EARLY INTERVENTION
Amar Seva Sangam’s mobile Village Based Rehabilitation - Early Intervention
GLOBAL HEALTH ISSUE
Child health 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
- From center based to community based
- Therapist as service provider to service facilitator
- Ownership from therapists to parents
mVBR-EI APP
App that connects Community Rehabilitation Workers to Rehabilitation Specialists
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Amar Seva Sangam have conducted first International Conference on Early Intervention.
What We Do
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
TRAINING
Training on early childhood development for health workers and educators……Read more
AWARENESS
Advocacy and community awareness programs in the community to reduce stigma and promote inclusion……Read more
EMPOWER PARENTS
Parents are recognized as the experts and empowered through family centered services……Read moreHOW, 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:
Currently, we work in 5 districts in rural Tamil Nadu (Tenkasi, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Madurai and Namakkal), India….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….
