Early Intervention – Aathichudy

Early Intervention programs offered by Aathichudy Special School are focused on children between 0 – 6 years of age and aim to understand their developmental challenges and provide appropriate intervention. This timely intervention intends to enable mainstreaming early in life.

Significant changes take place in the early years – the development of the child’s perceptual skills, sensory skills, motor skills, conceptual skills, and cognitive skills. In the first six years, the four lower human senses are touch, movement, balance, and physical well-being, ADLs (activities of daily living) include Bathing, Toileting, Dressing, Cooking, Writing, and other daily self-care routines and job-related issues. are particularly important for the development of every child. These bodily senses are the primary means for a child to understand themselves and in most children with disabilities, these senses are impaired.

Our Early Intervention service is unique in many ways:

• Sensory Integration is only a part of the development process. Sensory Diet makes it comprehensive with the inclusion of motor, cognitive, and social skills.

• We do not confine ourselves to Center-based work. Parental support and home programs ensure consistency.

• Child focus coupled with parent counseling advocates a child’s progress.

• With many school-related pressures and increased emphasis on writing in the early years, we have introduced special education in writing skills and have a school readiness program.

• We work with regular teachers and play schools closely for inclusion.

• Understanding the need for Systematic and scientifically done Early Intervention services, we have invested huge capital for these equipments and materials.