Cross-Disability Early Intervention Centres

Cross-Disability Early Intervention Centres for Children with Disabilities

Early childhood (0-6 yrs) is a time of remarkable brain development. It is the critical period that determine a persons’s ability to reach her/his lifelong health, social and economic potential. Providing quality early childhood intervention early in a child’s life supports them to develop the skills needed to enable him to lead an independent and dignified life. Early Intevention provides specialized support and services for infants and young children at – risk or with disability and/or development delay and their families to help their development, well-being and participation in family and community life. Initially, single-window Early Intervention Centres in 7 National Institutes and 7 Composite Regional Centres were set up as pilot basis and now 22 Cross-Disability Early Intervention Centres for Children with Disabilities (CDEIC) are operational across the National Institutes and Composite Regional Centre. The details of the CDEIC are as under:-

Swami Vivekanand National Institute of the Rehabilitation Training and Research (SVNIRTAR), Cuttack
National Institute for Locomotor Disabilities (NILD), Kolkata
Deendayal Upadhyaya National Institute for Persons with Physical Disabilities (PDUNIPPD), Delhi
National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities(NIEPID), Secunderabad
National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (NIEPMD), Chennai
National Institute for theEmpowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities (NIEPVD), Dehradun
Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities (AYJNISHD), Mumbai
National Institute for Mental Health & Rehabilitation (NIMHR), Sehore
Composite Regional Centre, Guwahati
Composite Regional Centre, Bolangir
Composite Regional Centre, Ranchi
Composite Regional Centre, Patna
Composite Regional Centre, Lucknow
Composite Regional Centre, Srinagar
Composite Regional Centre, Nellore
Composite Regional Centre, Rajnandgaon
Composite Regional Centre, Davangere
Composite Regional Centre, Kozhikode
Composite Regional Centre, Sundernagar
Composite Regional Centre, Bhopal
Composite Regional Centre, Ahemdabad
Composite Regional Centre, Gorakhpur

Cross-Disability Early Intervention Centres
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Sub-Scheme under SIPDA for setting up of Cross-Disability Early Intervention Centres at National Institutes (NIs) and Composite Regional Centres (CRCs) under DEPwD	Accessible Version : View(1 MB)
Inauguration of Cross-Disability Early Intervention Centres.	Accessible Version : View
Details of existing CDEIC	Accessible Version : View(289 KB)