Concessions and accommodations are for the following school education boards in India: Samacheer Kalvi, CBSE, ICSE, Cambridge, IB and NIOS

What accommodation are available for children with Specific Learning Disorder studying in schools in India? How can they avail of them? What are the procedures in accessing those accommodations? What are the benefits of availing them?Harini Ramanujam answers all these questions in this episode.

Harini Ramanujam has a masters in psychology and a certificate course in SLD from MDA. She has close to two decades of experience working in various capacities in the area of SLD. She has worked as teacher, trainer and assessor. She has also contributed to the development of apps and screening tools for SLD. Currently she is with Sankalp - The Open School, an organisation that works with children with SLD.

Art: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Anoushka Osazuwa Akhigbe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Editing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Swetha Gupta⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Reels: ⁠⁠Trinayana G⁠⁠

Host: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Mrudula Govindaraju⁠⁠⁠

What is remedial education? What is an IEP? How does a special educator tailor the remedial programme specific to that child? In this episode Sudha Ganesh Chella answers these questions in with great insight. A special educator, with over three decades of experience in teaching children with dyslexia and training teachers, Sudha's experience sheds light on how a well planned remedial plan helps the child in their academic progress. How remedial education is important for a child to understand and cope with their dyslexia.

Art: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Anoushka Osazuwa Akhigbe⁠⁠⁠⁠

Editing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Swetha Gupta⁠⁠⁠⁠

Reels: ⁠Trinayana G⁠

Host: ⁠⁠⁠Mrudula Govindaraju⁠⁠⁠

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What is an assessment for Specific Learning Disorder (SLD/Dyslexia)? As a parent, what do I do when my child's school recommends that I get an assessment for SLD? Why is an assessment crucial for a child's academic learning?

Jyothi Shah is a Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) certified Psychologist with more than a decade of experience teaching and doing assessments for children with SLD. Her expertise includes Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, relationship and marital counselling, addiction counselling and relaxation therapy.

Jyothi has a lot of experience in doing assessments for learning difficulty, SLD, and psychometric assessments and intervention for children and young adults between 4 to 18 years.

I also write a blog ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.

Art: ⁠⁠⁠Anoushka Osazuwa Akhigbe⁠⁠⁠

Editing: ⁠⁠⁠Swetha Gupta⁠⁠⁠

Reels: Trinayana G

Host: ⁠⁠Mrudula Govindaraju⁠⁠

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What is early intervention? How early should a parent begin? How developmental milestones tell us if a child is 'at risk' for Specific Learning Disability (SLD)? Swetha Krishna answers these questions and more in this episode.

Swetha Krishna is a Psychologist with a speciality in counselling and psychotherapy from the University of Madras. A trained remedial educatore she has over 18 years of experience working with children with SLD. She is a special educator and treasurer at Madras Dyslexia Association, Chennai, India.

Swetha's team have developed an Early Intervention Programme where they work with children as young as three years. This programme is currently being rolled out in several pre-schools in Chennai.

I also write a blog ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.

Art: ⁠⁠Anoushka Osazuwa Akhigbe⁠⁠

Editing: ⁠⁠Swetha Gupta⁠⁠

Host: ⁠Mrudula Govindaraju⁠

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Episode 2: Dyslexia - A Neurological Perspective is with Dr Rema Chandramohan Director, Institute of Social Paediatrics, Govt. Stanley Medical College, Chennai. In a career spanning over two decades and more, Dr Rema, a Paediatrician, has worked in various capacities in Neonatology, Developmental Paediatrics and Social Paediatrics in Madras Medical College Chennai; Institute of Child Health, Chennai; and Kanyakumari Govt. Medical College and Hospital.

I also write a blog here.

Art: Anoushka Osazuwa Akhigbe

Editing: Swetha Gupta

Host: Mrudula Govindaraju

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Speech and language acquisition go hand-in-hand. Often, as young parents, we tend to keep a close watch on the developmental milestones of an infant and, more often than not, we forget to track speech and language acquisition milestones of the child. Zainab Millwala, a Speech and Language Pathologist explains in great detail the processes involved in speech and language acquisition and what happens when a child misses those milestones.

Founder Director of The Speech Care Clinic, THOTH Solution and Services-MDC, Zainab Millwala, is a licensed Speech and Language Pathologist. She works with children and adults with speech-language and communication disorders. Her areas of expertise include:

I also write a blog ⁠here⁠.

Art: ⁠Anoushka Osazuwa Akhigbe⁠

Editing: ⁠Swetha Gupta⁠

Host: Mrudula Govindaraju

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In Episode 1: Dyslexia - An Introduction, Geetha Raghavan, a special educator who has been working with dyslexic children for close to three decades explains how dyslexia was perceived in our country thirty years ago and how our understanding of the condition has progressed since then.

Geetha Raghavan refers to The Gift of Dyslexia by Ronald D. Davis, which I read when my daughter was first assessed for dyslexia more than a decade ago. I also believe that dyslexic people have innate advantages because of their dyslexia which other non-dyslexic people don't have. The concept that people with dyslexia succeed because of their dyslexia and not despite it, completely blew my mind. In their pathbreaking book Dyslexic Advantage the doctors Brock Eide and Fernette Eide explain how dyslexic advantage works.  A third book which has also helped me understand dyslexia in order to help my daughter is Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz. 

I also write a blog here.

Art: Anoushka Osazuwa Akhigbe

Editing: Swetha Gupta

Host: Mrudula Govindaraju 

I would love to hear from you. Please email your feedback at: [email protected]