Meet Our Experts
Ms. Pooja Shriyan
Director of Neev Child Development Centre
Ms. Pooja Shriyan holds an MA in Counseling psychology, Diploma in Special Education and a Licensed Brain Gym Instructor. She is the Director of Neev Child Development Centre. She has 10 years of experience of working as a School Counselor and a Remedial Educator. She has extensively worked with children with neurological deficits. She firmly believes to treat the root cause and not just the symptom.
Ms. Dhara Shah Bangera
Director of Neev Child Development Centre
Ms. Dhara Shah Bangera holds an MA is Clinical Psychology, Diploma in Arts Based Therapy and specialised in Neuropsychology. She is director of Neev Child Development Centre. She has 15 year experience of working as a Clinical Neuropsychologist, Developmental Psychologist and Counsellor. She has extensively worked with children with Learning Disability, Autism, ADHD, Epilepsy, Downs Syndrome, Mental Retardation, Cerebral Palsy and all types of Neuro- Developmental disorder. She specialises in Educational Assessments, Developmental Assessments and Counseling. She believes that if you work on a regular basis with a child with concerns that actually Learning Will Know no Bounds.
Dr. Payal Aggrawal Singhania
Senior Occupational Therapist
Dr. Payal Aggrawal Singhania is our Senior Occupational Therapist. a practicing professional in the field of Occupational Therapy and dealing with children She has extensively worked with children with Learning Disability, Autism, ADHD, Epilepsy, Down's Syndrome, Mental Retardation, Cerebral Palsy and all types of Neuro- Developmental disorders. In her career span of 20 years, she has worked in different rehabilitation centres and educational institutions. She has conducted seminars in schools for detection of early signs of Learning Disability and held workshops for parents. Dr. Payal holds B.O.Th degree from Seth G.S.M.C (K.E.M hospital). She has a number of certificate courses on Sensory Integration to her credit and is a member of All India Occupational Therapy Association. She strongly believes that regular and intensive Sensory Integration will always help the child achieve their goals.
Ms. Razia Ali
ABA therapist
Ms. Razia Ali is our ABA therapist. She is a Board Certified Assistant Analyst with Bachelors In Chemistry and Education. Being a parent of 26 year old lady with Autism she has been using the principles of ABA to build various skills in her daughter ever since she has been diagnosed with Autism. She has an experience of 14 years working with kids under Autism Spectrum from the age of 1.5 years to 18 years. She has worked as a Centre Incharge for 8 years and as an Assistant Clinical Director for last 2 years at Behavior Momentum, India. She believes in bringing a measurable positive change in the child that is beneficial for both the child as well as the child’s social environment.
Dr. Mudra Dudwadkar
Speech therapist
Dr. Mudra Dudwadkar is our Speech therapist. She is a B.A.S.L.P, M.Sc., SLP, is a licensed RCI recognised Speech Language Pathologist and Audiologist practicing in Mumbai. She has completed her undergraduation from BVDU, Pune and holds a Master’s degree from All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore. She has an experience of practicing in the field for more than 3 years and is passionate in rehabilitating children with language and speech related difficulties. She has a special interest in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and has a certification in Gestalt Language Processing. She has conducted lectures for students as well as professionals to educate them and also has two published papers in International Journals. She believes that Speech therapy can break down the barriers that children have in their life due to communication concerns.
Brief Descriptions about assessments:
- Psychological Evaluations, IQ testing, Learning Disability Assessments for Children: These assessments are done to understand the strength and the weaknesses of the child along with a quantitative measure of their current mental age and level of functioning in various domains. It enables us to understand the child’s weaknesses and thus be able to work around them.
- Remedial Education Therapy and Special Education: These are used to teach children with difficulty in academics. The educators use different sensory involved techniques to work on the child’s reading, writing and mathematical skills.
- Occupational and Sensory Integration Therapy: The therapist works on the social, mental and emotional health of the child using various exercises emphasizing on the sensory techniques. It involves mainly working with children having ADHD, Autism, Developmental delay and Cerebral Palsy.
- Speech Therapy: It teaches children with speech difficulties to talk and improve their communication skills using various exercises. It involves mainly working with children having ADHD, Autism, Developmental delay and Cerebral Palsy.
- Counselling Services: It involves working with the counselor to improve the behavior of the child and also helps in working around anxiety, depression or OCD Traits seen in a client.
- Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Therapy: It is a scientific approach to behavior. It helps in working to make behavior appropriate for a social situation and thus helps learning take place.
- Art Based Therapy: It is when various mediums of arts (Music, Art, Drama, Body use) are used to improve the behavior, concentration, learning strategies and emotional well being of the child.
- Brain Gym Sessions: The activities of brain gym focus on stimulating the brain cells, thus making them more active and thus stimulating the functions of the brain like memory, concentration. Attention and reasoning.