Therapeutic Services
Rehabilitation Therapy Services
Akshadhaa Foundation Rehabilitation therapy unit follows multi-disciplinary approach where Occupational therapist, Physiotherapist, Speech therapist and Special Educator work in a collective way, share
and update their observation, assessment and therapy plan for each child. This helps to maintain consistent therapeutic plan and assess the progress.
Occupational Therapy
The occupational therapy unit majorly focuses on
to develop skills for hand writing, fine motor hand
function, daily living skill and functional skills. To
learn these skills child need postural stability, hand and finger muscle strength, eye to hand coordination, bilateral hand coordination and sensory diet. In occupational therapy unit we assess and target
the child’s sensory issues. This helps in removal of
barriers to learning and helps the child become
more calm and more focused.
The vocation age group of children are taught
in-hand manipulation of small objects, use of different tools and isolation of fingers. These skills help
them to learn vocational skills like computer, stitching, jewelry making, paper bag making, manipulation of bunch of keys and more. These skills make
the children more independent in their daily and
vocational life
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Physiotherapy
In our physical therapy unit we use wider range of
treatment techniques, approaches, procedures in
order to meet the physical demand of the children.
The primary aim of physiotherapy is to restore the normal range of movement and function, dealing
with both the gross motor and finer motor aspects. Specifically at Akshadhaa we follow a structured
protocol. The protocol in general involves:
Speech Therapy
We at Akshadhaa cater to improve the speech and
language skills of the child to age appropriate
levels. The treatment primarily depends on the
child’s mode of communication that is verbal and
non-verbal communication while strengthening the
muscles of the mouth for easy movements making
sure that no aspect of the body hinders communication. The therapy is completely individualized
based on the child’s needs. We work together with
the child in a fun and exciting way to achieve the
goals.
For non-verbal communication therapy, we use
specified therapy techniques such us sing
language, voice output and picture system like AAC
and PECS. The other major area we focus is upon
the articulation of sounds where we try to get the
child to imitate speech sounds for highly preferred
object with imitative non speech sounds and oro
motor movements. In our speech therapy unit we
follow a standardized assessment procedure and
tools to find out the child’s receptive and expressive language age.
Special Education
Special Education uses Incidental teaching, using
behaviour principles of ABA within natural learning
contexts. The therapists create tangible teaching
learning materials which support the cognitive
development and comprehension of the subject
matter. The structured teaching method helps to
develop the independent response and functioning
which are very much needed qualities for the
children in the vocation training stage.
The combination of different modalities of arts like
rhythm, music, visual arts, sensory games, sports
and physical fitness bring varieties and create comprehensive curriculum which we have researched
and included in the school program, to bring motivation towards learning for our children.