Date:06/11/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/11/06/stories/2006110614880200.htm

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Autism training programme

Staff Reporter

Chennai: Sankalp, a learning centre for children, will organise a teacher-training programme in autism beginning November 8. `Understanding and interventional strategies in autism' is a foundation course for those wishing to teach children with autism spectrum disorder. The course, open to graduates, will run till December 21. Participants will learn interventional strategies to help autistic children, whose social and communication skills are impaired.

The centre is located at Q-9, 6th avenue, Anna Nagar West. Call 42113947 or 26182588 (weekdays) and 42307492 (weekends) for more details.