Department of Pediatrics, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute along with Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, National Health Mission- Karnataka and Indian Academy of Pediatrics – Bangalore organized 1st National Conference on Neurodevelopmental differences 2023 on 13,14th May, 2023 At Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute. The objective of this conference is Understanding

The ASSA team had the opportunity to collaborate, organise and plan the International Symposium on Early Intervention and Family Centered Services: Bridging the Gap to Participation and Inclusion for Children with Disabilities with Manipal College of Health Professions in association with Shastri Indo-Canadian institute, University of Toronto, McGill University, and ASSA. The symposium saw enthusiastic

The Environment-Based Intervention Approach to promote Inclusion at home, school and community #7 Webinar presented on Saturday, August 27th, 2022 by Ms. Marie Brien, Ms. Navamani Venkatachalapathy The last webinar of our Child Development webinar series was held on Saturday, August 27th 2022. The Enabling Inclusion Child Development webinar series were conducted jointly by expert speakers

Enabling Inclusion Child Development Webinar #5 Webinar presented on Saturday, April 23rd, 2022 by Franzina Coutinho OT, PhD and Marie Brien PT, MSc. Webinar Objectives: Review of Family Centered care Coaching Concepts Parental Coaching Teams and Approaches Case Studies from Mumbai Coaching with the Enabling Inclusion Model Amar Seva Sangam’s experiences The new WHO Caregiver

Enabling Inclusion Child Development Webinar #4 Webinar presented on Saturday, March 26th, 2022 by Marie Brien PT, MSc and Navamani Venkatachalapathy BPT, PGDT. Webinar Objectives: Understanding the WHO’s ICF for child development Using the ICF to guide clinical practice in a community-based child rehab program Case studies from rural South India: Challenges and opportunities in

Enabling Inclusion Child Development Webinar #2 Webinar presented on Saturday, March 26th, 2022 by Marie Brien PT, MSc and Navamani Venkatachalapathy BPT, PGDT. Webinar Objectives: Recognising psycho-social stressors of families of children with developmental disabilities Understanding the essentials of family-centered care (FCC) Sharing of ASSA’s experiences in FCC in rural South India Implementing responsive strategies

Enabling Inclusion Child Development Webinar #1 Webinar presented on Saturday, January 22nd, 2022 by Franzina Coutinho OT, PhD and Marie Brien PT, MSc. Webinar Objectives: Be familiar with models of care in early intervention (EI) Understand the transdisciplinary approach Understand the essential elements of transdisciplinary approach Identify the benefits of a transdisciplinary rehab team Recognize

The Enabling Inclusion Child Development Webinar Series The Enabling Inclusion Webinar Series was organized by Amar Seva Sangam and the University of Toronto (Canada)- International Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation (ICDR). Monthly webinars were conducted jointly by expert speakers from India and Canada from January to June 2022 and were supported by a Shastri Conference

Enabling Inclusion Child Development Webinar #5 Webinar presented on Saturday, June 4th, 2022 by Marie Brien PT, MSc and Navamani Venkatachalapathy BPT, PGDT. Webinar Outline: Part 1 – Challenges and opportunities in AT provision (Marie Brien) Understanding Assistive Technology (AT): What, Who, Why, How?  Measuring access to AT  Identifying barriers to AT  Improving the AT