by Ratandeep Chawla
MUMBAI, OCT 9, 2018: Prafulta Psychological Services, Andheri, celebrated World Dyslexia Awareness Week to create awareness and
reach out to children having academic difficulties from October 1 to 7.
The week began with a programme for parents, special educators, and counselors on increasing awareness about learning disabilities among children. The programme was conducted by the Maharashtra Dyslexia Association (MDA) in collaboration with Prafulta.
Masarrat Khan, the CEO of MDA, briefly explained Learning Disability (LD), the kinds of intervention required to help children at different levels and the obligation the schools have in lending adequate support to children with disabilities. Khan, who is one of the primary investigators for preparing the DALI assessment tool, also explained the use of this tool in assessing children.
On October 6, Mimansa Popat and Doctor Payal Ubale, both senior consultants at Prafulta, had a full day programme for counselors, special educators, and teachers. This learning programme focused on early identification of children at risk for LD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Sensory Processing Disorder.
The programme included a lot of practical activities to enhance the sensory-motor development of children at different development stages, a pre-requisite skill for learning. On October 7, the Special Needs department of Prafulta organised a screening camp for children.
Occupational Therapists and Remedial Educators from Prafulta screened children aged four to fourteen facing deteriorating academic grades and assessed learning issues faced by them. The students were accompanied by their parents who were unaware of such diagnostics.
The parents realised that there must be a reason for poor performance. The assessment was a big revelation to the parents who were concerned about the issues faced by their children such as low motivation for academics, poor handwriting, the difficulty of expressions, low tolerance, high aggression often leading to frustration.
MUMBAI, OCT 9, 2018: Prafulta Psychological Services, Andheri, celebrated World Dyslexia Awareness Week to create awareness andreach out to children having academic difficulties from October 1 to 7.
The week began with a programme for parents, special educators, and counselors on increasing awareness about learning disabilities among children. The programme was conducted by the Maharashtra Dyslexia Association (MDA) in collaboration with Prafulta.
Masarrat Khan, the CEO of MDA, briefly explained Learning Disability (LD), the kinds of intervention required to help children at different levels and the obligation the schools have in lending adequate support to children with disabilities. Khan, who is one of the primary investigators for preparing the DALI assessment tool, also explained the use of this tool in assessing children.
On October 6, Mimansa Popat and Doctor Payal Ubale, both senior consultants at Prafulta, had a full day programme for counselors, special educators, and teachers. This learning programme focused on early identification of children at risk for LD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Sensory Processing Disorder.
Occupational Therapists and Remedial Educators from Prafulta screened children aged four to fourteen facing deteriorating academic grades and assessed learning issues faced by them. The students were accompanied by their parents who were unaware of such diagnostics.
The parents realised that there must be a reason for poor performance. The assessment was a big revelation to the parents who were concerned about the issues faced by their children such as low motivation for academics, poor handwriting, the difficulty of expressions, low tolerance, high aggression often leading to frustration.