STREAM

First six years after birth is a period of growth and development. By age six, the brain has developed to 90% of its adult size and the child’s early learning experiences lay the foundation for their growth. Positive experiences during early years directly impact potential of an individual as an adult. These early experiences also impact the child’s emotional and social development, which is vital for their future confidence, relationships, their participation in their community and most importantly their and mental well-being.

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COMPASS

Most treatments that are being offered to families of young children with Autism tend to be ‘imported’ and are often not suitable to our local setting, where parents find it difficult to attend facility-based services. Dr Gauri Divan (Developmental Paediatrician) and Vivek Vajaratkar (Occupational Therapist) worked in previous projects with teams in the Universities of Manchester and Liverpool and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; to adapt and expand the Preschool Autism Communication Therapy which had been developed and evaluated by the University of Manchester, UK. This intervention is called PASS Plus (Parent-mediated Autism Social communication intervention for non-Specialists Plus).

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COINCIDE

Nutrition, psychosocial and toxic environmental exposures impact neurodevelopment and child mental health to varying degrees depending on their nature, timing and extent of exposure.

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NAMASTE

In South Asia, there are limited community-based services to support the early detection and provision of evidence-based interventions for young children with neurodevelopmental disabilities, especially autism.

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DRISHTi Health Research Ethics

PROJECT DURATION COURSE OVERVIEW Focus Duration Format Language Output Assessment Fees EXPECTED OUTCOMES DATES MEET THE FACULTY Course Faculty CONTACT For any queries, write to us at drishti.courses@sangath.in HOW TO APPLY Sign up FAQs If you have any queries regarding the course, please visit our

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Child development

About 25% of the world’s population is children and adolescents.  These are the formative years critical for a child’s overall development and growth. Physical, emotional and social determinants, including poverty, violence, or other negative experiences can make them vulnerable to faltering development and mental health

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ASPIRE

A Scalable Programme Incorporating Early Child Development Interventions (ASPIRE), is a collaboration between Sangath, UNICEF & the Department of Women Development & Child Welfare, Government of Telangana, which aims to design, implement & evaluate an integrated Early Child Development (ECD) & nutrition intervention promoting nurturing care in the first 1000 days of life.

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Our Journey

Our Journey since 1996 1996-2000             Sangath founded in Goa, starts providing services for children with developmental disabilities; working on depression in adults, alcoholism in adult males, school going adolescents’ health needs, dementia and depression. 2001-2005        

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Scientific publications

Scientific publications Thematic AreasAdolescent and Youth  (36)Adults Mental Health  (101)Child Development  (39)Health equity  (15) Author AuthorAbhijit Nadkarni ,Urvita Bhatia ,Richard Velleman,Jim Orford,Gill Velleman,Sydney Church,Supriya Sawal & Subhash Pednekar  (1)Abhijit Nadkarni and Urvita Bhatia  (1)Abhijit Nadkarni, Alessandro Massazza, Rahul Guda, Luanna T Fernandes, Ankur Garg, Mehak Jolly, Lena S Andersen, Urvita Bhatia,

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