mentally challenged & their problems: Summer camp of Sandnya Students

A yearly event of summer camp for selected mentally challenged students is under going in Sandnya Srushti campus since 5/5/15 morning. The objective being to socialize them better, developing sense of co operation, sharing and helping them to adopt to the changed environment is the main motto. This a weeks stay also intended to help them become self sufficient in activities for daily leaving[ADL]. The get an opportunity to leave away from their parents and families and that should help them in emotional adjustments since they have to accommodate themselves for 24 hrs. Couple of them find difficult to sleep on first and second night since they are used to a certain and fixed type of settings. Also they have to get up little early in the morning because they have to go to a morning walk and for out door sports. In the begging some are reluctant but during morning walk all of them are very happy. First couple of days they are a bit uncomfortable during noon hours since they could not get sufficient sleep during night hours though they are supposed to got to bed by 9:00 pm. Their dinner time being 7:45 pm.