Holistic Approach as a Strategy for Special Education in India

Abstract

Overcoming socio-cultural pressures in India with reference to special education will render intervention and remedial practices effective especially with a holistic approach which includes regional adaptations and multidisciplinary approaches to create a suitable framework within the Indian context for successful special education assessment with particular concern for hidden disabilities like learning disabilities which require and benefit from a holistic approach. Tracing a path through analysis of the Indian philosophical perspectives in education to possible current applications in educational practice this chapter provides a sound basis for adopting the holistic approach in education at a macro level and bringing about change in assessment practices at the micro level.