Our Programs

Children have major and minor milestones to achieve while growing up. These milestones help children achieve their goals in physical and mental development. Physiotherapy plays a vital role in addressing a child’s limitations. In cases of special needs, physiotherapy is one of the most important routines as it helps children achieve their milestones, increases strength, balance, and movement patterns. In JCDC, our specialised team will help your child achieve milestones. Our team will provide an effective plan so that your child can thrive physically. For children with Down Syndrome, physiotherapy starts from as early as 3 months. Whereas, other cases might need an assessment before enrolment. For children with Autism, our services are open to children up to 6 years of age.

In recent years, the importance of Occupational Therapy (OT) in children has emerged drastically, especially in South Asian countries. Occupational Therapists are trained professionals who help to develop the tools a child needs to function in their daily routine. This will enable a child to overcome their difficulties to carry out normal tasks and help them to thrive in any environment. At JCDC, OT is provided to all the children with or without any diagnosis to help them achieve their developmental milestones and for cognitive growth. OT is an excellent inclusion for children with special needs, especially Down Syndrome, Autism, Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Our OT service is open to children up to 6 years of age.

Speech and Language is yet another important developmental milestone that children need to achieve for overall well-being. Speech and Language Pathologists play a vital role in children with special needs as they face mild, moderate, and/or severe delays in speech, communication, and interaction. Besides children with special needs, typically growing children also have speech delays. Children are exposed to technology from a very young age that may cause speech delays, poor interaction, and communication. Some children do not speak even if they do not have any diagnosis. In such cases, children need sessions with the Speech and Language Pathologist and a Psychologist. At JCDC, we provide Speech and Language therapy for children with such problems. These sessions are carried out by our expert Speech and Language Pathologist, and often the plan is combined with Psychological sessions.

One of the major worries of parents/caregivers revolves around diet. In recent years, children are more driven to sugar and junk food, which makes them overweight or underweight. A proper diet is crucial for mental and physical well-being. A special needs child has even more issues related to diet. Therefore, a proper, balanced, nutritious diet is necessary for a child. At JCDC, we have a diet coach to help parents overcome these issues. The Diet Coach will help parents to plan a healthy meal plan after a thorough assessment. The Diet Coach can help parents feed their children healthy meals from as early as 6 months (after weaning).

Children go through many changes while growing up. They need to be in a healthy shape physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially. However, sometimes we fail to understand that many things put pressure on a child’s mental health. Sometimes we fail to identify and address such underlying issues. Everything and anything can be challenging for children while growing up. At JCDC, we provide Psychological Counseling sessions with a Psychologist to help your child overcome these barriers. Issues such as learning difficulties, behavioural problems, low self-esteem, trauma processing, anxiety, depression, overcoming loss, anger management, and many other such conditions are handled by our Psychologist.

This short programme is designed for Special Needs Children to equip them for inclusive schools. This special programme is facilitated by trained and experienced teachers to help special needs children learn and get familiar with the classroom setting. Parents can either choose a complete package which includes Physiotherapy, OT, Speech Therapy, Psychologist session, and Pre-School preparation class or select just the classes or just the therapy sessions. However, the pre-school class activities are designed after assessment of the child which will help the child achieve their milestones while preparing for normal school. Unlike normal classrooms, this programme is catered for a small group of students for better attention and care. This way, the teachers will be able to work one-on-one with the students.

Being a parent is one of the most challenging yet beautiful feelings in life. Every parent wants the best for their children and for them to be that, they also need to be in their best shape: Physically, mentally, and emotionally. A child can be their best self if their parents provide them with love, care, support, and a safe environment. So, parents have a huge role in shaping their children. Even parents need to process their emotions to be the best version of themselves. At JCDC, we provide counseling sessions to parents to help them process their emotions and help them better understand their children and be the best versions of themselves.

There is nothing more joyous than hearing the good news of a new member joining your family. While expecting a baby is exciting, it also makes expecting parents nervous. Although parenting comes naturally, there may be a few areas where you may need professional help. For all such guidance and help, we are here. At JCDC, expecting parents can enrol in our short programme, designed to help couples go through the beautiful journey with ease. Our programme focuses on helping couples get through all three trimesters.

Now that you have welcomed your bundle of joy, you are excited and overwhelmed at the same time. Although we have our family around, it is wise to take expert advice as well. This phase is especially difficult for new parents as mothers struggle with their pain, recovery, and hormonal imbalances whereas fathers/spouse struggle to strike a balance to provide care and attention between caring for the wife and baby. At JCDC, we have developed a special programme for new parents.

We may offer home visits and virtual sessions if there is an absolute need for it. However, these services are short-term and highly depend on the availability of the team. If you wish for a longer virtual session, all the therapy can be virtual, but services such as psychological counseling and preschool classes cannot run virtually.

JCDC strongly believes in knowledge transfer, awareness, and empowerment. This will be done through trainings and workshops focusing on mental health and special needs awareness. JCDC will be organising trainings and workshops soon.

We are open to any interested volunteers in the related field to join us. You may volunteer for short-term as well as long-term. A short-term volunteer can last for a month to 5 months. A long-term volunteer lasts from 6 months to a year. JCDC is also open to any interested candidates for internships in any field within our centre.

JCDC is open to any collaboration opportunities with local as well as international agencies, partners, and organisations.