Research Projects Undertaken by INPA


Portage training for the developmentally delayed young children was initiated for the first time in India by Dr. Tehal Kohli (President - INPA) in 1980. Some of the Early Intervention / Portage Models tried under her supervision are listed below.

S.no.

Investigator

Year

Title

Beneficiaries

1.

Rajni Dutta (M. Phil)

1982

Portage Service: An Intervention Programme for Pre-school Mentally Retarded Children with Motor Handicaps.

10 MR Children for long term portage training.

2.

Kusum Sagar

1983

Effect of Early Stimulation on Developmental Deficits of Infants under ICDS scheme.

80 parents & 40 infants of slums.

3.

Kavita Malhotra

1984

Development of Play Material for Socialising the Mentally Young Children.

40 MR Children, 40 Parents, 40 Caretakers

4.

Saritinder Grewal

1984

Language Acquisition Programme for the Mentally Retarded Young Children.

30 Pre-school MR children with language problems.

5.

Surekha Sundari Swami

1985
1986

Impact of ICDS services on various Developmental Aspects of Pre-school Children

200 MR Children between 3 – 6 years

6.

Farhad Farhang Azad (Ph.D)

1986

Effectiveness of Portage Home based Training Programme on Cognitive Development of pre-school Mentally Retarded Children.

30 MR (0 – 6 years), 30 Mothers.

7.

Rajni Datta

1986

Impact of Home-center based training programme to reduce Developmental Deficits project of Disadvantaged Young Children under ICDS school in Chandigarh.

150 children, 150 Mothers, 150 AWWS

8.

UNICEF sponsored

1987-89

Effect on Behavior Modification Techniques on Aggressive Pre-school Children (3-6 years) of AW's in Chandigarh.

3000 Infant Children, 300 MR Children  

9.

Batni Devi (Ph.D)

1989

Impact of Portage Trained Aganwadi workers on Cognitive Development of Pre-schoolers at different levels of intelligence.

Beneficiaries 30

10.

Bhupinder Kaur

1989

Home based training to reduce

30 MR Children

11.

Rita

1989

Home based Training to reduce Developmental Deficits of Disadvantaged Young Children: A Follow up study of UNICEF sponsored project.

30 MR Children followed up

12.

Meenu

1989

Centre based Training to reduce Developmental Deficits of Disadvantaged Young Children: A Follow up study of UNICEF sponsored project.

60 MR Children

13.

Maninder Kaur (M.Ed)

1990

A follow-up Early Intervention Programme to reduce Developmental Defects of Disadvantaged School Going Children

Initial Beneficiaries 200 children


Training 24 children

14.

Satnam Kaur

1991

Effectiveness of Differential Reinforcement of other Behaviour in Reducing Aggression of Developmentally Delayed Pre-schoolers Belonging to Anganwadis of Chandigarh.

6060 aggressive and mentally delayed children


with behaviour problems

15.

Balwinder Kaur

1992

Effect of Differential Reinforcement on Non-Compliant Behaviour of Preschool children of AWCs in Chandigarh

Initial Beneficiaries 200 children
 

Training 24 children

16.

Geetika Maini (Ph.D)

1993

Effectiveness of Integrated Intervention for Enhancement of Development of Pre-schoolers in Union Territory of Chandigarh.

17 AWCs; MR Children of age 3 – 5 years


Initial Sample: 191 Final 173  

17.

UNICEF Sponsored

Project

1994

1995

Survey of Community Based Early Intervention Services for pre-school mentally retarded children in India.

All the 516 Institutions of India dealing with Early Intervention Services surveyed and studied

 

18.

Bharathi Murthi (Ph.D)

1996

Psycho-Social Problems of Mental Retardates and the role of self help groups. (Portage Training Kits development in Hindi and Punjabi)

Non Institutional 242 MR Children & their 242 Mothers

19.

M Kaddesh Ali

1997

Attitude of Learning Disabled High School Students towards Studies

64 Learning Disabled, Non – LD children

20.

Devinder Bains (Ph.D)

1997

Differential Impact of Various Remedial Strategies on Reducing Reading Disability of Dyslexic Primary School Children.

Beneficiaries 209, Training 30 LD children

 

21

NCERT Project

1997

Comparison of various Remedial Strategies in Reducing language Disabilities of Dyslexic children.

307 referred Learning Disabled Children

in the schools of Chandigarh

22.

Shaminder Kaur

1998

Survey on Existing Community Based Early intervention Services for Pre School Children in rural areas of Chandigarh.

50 MR Children

23.

Seema Vij

1998

Evaluation of the Existing Community Based Early Intervention Service for Pre-school Children in rural areas of Chandigarh.

25 AWS of Ropar, MR Children 78

24.

Tehal Kohli & David Shearer

1998

A Cross Cultural Study of Early Intervention Services in USA & India - Sponsored by University of Albama, Birmingham, USA.

Mothers 300, Pre-school Children 300

25.

Upjeet Kaur

1999

Impact of Portage Training Through Rural Camps and Self Held Groups for Enhancing Development of Young Children in Chandigarh.

60 MR Children & 60 Mothers

26.

Tehal Kohli

NCERT Project

1999

2000

Comparison of various Remedial Strategies in Reducing Language Disabilities in Dyslexic Children

Infants307 Learning Disabled children aged 7 – 10 years

27.

Renu Arora

2001

Impact of Imparting Health & Nutrition Education to Mothers on Growth Development of their Pre-School Children.

300 pre-school children and300 mothers of different schools of Ambala District

28.

Debendra Sethi

2004

A Comparative Study of Academic Achievement of Control & Self Concept of Learning Disabled and Normal Primary School students belonging to different levels of Intelligence.

Initial Sample: 235 children 9 – 10 years

Final: 83 given early intervention

29.

Daman Chauhan

2004

Effectiveness of Different Strategies for Remedial Disabilities in Primary School children.

Initial Sample: 1574 LD Children

Trained 84 grade 2 & 3

30.

UGC Prof. Emeritus Fellowship Project conducted by Prof. Tehal Kohli

July2005-July2007

National Level UGC Project Entitled, Survey of Existing Early Intervention Programmes and Practices in India for Better Involvement of Existing Professionals, Para & Non Professionals for Enhancing Development of Young Children

Surveyed more than 3000 Institutions of India providing Early Intervention Services –Institutions for Mentally retarded Children, Anganwadi Centres, Creches etc. Data was collected with the help of 4 Questionnaires, i.e., Policy Makers, Administrators, Teachers and Parents providing Early Childhood Education. Imparrting Portage Training was a significant Component of these Tools.  

32.

Project Sponsored By Central Social Welfare Board & Chandigarh Social Welfare Board. Director :Prof. Tehal Kohli.
Senior Counsellor/ Psychologist-Anju or Taran or Reetu & Home Advisor, Kiran
Kaushal.

Feb.2007-Jan.2008.
 

Project Entitled: Impact of Empowerment of Disadvantaged Mothers Through Rural Camps, Self-help groups, Functional Literacy of Nutritional Education & Portage Training on Enhancement of Development of Young Children with Developmental Delays

This Project was running in Sikhya-School of Learning in Sector-46-A.Chandigarh where the deprived/disadvantage Children from Slums of Catchment Colonies were studying. Portage training was given to 150 children out of which 33 were DD/Border-line children between 3 to 6 years. The rest were average children but delayed in one or two areas of Development.

33.

Project Sponsored by
SOSVA. Director :Prof. Tehal Kohli. Senior Counsellor/ Psychologist-Lakshmi & Home Advisor -Nidhi Mahajan

April 2007-March 2008
(1st year)

Project Entitled: Centre and Community Based Early Intervention for Enhancing Development of Young Children of Rural-Urban AWCs of SAS Tehsil (Mohali)

 

In this Project, 302 children between 3 to 6 years were given Portage Training in 9 AWCs of Distt. Mohali. 83 of them were DD/Border-line Children. The rest were low average. All belonged to either Rural /Slums of Mohali. Three Training Workshops were conducted to train the parents and anganwadi workers. Project was continued for another one year.

34.

Project Sponsored by
SOSVA.Director :Prof. Tehal Kohli. Senior Counsellor/ Psychologist-Sukhwinder Kaur & Home Advisor - Preeti Nagpal

April 2008-March 2009
(2nd year)
 

Project Entitled: Centre and Community Based Early Intervention for Enhancing Development of Young Children of Rural-Urban AWCs of SAS Tehsil (Mohali)

In this Project, 302 children in the first year and 300 children in the second year, between 3 to 6 years were given Portage Training in 9 AWCs of Distt. Mohali. 79 children in the first year and 74 children in the second year out of them were DD/Border-line Children. The rest were low average. All belong to either Rural /Slums of Mohali. Three training workshops were conducted every year to train the parents and anganwadi workers; exhibition of toys was also held at two places.

Current Project

35.

Project Sponsored By University Grants Comission (UGC).
Principal Investigator: Prof. Tehal Kohli.
Co-investigator: Dr. Kuldip Kaur

Feb.2009 -Jan.2011
 

“Impact of Material and Personnel development on behaviourio – educational aspects of children in inclusive setting at pre-primary and primary school levels”

Major Research Project for developing Identification Tools and Training Packages for the Training of Pre-Primary & Primary Teachers for implementing Inclusive Education for different types of Disabilities.