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New Clinic Alert. Speech Therapy for Children

Every Tuesday & Saturday from 9 AM to 5 PM 
at Fernandez Stork Home, Banjara Hills

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New Clinic Alert. Speech Therapy for Children

Every Tuesday & Friday from 9 AM to 5 PM 
at Fernandez Stork Home, Banjara Hills

To know more, call 79955 11318

FCDC & Divi’s
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Fernandez Child Development Centre and Divi’s Foundation for Gifted Children have teamed up to provide services that offer the best care, guidance and support to gifted children.

FCDC & Divi’s
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Fernandez Child Development Centre and Divi’s Foundation for Gifted Children have teamed up to provide services that offer the best care, guidance and support to gifted children.

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Developmental Paediatrics
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Developmental Paediatrics offers the primary assessment required to address and manage issues related to growth and development. This service facilitates our holistic early  intervention approach.

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Developmental Paediatrics at Fernandez CDC

Developmental Paediatrics offers the primary assessment required to address and manage issues related to growth and development. This service facilitates our holistic early  intervention approach.

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Parent Support Group

The Parent Support Group by Fernandez CDC is an initiative to help build a community for parents and caregivers of children with special needs.

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The Parent Support Group by Fernandez CDC is an initiative to help build a community for parents and caregivers of children with special needs.

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Fernandez Child Development Centre has been established in collaboration with the Divi’s Foundation for Gifted Children, as one of India’s most comprehensive holistic centres for children with special needs, providing them the full range of learning and developmental support, along with ancillary therapies and services.

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Audiology
Audiology
Behavioural Therapy
Behavioural Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Paediatric Physiotherapy
Paediatric Physiotherapy
Psychological Counselling
Psychological Counselling
Remedial Therapy/Special Education
Remedial Therapy/Special Education
Speech and Language Therapy
Speech and Language Therapy
Yoga
Yoga
Developmental Paediatrics
Developmental Paediatrics
Psychological Assessments
Psychological Assessments
Child and Adoloscent Psychiatry
Child and Adoloscent Psychiatry
Genitics
Genitics
Nutrition
Nutrition
Paediatric Orthopaedics
Paediatric Orthopaedics
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I would like to thank you for the sessions given to Aazhiya. We had a complaint that she has not started speaking yet and was not asking for her needs with finger-pointing. She used to shout and ask for things. Later we realised this and approached Fernandez Hospital. The developmental paediatrician asked us to go for early intervention sessions. We luckily got you as a therapist. After taking the sessions, my baby can focus and concentrate on what she was doing. She started pointing out the things for her needs. She started playing with other kids as she was not given an opportunity to play and explore outside with kids because of the lockdown. So, we have seen a lot of improvements with her. Sessions helped her to improve gross and fine motor development. Thanks much for all the kindness.
We are very happy to see the progress in Our child's development in communication and behaviour. The sessions given by Dr Chakravarthy are very useful to improve their finger-pointing, and eye contact. They have even started completing simple tasks assigned to them. He understood our baby’s drawbacks and gave sessions accordingly, it has been only seven months since we started taking sessions and we are able to see the overall development of our child.
Ms Salimunissa has been a great help in this regard, she’s been focusing on Agasthya’s 360-degree development rather than focusing on one single aspect. Her approach of involving me in the course planning process has helped me personally understand my child’s behaviour even better. She also proactively organised a meet-up with parents who have succeeded in the past, this helped me further boost my confidence in implementing therapist-suggested plans at home.

We, as Agastya's parents have found Early Intervention sessions by Dr Chakravarthy extremely beneficial. Dr Chakravarthy is by far the most child-oriented therapist that we know of. His expertise is unparalleled, and we could see our child improving by leaps and bounds with each of the sessions.

Dr Chakravarthy has been extremely patient and understanding with our child and taught us to be the same. What sets Dr Chakravarthy apart is that he gets emotionally invested in the child and celebrates every progress the child makes just like the parents do.

I still remember when we had come to meet Dr Chakravarthy concerning Agastya. We were extremely anxious and uncertain of what the future held for us and for our child. Now, we are very happy and hopeful when we look at all the progress our child has made so far.

He has taught us to be compassionate parents, something that we shall carry on being our whole lives.

As Agastya's parents, we will be forever indebted to you.

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1111, 1112, Road Number 55,
Swamy Ayyappa Society,
Mega Hills, Madhapur,
Hyderabad, Telangana 500081

Monday – Saturday: 9AM – 5PM
Email: info.cdc@fernandez.foundation
Phone: 040-47479393 / +91 79955 11318

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D Srija

Clinical Psychologist and Behaviour Therapist

Srija is a registered Clinical Psychologist with an M Phil in Clinical Psychology from Sweekaar Academy of Rehabilitation Sciences, Secunderabad. She has over 2 years of experience and has worked as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Behavioural Therapist and ABA Therapist. She has experience with children and adolescents with Developmental, Behavioural, Emotional, and Academic Difficulties. Her core areas of expertise are clinical psychology. She is well-trained in Psychological assessments and Psychotherapies.

SHABEENA FERNANDES

Head of Speech and Language Therapy

Shabeena Fernandes has over 18 years’ experience in both clinical practice and academia. She completed her Master’s in Audiology and Speech & Language from Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities (Divyangjan), Mumbai. She has also trained in Autism Spectrum Disorder for Coordinators of DSE, Makaton Sign Language and the Infant Program. Shabeena’s area of expertise are in motor speech disorders, articulation, phonological disorders, and fluency.

She has been a guest faculty at Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities for over 16 years, for both their bachelor’s and master’s courses.

DR. DEDEEPYA PUSKUR

Developmental Paediatrician and Clinical Head

Dr Dedeepya completed her MD in Paediatrics and her Fellowship in Development and Behaviour Paediatrics from SRIHER, Chennai. Her interest lies in the field of early detection and early intervention of global development concerns.

While working with Neurology in her previous stint, she felt that there is a lacuna in the Development Sector and believes that she can contribute to this sector and become part of this change. Heading the clinical team in FCDC, her focus will be on existing concerns in physical/mental development, educating and counselling parents in early detection & intervention and providing suitable treatment options and follow through.

PRIYANKA MUSALAY

Head of Operations

Priyanka Musalay is an Organizational Psychologist who has spent her career engaging with young people in developing their skills to work as a team. She has a specialization in Human Resource Management and is a certified Six Sigma Green belt. She is also a counsellor, a certified Motor Skills Learning Coach from the Motor Skills Learning Academy, Switzerland, and a certified Therapeutic Art Life coach.

Prior to Fernandez, Priyanka worked as a faculty member at St. Francis College for Women, as well as served as a Coordinator for the American Corner and PG Diploma Psychology Counseling Skills course. She was also a Project Manager for a specialized course on Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults in collaboration with the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, and St. Francis College.

As part of her leadership roles she has delivered several training interventions that included outbound training and community outreach programs, programs on stress management, personal branding, time management, Interpersonal Relations, Social Skills, Communication skills and Organization citizenship behavior.

CHAKRAVARTHY B

In charge Physiotherapist and Early Intervention Therapist

Chakaravarthy B has over 11 years of experience. He completed his bachelors in Physiotherapy and a postgraduate diploma in early intervention for special needs from the National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped (NIMH). He also obtained a master’s degree in Psychology from S.V. University. He is experienced in treating children with Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, and developmental delays. One of his core areas of specialization is working with children who are autistic and have learning disabilities.

Chakravarthy has been a training resource for many programs in NIMH and has also trained special educators of SSA on early intervention. He was a key member of a core group charged with training grass-root special educators in government agencies on the identification and management of disabilities. He has a keen interest in in designing cost-effective aids for children.

DR. LATHA SASHI

Head of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics

Latha has over 18 years of clinical practice. She also teaches post-graduate students and serves as a research guide to PhD scholars.

Latha was selected for the Young Scientist Award by the Nutrition Society of India in 1997. She has earned  recognition at the National and International Fora, and has established herself in the academic circles as a passionate researcher.  She is a nominated member on the Board of PG Studies, Anwar Uloom College and Women’s College, Koti, Osmania University.  She has contributed immensely towards raising awareness on Diet and Nutrition as a panelist for various TV channels and print media, and her articles appear regularly in leading publications.

Dr. E Madhavi

Clinical Psychologist and Behaviour Therapist

Dr.E.Madhavi is a licensed Clinical Psychologist with the added expertise of a  Speech therapist and  Special Educator from the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI). She obtained a Diploma in Communication Disorders from Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech and Hearing, a B.Ed. in special education (Hearing Impairment) from Andhra Mahila Sabha, Osmania University, a Professional Diploma in Clinical Psychology from Sweekar Academy of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hyderabad and a Ph.D. from SV University, Tirupati. Madhavi has over 20 years of experience in working with children and adolescents with developmental, behavioural and academic difficulties. Her core areas of expertise are psychological assessment and diagnosis of children with developmental disabilities such as Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorders, ADHD & Specific Learning Difficulties, Interventions & Behaviour Modification and  Assessment & intervention of adults with mental disorders.

She has presented 11 papers at National and International conferences and received the best paper award for her presentation on Autism. She published 8 articles in National and International Publications.

Madhavi has conducted training programs for upcoming psychologists on assessments, counselling skills and has trained around 5000 software employees on stress and time managements. She has also conducted training programs for parents of children with special needs on behaviour modification techniques, speech and language stimulation, auditory training and special education.

K CELESTIAL LYDIA

Speech and Language Therapist

Lydia, has a specialization in Speech  Language Pathology from All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysuru. Pediatric population is one of her main interests. Her experience as a Speech therapist in Rajendra Institute of  Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi and a posting at Niloufer Hospital, Hyderabad widens the range of cases observed in children with multiple disabilities. She is energetic and passionate towards her work.  Lydia, has completed Level ’A’ in Indian Sign Language and has Bachelor’s in Audiology and Speech language Pathology from Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech & Hearing Disabilities (Divyangjan)-SRC.

RIDIMA

Head of Occupational Therapy

Ridima obtained her master’s degree from Manipal University and is certified in Brain Gym and
Handwriting Without Tears. She has extensive experience in working with children with special
needs and her innovative therapy approaches have brought her many awards.

She brings with her over 10 years of work experience.

Ms. Hemalatha

Billing Executive

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G. Jyoti

Yoga Therapist

Jyoti has completed her training from Vivekananda Institute, Bengaluru and Yocures Yoga Institute, Hyderabad. She also has a certificate from Prafull Oorja Yoga for Special Needs Children, Bengaluru. She is a passionate yoga instructor with over 15 years of training experience. Besides providing assistance to children with special needs she also conducts yoga classes for an MNC in Hyderabad.

RAFIA AHMED

Senior Occupational Therapist

Rafia Ahmed obtained her master’s degree in Occupational Therapy, specializing in Orthopaedics. Rafia has worked extensively with children with different learning disabilities, sensory processing disorders, ASD and down syndrome. Her work includes programs such as forming groups of children with multiple disabilities to help them enhance their social interaction and designing economically viable tools for children with learning disabilities to use at home. Her focus of interest lies in enabling a child to become functionally independent in society.

SALEEM UNNISA

Remedial Therapist and Special Educator

Saleem Unnisa has 22 years of experience in education of which 7 years are in the field of special
needs. Saleem has worked in the United States, with Savannah Chatham County as a special
educator, and in India. She was the Head of the Department for Special Needs in Meridian School,
Hyderabad and is experienced in handling students with diverse developmental needs which include
autism spectrum disorders (ASD), dyslexic SLD and hyperactivity, and developmental delays in the
age group of 2.5 to 19 years. Saleem holds master’s degrees in Education, Psychology and English, a
diploma in LD and B.Ed in Special needs (MR).

SANDESH M

Senior Executive

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SANDHYA VARUDHINI

Head of Audiology

Sandhya graduated from Manipal University with a Bachelor’s in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology and obtained her Master’s in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology from Osmania University. She has over 9 years of experience in teaching, training, and research in audiology. She has worked as an audiologist in several hospitals and hearing aid clinics. She specializes in infant and pediatric assessment, middle ear testing, childhood hearing screening, auditory cortical potentials, and vestibular testing. She was a resource person at NISHD and is particularly interested in Special Pediatric Populations, Auditory Processing Disorders, Educational Audiology, Family Centered Care and Cochlear Implant technology.

SIVA PRIYA

Physiotherapist

Sivapriya completed her Masters in Orthopaedic Physiotherapy and is a certified manual therapist. She has trained in PNF techniques, Hand Therapy and Sensory Integration, and has also specialized in post-surgical splints.

Sivapriya has worked with children who have developmental delays, paediatric orthopaedic conditions and children in the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). She is passionate about working with children with multiple disabilities and designing specialized programs for them.

Nitesh S.K

Rehabilitation Psychologist and Behaviour Therapist

Nitesh is a licensed Rehabilitation Psychologist who holds an M. Phil degree from the National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, Secunderabad. He is well equipped with different psychometric assessments for the paediatric population and one of his areas of expertise is in creating individualized intervention programmes for challenging behaviours along with parental psycho-education. He has nearly a decade of experience working with children with Developmental Delays, Intellectual Disabilities, Autism, ADHD, and other conditions. He inspires them to thrive.

DIPA PRIYA PRASAD

Occupational Therapist

Dipa Priya Prasad completed her Master’s in Occupational Therapy (Orthopedics) from the National Institute of Locomotor Disabilities (Divyangjan), Kolkata. Dipa has also undertaken courses like Continuing Occupational Therapy Education [COTE] on ‘Sensory Integration: Occupational Therapy Perspective,’ NILD, Kolkata. As an occupational therapist, she has conducted various evaluations to identify clients’ specific needs to devise individualized rehabilitation plans.

K KARUNIKA

Speech and Language Therapist

Karunika has completed her Masters in Speech-Language Pathology from the All-India Institute for Speech and Hearing, Mysuru. She is a certified Level-A in Indian Sign Language and has the “Becoming a Behavioral Detective” course by Dr Kim Barthel to her credit. She has worked closely in various clinical settings including government hospitals and other private rehabilitation centers. She has a passion for various areas of child disorders, phonological disorders, and alternative augmentative communication for children with severe impairments.

POONAM KHAPARDE

Remedial Therapist

Poonam holds a B.Ed in Special Education and is currently pursuing her Master’s in Psychology. She was trained at the Madras Dyslexia Association (MDA). She is a passionate teacher with 7 years of experience and has worked with students having diverse learning needs.

Kusuma Kumari Bommi

Speech and Language Therapist

Kusuma Kumari has completed her Masters in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology from the
National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped, Mumbai. She is also certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She has more than 15 years of clinical experience in assessing early speech and hearing disorders in children. She has worked as a speech-language pathologist at Pristine Rehab Care, USA. Apart from this, teaching also interests her and she has been actively guiding students and medical professionals on subjects related to hearing and speaking.

MULUKUNTLA VASUNDHARA

Coordinator

Vasundhara is a social worker at Fernandez Child Development Centre. She obtained her Master’s degree from Sri Venkateswara University and is certified in Child Development. She has 11 years of experience in the social service sector.

Apeksha Agarwal:

Educational Therapist

Apeksha Agarwal is an educational therapist at Fernandez Child Development Centre. She holds a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from St. Francis College, Hyderabad and has done Tutor Training in Specific Learning Difficulties from Alpha to Omega, Chennai. She has also done a wide range of Instrumental Enrichment Program from Feuerstein Institute, Israel. Apeksha has been working in the field for over six years and has experience working with children having neurodevelopmental disorders.

She is a passionate educator who is calm and well organised, which is demonstrated through her emotional connection as she works along with children and their parents.

DR. RAVIKANTH

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Dr Ravikanth Tangella has 9 years of experience in various government and private psychiatric institutions. He has completed his super-specialization from PGIMER, Chandigarh and trained with the National Institute of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (NIEPID) and National Institute of Mental Health and Neurological Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore. He exclusively focuses on children and adolescents with mental health needs. His areas of expertise are Autism, ADHD, Learning Difficulties, Behavioural problems, Childhood-onset Mental Health Issues, Preventive and Promotive Child Mental Health. He is a visiting consultant at several child development centres and children’s hospitals across the twin cities.

Nisha Printer

I-Can India Hub Coordinator

With over 30 years of experience, Nisha’s professional career has been primarily as a Clinical Therapist in the areas of Rehabilitation and Counselling in India and the UK. As Head of the Rehabilitation Department at HOSMAT Hospital, Bengaluru, and Deputy Director of the Indian arm of Action on Disability & Development, a U.K-based NGO, she has acquired experience in strategic planning and managing rehabilitation programs in the healthcare and social service sectors. She has completed her Master’s in Applications of Psychology from the University of Wolverhampton, UK, and is a certified counselor. Nisha set up the Fernandez Child Development Centre, Hyderabad, and now provides Program Development and Strategic Planning for the same. She is also the Coordinator for the Indo-Canadian Autism Program at Fernandez CDC.

Punyasloka Rath

Occupational Therapist

Punyasloka has completed his bachelor’s and master’s degree from Swami Vivekanand National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research, Cuttack.

He comes with one-year of academic experience as an Assistant Professor at SRM University, Chennai. He has specialized in Developmental Disability and has experience dealing with pediatric populations with various critical conditions. He is also experienced in managing and assessing kids with special needs.

Shiza Emmanuel

Occupational Therapist

Shiza acquired her master’s degree in Occupational Therapy from SRM Institute of Science and Technology, specialising in hand rehabilitation. Along with this, she is passionate about and has experience in Paediatrics. She is certified in Paediatric-related programs like handwriting, therapeutic listening for children with special needs, and echo therapy for autism. She aspires to provide therapeutic interventions to maximise independence and to help special children in need.

Preetikana Biswas

Behaviour Therapist

Preeti is a licensed Rehabilitation Psychologist (RCI). She has completed her M.Phil in Rehabilitation Psychology from the National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities, Secunderabad. She also holds master’s degrees in Applied Psychology and English and a PG Diploma in Disability Rehabilitation Management. Her primary areas of expertise are psychological assessments and diagnosis of various neurodevelopmental conditions and curating individualised educational and home management programs for children with special needs. She is a passionate behaviour therapist and has over four years of experience in working with children with special needs.

DR P V CHAITANYA VARMA

Developmental Paediatrician

Dr Chaitanya Varma completed his MD in Pediatrics from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University and subspeciality fellowship training in Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics from Sethu, Goa . For the past 13 years, he has been working as a clinician and an academician in some of the best medical colleges and corporate hospitals, both in India and abroad. He has to his credit more than 30 publications in International scientific journals.

His main fields of interests are Autism, ADHD, Intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, genetic syndromes, and parent counselling

Mickita Bhojwani

Remedial Therapist/ Special Educator

Mickita Bhojwani has completed her Master’s degrees in Psychology (Clinical) and Information Technology and a Post Graduate Diploma in Guidance and Counselling. She also has a B. Ed in Special Needs (ID) and is also a certified teacher trainer.

She has 8 years of experience in academics, of which 5 years are in the field of special needs. Mickita has headed preschools and a K-12 school and has also taken care of special needs children. She has interned at NIEPID (Mumbai) and Regional Mental Hospital Thane (Mumbai) as a therapist and a special educator. She is experienced in handling students with differential developmental needs which include Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Specific Learning Disability (SLD), Hyperactivity, and Developmental Delays in the age group of 2.5 to 15 years.

Manisha Panigrahi

Occupational Therapist

Manisha completed her Master’s from Manipal Academy of Higher Education with a specialisation in Paediatrics and has over 3 years of experience working with children with different developmental disabilities (Cerebral Palsy, Autism, ADHD, Motor Development Delay with Epilepsy and other sensory processing difficulties). Her objective is to help children in attaining an optimum level of independence by enhancing the maximum level of participation in activities aiming at the development of age-appropriate skills.