WHAT IS EARLY INTERVENTION
Early Intervention has a significant impact for children who have delayed development in...
GLOBAL HEALTH ISSUE
Child disability is a global health issue - With Africa and Asia facing the largest burden
BIG CHALLENGES
Reaching children with early intervention programs is a big challenge.
- Access to knowledge
- Access to specialists
- Geographical accessibility
- Financial means
CHANGE SYSTEM
- From medical model to child and family centered model
- Therapist as service provider to service facilitator
- Ownership from therapists to parents
ENABLING INCLUSION APP
App that connects Community Rehabilitation Workers to Rehabilitation Specialists
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Amar Seva Sangam organized and hosted the first International Conference on Early Intervention in India.
What We Do
NGO PARTNERSHIP
We partner with NGOs globally to provide licensing our EI app….Read more
SCREENING
Screen and identify children under the age of 6 for developmental delays in rural areas……Read more
THERAPY SERVICES
Provide home and centre based Early Intervention therapy and services…..Read more
HOW, WHERE, WHY
— How we do it:
Teams of Community Rehab Workers, Physiotherapists, Special Educators, Occupational and Speech and Language Trainers teach parents / caregivers how to integrate …..Read More
— Where we do it:
We directly implement in Tamil Nadu and provide partnership support throughout India and globally….Read More
— Why we do it:
The Global Burden of Disease Study (Lancet 2018), estimated that there are 52.9 million children younger than the age of 5 years with developmental disabilities….Read More
This program is a unit of Amar Seva Sangam’s Village Based Rehabilitation program and is headquartered in Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu, India.
Success Stories
Yuktha
Yuktha was born in a village called Ananthapuram in Tamil Nadu. Her mother had a prolonged labour and Yuktha didn’t….
Siva Selvam
Siva Selvam was born in a village Pavoorchatram. The child had a history of low birth weight and general developmental delay….
Mathish
Mathish was born in Tenkasi, he receives therapy in Home based Early intervention. The diagnosis of the initial screening is….
