Dr. Abraham K Paul
Executive Director - CCC
About Us
30 K+
Children
Nurtured
At the heart of our legacy since 1995, we've been a beacon of comprehensive care and holistic guidance, nurturing young potentials on their unique developmental journeys
IAP Cochin Branch, way back in 1995 conceived and implemented the idea of starting a Centre for comprehensive management of the then ill understood and rarely diagnosed condition of LD in Cochin, the first of its kind in the state. Besides evaluation and remediation of LD, the Centre started conducting awareness programs for schools, parents, public and professional groups through physical sessions, print and electronic media. This was primarily intended to equip parents and teachers suspect the problem of LD if present, in early class itself so that they could refer these children for further evaluation when the child is in 2nd or 3rd Std. But the ground reality was, our objectives were far from being fulfilled; we were getting referrals when the child was in 9th or sometimes 10th Std. Intervention at this age yield very poor result. We need to ask parents about their child’s school performance whenever they visit us for any medical condition or immunization.
We need to urge parents to suspect the problem when they observe or feel that their child;
“is good in everything except studies”
“is not getting marks proportionate to his intelligence”
“answers well orally, but performs badly in writing”
These in fact are the Red Flags for LD needing evaluation, intervention and remediation by a multidisciplinary team. The dictum is, any child performing poorly in class should be evaluated by a multidisciplinary team consisting of Psychologist, Special Educators, Speech & Language Pathologist and Paediatrician, as we have at our Child Care Centre.
We are proud to say that ours is the only Centre in Kerala, probably in the whole of South India, with a multidisciplinary team as this, all under one roof, providing comprehensive evaluation and guidance services.
We have so far evaluated more than 30,000 children for Scholastic Backwardness and made appropriate remedial referrals. The Centre functions as a Multidisciplinary referral Centre and resource Centre for child with Learning Disabilities. Child Care Centre is a project of IAP Cochin Branch and supported by Rotary Club of Cochin.
“If you can’t learn the way we teach, we will teach you the way you can learn”