Child Development Centre

The newly established Child Development Centre (CDC) at Amrita Hospital, Kochi, provides comprehensive support for infants and young children experiencing developmental delays. Developmental delay refers to the delay a child experiences in achieving the developmental milestones compared to children of the same age group. The delay can affect one or more areas of development, such as Physical Development- including fine and gross motor function, Cognitive Development, Communication / Language Development, Social-Emotional Development, and Adaptive Development.

Mobile: +91 79949 99821 (For booking appointments ),
0484 - 2851234, Ext : 8563/8564/8565
Email: [email protected]

Other than the front office staff, the Child Development Centre team at Amrita consists of:

• Paediatrician specialized in Early Intervention
• Early Interventionist
• Occupational Therapist
• Physiotherapist
• Speech and Language Therapist
• Behavioural Therapist
• Clinical Psychologist
• Medical Social Worker
• Optical Therapist

Follow-up services include evaluation on the progress of the child, information as recorded by the parents. Once the earlier set goals are achieved, necessary plans for further course of intervention are made. These activities are practically demonstrated to parents to follow-up at home. 

The Parent Training Program substantiates the interventions by addressing those issues that are of common concern for the parents.

Hence the CDC department provides all specialized interventions including occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, behavioural therapy, special education, family counseling etc. This enables the children with special needs to achieve their full potential.

1. Consultancy

2. Assessment & evaluation by all interdisciplinary team members

3. Intervention Programme

• Intervention programme by the therapists including paediatric occupational therapist, speech therapist, physiotherapist, clinical psychologist, social worker, behavioral therapist, special educator etc.
   
• Occupational Therapy: Enables a child to develop gross motor, fine motor and self-help skills using activity as a medium for fostering movement.
   
• Sensory Integration Therapy: Therapy provided for children with sensory problems, which are manifested due to early insult to the developing brain. Training in activities of Daily Living caters to those aspects like feeding, bathing and dressing. These self-care skills are important to maximize the functioning and minimize the dependency.
   
• Behaviour Therapy: Specific interventions like behaviour management and anticipatory guidance are also being provided by the team of clinical psychologists.
   
• Speech Therapy: The importance of interactions for facilitating speech and language development is an essential component of speech therapy. It also includes identifying and facilitating the specific speech and language deficits in children.
   
• Physiotherapy: Visual stimulation therapy is provided by the ophthalmology department at the Centre for infants with cortical blindness and other visual problems.

4. Counselling / Guidance