Assessments : Brindavan Education Trust

Educational and Psychological Assessment

Overview

Psychological Educational Evaluation– Detailed educational assessments are essential to help determine the functional level of children in terms of giving a clear idea of grade/age level skill functioning of a child also helps to determine the future course of action that needs to be taken in order to support him/her.

Psychological Evaluation– A full scale evaluation to help determine the cognitive functioning levels and also to give a detailed profile of a child’s academic functioning area. This can be followed up with counselling support in all areas.

Counselling and Therapy– Counselling services for behaviour issues are provided by an experienced clinical psychologist by appointment.

Assessments are conducted on a one-to-one basis. The duration of an assessment may take between 2 to 6 hours based on requirement, and in one or multiple sessions. A report of the evaluation can be collected 8-10 days after the assessment. This is followed by counselling the parents for follow up on the remedial programs and further referrals, if any.

Assessments at Brindavan are conducted by prior appointment only.

Our son Saiskandan experienced a learning challenge, the exact nature of which has not been identified so far. It manifested in two principal ways: Difficulty in reading and recall of what he had been taught or what he had learned.
We approached Brindavan when he was five years of age, to seek their guidance on how to help Saiskandan cope with his academic work.

The intervention by Brindavan comprised extensive conversations with him and an assessment that was carried out every year. The assessment tested whether his reading comprehension ability, to construct sentences of his own and math skills were age appropriate. The assessment helped us evolve ways of supporting him in his education.

Given the limited resource room support in the school, the assessments at Brindavan enabled us as parents to help him cope with the curricular demands of the school. The assessor used those assessment sessions to also identify the learning related anxieties that he suffered from as well as the lack of self-confidence that was holding him back. That in turn helped us evolve an approach to parenting that we may not have thought of in the absence of the inputs from those sessions.

A Parent,
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A Parent,
Brindavan Assessments

Our son Saiskandan experienced a learning challenge, the exact nature of which has not been identified so far. It manifested in two principal ways: Difficulty in reading and recall of what he had been taught or what he had learned. We approached Brindavan when he was five years of age, to seek their guidance on how to help Saiskandan cope with his academic work. The intervention by Brindavan comprised extensive conversations with him and an assessment that was carried out every year. The assessment tested whether his reading comprehension ability, to construct sentences of his own and math skills were age appropriate. The assessment helped us evolve ways of supporting him in his education. Given the limited resource room support in the school, the assessments at Brindavan enabled us as parents to help him cope with the curricular demands of the school. The assessor used those assessment sessions to also identify the learning related anxieties that he suffered from as well as the lack of self-confidence that was holding him back. That in turn helped us evolve an approach to parenting that we may not have thought of in the absence of the inputs from those sessions.

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Assessment Team

Janaki Narendra

Janaki conducts informal assessments at Brindavan and is coordinator at the after-school remedial Centre at Malleswaram.
She has been part of the Brindavan outreach program, which involved overseeing the setting up and functioning of a resource room in a mainstream school, The Bhavan Bangalore Press School at Chamrajapete.

Qualification

Bachelor of Arts from Mount Carmel College,
Diploma in Specific Learning Difficulties from Brindavan Education Trust.
Masters in Inclusive Education from University of
Northampton.

Year of Joining : 2011

Jayashree A Rajanahally

Jayashree is the Coordinator of our After-School Remedial program, a SLD course mentor and resource person, and the coordinator of our annual seminar. She is the contact person and tutor on the MA SEN & Inclusion, The University of Northampton, UK.

Qualification

MA [Clinical Psychology], Certificate course in Dyslexia

Year of Joining : 2005

Reena Silva Ryall

I joined Brindavan as a trainee and graduated to many roles of teacher, resource room team facilitator, diagnosis and assessment as well as teacher training under my inspirational directors Roopa and Gayathri. Over the last twenty odd years I have learnt much not from books but from the children, parents and teachers who have given me a new value of each one’s life, individuality and purpose. Those who cannot speak communicate the clearest I feel and those who cannot win marks win hearts. Each day is new and each person is a gift to us.

Qualification

M.A (Womens Studies) M.A (Psychology) Ph.D (Cognitive Psychology – Dyslexia) Diploma in Learning Disabilities.

Year of Joining : 1997

Vijaya Jagan

Vijaya has over 22 years of experience in the field of teaching children in mainstream schools and children with Learning Difficulties. She enjoys being around children and is passionate about teaching. She conducts the Psycho-educational assessments in Brindavan. She is a teaching faculty for the Learning Disability courses conducted by Brindavan and KPAMRC. She is a trained counsellor and counsels adults with emotional problems.

Qualification

MA, M Phil, Ph. D (Psychology), Dip in Sp. Edn (SLD), PGDip in Professional Counselling and Psychotherapy

Year of Joining : 2013

Vijaya Mahadevan

Role in Brindavan: Vijaya has been working in the field of special education for 24 years.
She believes that every child comes with his/her own skill set and strengths; and that with an empowering environment they can achieve their potential. She also believes in teacher training and development. She is on the faculty for many teacher training courses run by Brindavan and other organizations; and conducts workshops in mainstream schools. She is actively involved in setting up processes for inclusive setups in preschools.

Qualification

B.Com, Certificate in MR, DSE-SLD, DCS
Diploma in Specific Learning Disabilities from Brindavan

Year of Joining : 2000