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 Kavita
Shanbhag
ChildRaise.com is conceptualised and compiled by Mrs. Kavita Shanbhag.
Kavita has been associated with special children, their
needs and rehabilitation for last 13 years. Her foray into the special
Education field, brought about by personal crisis saw her complete B.
Ed in special education in 1995 from S.N.D.T. university, Mumbai at
the age of 34, when she was a mother of two. Kavita had passed her
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) with a first class in 1981, majoring in Psychology.
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Kavita's stint in special education
trained her to teach children with mental retardation, cerebral palsy,
sensory impairments and learning disabilities. The rehabilitation and
remedial sessions during the course of her study gave her a new insight
into the needs and problems of the handicapped.
In 1997, she attended the 22nd
International Epilepsy Congress at Dublin, hosted jointly with WHO, as a
representative of 'SAMMAN- a support group for persons with epilepsy'. In
2002, she presented a paper on 'Need for Economic Viability of
Anti-epileptic Drugs for People with Epilepsy in India' in Nagano, Japan.
She presented a skit on the life of a girl with epilepsy in the Bangkok
Epilepsy Conference in 2004. Kavita volunteers for SAMMAN as coordinator and special educator. She has
attended and completed workshops/ training programmes on management of the
learning disabled and slow learners and related subjects.
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ChildRaise is now a Registered Public Trust
Name of Trust
ChildRaise Trust
Registration No
E-23559 (Mumbai)
Trustees
Mrs. Kavita Shanbhag
Mr. Devraya Shanbhag
Mrs. Smita Chandaver
Miss Preeti Shanbhag
Miss Shloka Chandaver
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A Governing Council Member of Indian
Epilepsy Association (April 2005 - March 2007), she has received a
fellowship from PUKAR - Partners in Urban Knowledge, Action & Research
(2005). Presently, she is the Vice-President of India Epilepsy
Association, Bombay Chapter. Recently, she acquired M.S. in Counselling
from Institute of Psychotherapy and Management Studies.
Kavita is trained in Hindustani vocal
classical music. She has contributed to several music performances including her cassette, "Stree Katha",
concerning women's issues and has dubbed for documentaries made by "TISS
and Astha". A recognized drama artist of All India Radio, Kavita has
received merit certificate for acting from the Government of Maharashtra.
Kavita has put her knowledge of music and drama to fruitful use by
conducting musical plays and skits for creating awareness about epilepsy
among general public.
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Although
presently employed with the Reserve Bank of India, Kavita at 45 has
plans to devote herself completely to the work of rehabilitation of
mentally challenged persons, parent-counselling and remedial
teaching.
Kavita's
personal experience, after discovering herself as a person with epilepsy
(onset in pregnancy) and her child having learning difficulties, was a
harrowing one having to run from pillar to post for information, guidance
and remedial treatment. With her family's whole-hearted backing, both
Kavita and her child have today successfully overcome their problems. This
has led her to start
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Our Creative Team
- Smita Chandaver
- Preeti Shanbhag
- Vrushali Sant
- Shloka Chandaver
- Rajiv Naik
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this website "ChildRaise.com"
which focuses on the special children; their abilities, integration,
rehabilitation and disability-related information and services.
The website was announced on 3rd December 2001, which coincides with
"The International Day of Persons with Disabilities". On the
same occasion in 2004, Kavita released a resource guide "Journey to
Empowerment - A Roadmap for Special Children". In 2006, ChildRaise
became a registered public trust.
With the dedicated
team of trustees and volunteers, ChildRaise is forging ahead with the
vision of integrated society and equal opportunities to people with disabilities.
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