Centre for Assessment and Therapy (OPD Unit)

The objective of the ‘Centre for Assessment and Therapy’ (popularly known as OPD unit) is to address the problems of the children through appropriate intervention programs. This is the entry point for the children with special needs. The focus is to assess the child and diagnose the disability & its severity.

Assessment includes consultation and diagnosis of the problem reported along with psychiatric, psychological, special educational, speech and language therapy, sensory integration and occupational guidance.

It also conducts some tests which include diagnostic tests for Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention deficit hyperactive disorder; Educational tests comprising Intelligence Quotient, Specific Learning Disability, Personality tests consisting of Thematic Apperception Test, Children’s Apperception Test, Rorschach Ink Blot Test and many more psychological tests.

Sukanya Mitra,

Co-ordinator, Early Intervention & Intervention Services - C.A.T.

Phone: 033-46031861
Email: mvkassessment@gmail.com

The OPD conducts workshops for parents which explains them about the different Disabilities and also address their queries. The therapists are sent to workshops to upgrade their knowledge.

Services Offered

Along with the above mentioned assessments we also offer these services:

Child and Parental Counselling
Detailed psychometric evaluation
Multi-sensory
Sensory Integration
Hydrotherapy
Self help skills
Play Therapy
Dance and music /Movement Therapy
Art and Craft
Games and Outdoor activities
Audiovisual
Hand Therapy
Drama Therapy
Genetic Counselling for Parents
Parental Workshops

Regular classes run in the OPD are :

EI -(Early Intervention) Play group
EI -Junior
EI -Downs group
EI -ASD group
Pre‐ Academic class
Transit
EI –Afternoon classes
Third shift group classes‐ afternoon

Introduced In 2020-21

To further uplift our services we have added few more therapies in the year 2020-21:

The entire academic session of 2020-2021 was conducted virtually due to the Coronavirus pandemic. All classes (academic, co curricular and therapy) and assessments have been conducted through virtual platforms.

Weekly parent counselling for the early intervention groups.
Non thermal cooking with parental help is taught to make children self sufficient.
Along with the essential therapies we have also introduced art and design classes for EI group classes.
The overall assessment by a multi disciplinary team is also being provided virtually.

Package Programme

For the children, who cannot attend the regular classes due to various reasons, we offer our’package programmes’. In package
programmes Therapies are provided for 3‐5 consecutive days under our supervision and then home based strategies are discussed with the parents to continue with the therapies. Many parents look for such programmes, especially out stationed parents to get a proper guideline for the treatment of their children .In the year 2019‐ 20, we could reach to 45 children who were benefited by our package programmes.

During the year 2019-2020 the assessment wing assessed and diagnosed the following categories of disabilities and impairments.

Graphical representation of the number of cases in the year 2019-2020

Autism Spectrum Disorder	195
Intellectual Disability	66
Borderline intellectual functioning	20
Cerebral Palsy	10
Intellectual disability with epilepsy	08
Intellectual Disability with autistic traits	05
Global Developmental Delay	30
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder	29
Hearing Deficit	15
Down’s Syndrome	21
Seizure Disorder	04
Conduct Disorder	08
Expressive Speech Disorder	15
Seizure disorder with autistic traits	08
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder	09
Learning Disorder	04
Others	22
TOTAL	480

OTHER PURSUITS OF THE DEPARTMENT

This year we organized a workshop for parents on AUTISM AND MANAGEMENT OF AUTISITC CHILDREN. One of our esteemed resource person was Ms. Indrani Basu who has wide exposure in this field and deals with the management of autistic children.

ASSESSMENT DETAILS (2019-2020)

Intelligence Quotient	175
Dyslexia Screening Tests	04
Childhood Autism Rating Scale	25
Connor’s Parent Rating Scale	29
Indian Scale for Assessment of Autism	160
Total	393

Testimonials

FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM THE PARENTS

“My son Adhrit Mukherjee, has been regularly attending Sensory Integration Therapy for the last 3 years. My experience is beyond expectations as my son has learnt to walk because of the hard work and dedication of the therapists here. The environment of M.V.K is very nice. Everyone is very helpful and affectionate......”

Parents of Adhrit Mukherjee,

“I am Karuna Singh, mother of Subh Rathor. I am coming to the Institution from February 2016. My son was diagnosed as autistic and was very hyper active. He is admitted to the early intervention class. After the regular schooling and therapeutic intervention, he has improved a lot. His receptive and expressive language has developed. I am satisfied with the services of Manovikas Kendra.”

Parents of Subh Rathor,

Events and activities

Ms. Sweta Sonthalia Sah

Presented a research paper in the Centenary Conference An international event organized by Department of Psychology and Department of Applied Psychology. The topic of the research paper was “Role of Music Intervention Programme in Positive Behavioral Outcomes in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder.”

Attended a session on “Ideas that matter In Disability work” organized by Pradip Centre for Autism management in association with the Hans Foundation and Keystone Human Services International.

Attended a workshop on “Psychoanalysis: A journey from classical to contemporary Perspectives” organized by Department of Psychology, West Bengal State University.

Presented a lecture on “Stress Management” for the parents organized by Outpatient Department, Manovikas Department.

Submitted Ph.D thesis titled “Role of Attachment Style in Aggression, Anxiety and Depression of College Students of Kolkata” to the University of Calcutta from the Department of Applied Psychology.

Dr. Swagata Sinha

Attended a workshop on “The A- Z of Sleep Disorders” held in Kolkata.

Participated in the Annual Meet of Lundbeck Institute. The topic of discussion was Decoding Cognition across Neuropsychiatric Domains in Gurgaon.

Ms. Sukanya Mitra

Praticipated as a participant in a seven days workshop on “Play Therapy” organized by Antaragram, Baruipur, Kolkata

Acted as a resource person for the CRE programme held in Manovikas Kendra. The topic of discussion was “Emotional Problems faced by disabled adults and their families.”

Was a part of the organizing committee for the workshop on “Autism and Stress Management for Families” by the Outpatient Department of Manovikas Kendra.

Acted as resource person for the workshop on “Play Therapy” conducted in Manovikas Kendra.

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