Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India has expressed hope that the clinical training module for student clinicians in speech language pathology will streamline the quality of clinical training at the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH).
The new tests and therapy resource materials launched on Tuesday will augment specialised clinical programs for identification, prevention, intensive evaluation and rehabilitation. The newly developed manuals on early childhood education were much needed in the field of communication disorders, he added.
Mr. Bhushan, who took part as the chief guest virtually at the inauguration of 57th anniversary of AIISH here, said educating the public and involving them as equal partners in the rehabilitation schemes meant for communication disorders has a crucial role in dictating the success story of any institute in the field of rehabilitation. He expressed happiness that the AIISH has continued the public education on communication disorders by organising monthly public lectures, live phone-in programs, radio and television programs, club-house talks, camp-based awareness activities, orientation and sensitisation, and publishing newspaper and magazine articles.
