervention for Hearing

Impaired

Old

II U15RS2ACP03 Braille (Practicum) Old

III U15RS3MCP04 Mobility and Mathematics –

Visually Impaired

(Practicals)

Old

III U15RS3MCT05 Intervention for Locomotor

Disability and

Physiotherapy

Old

III U15RS3AOT04 Health and Nutrition/School

Subject

Old

III U15RS3SBP03 Education for Persons with

Disabilities (Practicals)

Old

IV U15RS4MCT06 Curricular Strategies –

Mentally Retarded

Old

IV U15RS4MET01/

U15RS4MET02

Counselling/ Group

Dynamics - Offered for

other departments also

Old

IV U15RS4AOT05 Psychology (Offered for

other departments also)

Old

IV U15RS4AOT06 Exceptional Children

(Offered for other

departments also)

Old

V

U15RS5MCT07 Audiology and Aural

Rehabilitation

Old

V

U15RS5MCT08 Introduction to Vocational

Rehabilitation

Old

V

U15RS5MCT09 Adapted Physical Education Old

V

U15RS5MCT10 Behaviour Modification and

Therapeutic Intervention

Old

VI

U15RS5MET03/

U15RS5MET04

Introduction to Language

and Speech/

Communication Through

Signs and Speech

Old

VI

U15RS5SBP04 TLM and Adaptive

Equipments (Practicum)

Old

VI

U15RS6MCT11 Vocational Planning Old

VI

U15R63MCP12 CBR and Vocational

Placement (Practicum)

Old

VI

U15RS6MCT13 Management of

Rehabilitation Programmes

Old

VI

U15RS6MET03 Autism, Learning

Disability, ADHD / Early

Childhood Education

Old

I U15RS6ECFW1

Field Work - 1 Old

II U15RS6ECFW2

Field Work – 2 Old

I P15RS1MCT01

Methods of Rehabilitation

Social Work

Old

I P15RS1MCT02 Autism and ADHD

Old

I P15RS1MCT03

Management of Cerebral

Palsy

Old

I P15RS1MCP04

Vision

Rehabilitation(Practicals)

Old

I P15RS1MCT05 Research Methodology

Old

II P15RS2MCT06

Rehabilitation of Persons

with Locomotor Disabilities

Old

II P15RS2MCT07 Assessment Procedures

Old

II P15RS2MCT08

Administration of

Rehabilitation Programmes

Old

II P15RS2MCT09

Management of Multiple

Disabilities

Old

II P15RS2MCT10

Intervention for Learning

Disabilities

Old

III P15RS3MCP11

Therapeutics for Persons

with Disabilities(Practicals)

Old

III P15RS3MCP12

Mental Retardation -

Multidisciplinary Aspects

(Practicals)

Old

III P15RS3MCP13

Hearing Impairment-

Multidisciplinary Aspects

(Practicals)

Old

III P15RS3MCP14 Project Management

Old

III P15RS3NMT01 Family and Child Care

Old

III P15RSNMT02 Personality Development

Old

IV

P15RS4MEI01/ P15RS4MEI02

Internship I - Deaf Blind / Multiple Disabilities

Old

IV

P15RS4MEI03/ P15RS4MEI04

Internship II -

Sensory Disabilities/

Developmental Disabilities

Old

IV

P15RS4MEI05/ P15RS4MEI06

Internship III -

Management of Rehabilitation

Programmes / Services for the

Disabled

Old

IV P15RS4DIS01 Dissertation

Old