Author: Madhura Manerikar | Jun 09, 2017 I met 5 year old Tina with her parents at the Sethu Centre. She came to me with her difficulties in her academics. Tina could write some alphabets only by rote. A-B-C-D etc. She could not recognize alphabets nor could she write random alphabets
Author: Shenessa Barretto | Jun 30, 2017 Recently Yogesh, a very intelligent 16 year old came to me for a learning assessment. He loves photography and pondering about life. However, Yogesh has a limited attention span and dislikes writing. I was concerned that the 3-session assessment would be a challenge for
Author: Andre Velho | Aug 01, 2017 Typically developing children ask for things they want – like snacks, TV time, going out to play etc. But their parents often say “Later”, “There are no more chocolates”, “I’m watching cricket right now, go play with your sister” and so on. They may
Author: Aileen De Souza | Aug 04, 2017 Recently I had the opportunity of working with a young boy experiencing anger and conflict within the family. The first conversation I initially had with his parents was about how angry, defiant and distracted he was. In a subsequent conversation with the family I
Author: Anjali Nunes | Aug 09, 2017 Today I write as a parent as opposed to a professional. Being a mother of a 6 year old provided me with the opportunity to attend a workshop on ‘Childhood Sexuality’ at her school. I was joined by 28 other parents who also