The Child Welfare Council, Punjab is running a school called 'Vani Integrated School for Hearing Impaired' at Patiala since 2006. The school provide education to special children with disabilities like Hearing Impairment, Mental Retardation, Children with Autism & Slow Learners. The classrooms are full equipped with the latest equipments for these special children. Children with special needs are provided education by the staff who is specially trained in their fields. Students of Vani School also participate in different extracurricular activities like Dance Competitions, Games, Painting Competitions etc.
Recently a Dark Room was constructed in the Vani School with the financial help from Punjab Raj Bhawan, Chandigarh. Sh. Gulab Chand Kataria, Hon’ble Governor, Punjab and President, Child Welfare Council, Punjab inaugurated the Dark Room Lab of Vani School, Patiala on 19-08-2025.
Dark room is scientifically designed room especially for sensory stimulation in controlled and calming environment. Dark room has a place in providing opportunity and multisensory experiences in addition to those obtained throughout in regular daily activities. Dark room helps therapist to provide appropriate sensory stimulus in an organized way to improve sensory processing of the sensory system.