Brochure of Vocational Training for Mentally Handicapped : Chapter VII

THE LIST OF PROGRAMMES: 
A. i) Simple Walk :To know the fundamental

ii) Simple running :movements of hands with legs. To get the co-ordination, if the child has not yet achieved.

v) Bun or Orange race : (This Bun or Orange race is placed at a distance of 20 or 30 feet. The children are told to go and get it by hand and come back to the starting line.)

vi) Shuttle relay : Teams of two children only (Three teams at a time)

vii) Throw and bring : May also be played at a ball competitive spirit.

B. i) Walking on toes : (To swing arms)

ii) Running on toes : (the positions of hands may be corrected)

iii) Skip jumps : (on a specified space, hands on hips)

iv) Skip jumps : with legs astride

v) Skip jumps with legs astride and hands sideways vi) Skip jumps with legs forward and backwards :

vii) Skip jumps and to move forward and backward on a signal

viii) Hop on one leg and advance

C. i) jump from a line with feet together : (mark the distance jumped. A record of performance and distance may be maintained)

ii) Jump from a height (Baby Chair) : Gradually increase the height. (A record of performance and height may be maintained)

iii) Cross through obstacles : (to go under a bench or a chair)

D. i) Roll a ball in between lines and let the child run and follow the ball in between parallel lines.

ii) Bounce the ball and catch in between parallel lines, and then slowly advance.

iii) Throw a ball up and catch it in between parallel lines., and then slowly advance forward.

iv) Catch and throw a large ball at a certain distance fixed.

E. i) To sit on toes and stand up.

ii) To sit on the floor, hands sideways.

iii) To stand up from the sitting position

iv) Trunk bending, hands on hips.

v) To sit on the floor and roll head in clockwise and anti-clockwise directions ( to do only three times)

vi) Raise arms from front straight and drop them from side ways :

F. i) Relays (with two teams only: any activity which would
be convenient to play).

NOTE :
Before any activity the children should be taught to form a line.

G. Movements with Music or Beat of Drum :
i) Normal walking and walking on toes.
ii) Running on toes.
iii) Skip jump and advance.
iv) Bouncing the ball and catching.
v) To sit on toes and stand up.
vi) Raising arms straight upwards from front and down from sideways.
vii) Clapping hands.

H. DIRECTIONAL ACTIVITIES :
i) Walking left or right, forward or backward
ii) Skip jump left or right, forward or backward
iii) Running backward (without looking towards the back)
iv) Throwing a Ball at a target kept behind him
v) Cover the eyes of the child with a cloth and he should proceed in the direction of the beat of the Drum or Clap or whistle.
vi) Show the child the distance to walk and get the object kept there with child’s eyes covered.

MARCHING :
In a group of six (three in each line) Each child is to be taught the fundamental commands:
i.e.Attention – (Savdhan) 
Stand – at – ease (Vishram) 
Stand – easy(Aramse), Mark-time (Kadamtal)
Halt (Tham), Quick March – (Tej-chal) 
Right Turn – (Dahine Mour)
Left Turn – (Baiye Mour)
About Turn- (Pichye Mour)
Eyes right – (Dahine Dekh) 
Eyes Front – (Samne Dekh)

OBJECT
Marching for these children is for better posture and better co-ordination between the mind and the body. Marching makes the child alert, and it is also an important factor in obtaining a good class spirit. It also develops a sense of rhythm. It helps achieve the correct gait in walking :

J. BALANCE :
i) Walking on a fixed rod
ii) Walking by keeping some object on the head : (the point is that the object kept on the head should not drop from his/her head while walking. Either a book or a piece of wood or anything that a child is able to keep on his/her head, but certainly not a paper or handkerchief)
iii) In hop position to collect an object from the ground without dropping the other leg. (etc.)

K. GENERAL
(The following programmes mentioned below may be followed according to the need of the children).
i) Heel-toe walk (swinging arms)
ii) Group Marching (by forming a group of 16 children)
iii) Balanced Physical exercises, free hand, (may be planned according to the group’s performance and ability)
iv) Training in Athletic skills
v) Training in Specific skills
vi) Cycling (slow and fast)
vii) Swimming (if there is such facility)
viii} To learn various games, such as, The Dog and the Bone, Musical Chair, Tug-of-war, etc.
ix) To learn outdoor and indoor games :
(Such as, Football, Hockey, Cricket, Basketball, Volleyball, Carrom, Table Tennis, Badminton, etc.)