Community Based Rehabilitation Programme :
It is generally considered that 2% of the population constitutes persons with mental retardation. However, no systematic national survey has been conducted to determine the prevalence of mental retardation in India. Recently it has been estimated that in India, there are about 20 million persons who are mildly retarded and about 4 million persons who are moderately and severely retarded.
Most of the habilitation services for the mentally handicapped are concentrated in the urban area. 75% of population of the country lives in rural areas and practically no service exists there for the habilitation of rural disabled.
The Government Institute for Mentally Retarded Children, Chandigarh took courage to answer there problems by starting community based rehabilitation programme in Khuda Lahora and Kajheri,U.T. Chandigarh. Ten mentally retarded children of Khuda Lahora and seventeen mentally retarded children of Kajehri are included in Community based Rehabilitation Programme.
Community based rehabilitation programme is a systematic approach to help these problems within their own community, making the best use of local resources by helping the community to become aware of their responsibility in this regard. The aim is to provide services from within and with the entire involvement of the community, family and local administration
Following services are provided in community based rehabilitation programme.
Aware the people about prevention of mental retardation.
Training of the child.
Counselling of the parents.
IQ testing
Speech therapy
Physiotherapy
Knowledge about the benefits giving by the government.