GDD clinic provides an evidence-based trans-disciplinary, parent mediated, child centered group intervention program (CCGIP) which focuses on stimulating the communicative functions of children with Developmental Delay in order to provide the best chance for improving their quality of life. GDD clinic also delivers services to empower the family and society to create awareness and support to children with developmental delay and their family. The group programs in clinic will be on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Individual sessions will also be provided for those who need individual attention.

P-NSS clinic is dedicated for the assessment and intervention of infants, toddlers and preschoolers who have neuromotor speech and feeding problems. This dedicated unit consists of a team of professionals who are skilled in treating neuromotor disorders such as cerebral palsy, apraxia etc. The team involves a Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Speech Language Pathologist and Psychologist. We offer various therapies to provide comprehensive care for the child such that functional independence can be improved. The physiotherapist provides training to improve motor skills, gait, balance, coordination and endurance of movement. The occupational therapist provides training to improve fine motor skills and sensory problems. Speech Language pathologist focuses on feeding problems such as difficulty in chewing, biting, sucking, drooling etc and improve communication skills for the effective participation in society. The psychologist provides training in cognitive and behavioural based issues of the child. We work closely with the Centre for Assistive Technology wing to equip the children with various aids in various domains like mobility, feeding and communication.

LLEaRN –Lab is a special clinic to help children with Specific Learning Disorder (SLD). Specific Learning Disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder, which hinders the ability to learn academic skills like reading, writing and arithmetic skills. Activities of this clinic include both assessment and intervention programs for children with SLD and children who at risk of SLD. Assessment includes a multidisciplinary team and intervention approaches in this clinic focus on cognitive –linguistic and metalinguistic aspects. Group, as well as individual sessions, are being carried out concerning the strength and weakness of each child. SPARC (Strategic training of Phonological Awareness and Reading Comprehension) and PPP (Promoting Phonological Awareness and Phonics) are the treatment approaches/programs followed in this Lab. LLEaRN-Lab was initiated as a trail attempt to cater to the needs of a group of seven children with academic difficulties at NISH in 2013 and it was named as Learning Bridge. LLEaRN-Lab provides group therapy services to children with SLD on Saturdays and individual sessions on weekdays. LLEaRN –Lab also promote research in the field of bilingual literacy development and SLD. As a part of networking LLEaRN –Lab envision future collaborative works with schools to early identify and reduce the risk of SLD.

Faculty in charge

           Dr Anjana A. V.

           Vrinda R.

           Lakshmi S. Mohan

Developmental Language Disorder is a delay in the mastery of language skills in children who have no sensory impairment, intellectual disability, or other developmental delays. The CLD unit helps children with Developmental Language Disorder to overcome their language delay/deficits through various language facilitating techniques. Activities of the clinic include both assessment and management of children with developmental language disorders. Intervention services in the CLD unit incorporate group therapy sessions as well as individual sessions focusing on language, phonological awareness, emergent literacy skills, and auditory processing. Considering the language age of each child, they are enrolled in different groups: BUDS (below two years of language age), BLOSSOM (within the language age of 2-3 years), OR FLOWERS (above three years of language age). Parent empowerment is done through direct parent education with active involvement in therapy and observation sessions to enable the learning of stimulation techniques for use within the home. Promoting research in the areas of language acquisition, bilingualism and emergent literacy is also our mission.