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Parents with neurodiverse children, when they relocate from one city to another, face a big challenge in continuing the learning process for their neurodiverse child. Socially responsible employers who would like to employ neurodiverse as part of their inclusion and CSR strategies too encounter challenges as they are not able to assess the level education or skills of the neurodiverse. The reason for both is a lack of standardization in teaching methodology for the neurodiverse.
Dr. Gayatri Narasimhan, a passionate special educator, inclusive education specialist, vocational trainer, and counsellor, with years of hands-on experience in the special education field, offers a pioneering solution through INVAS, which aims to provide students, teachers, and all stake holders with a curriculum that is measurable and uniform throughout the nation. INVAS identifies the parameters that needs to be focused to achieve the desired learning outcomes. The suggested curriculum, consisting of 13 different topics which is further divided into five levels, offers the potential to achieve the educational goals for neurodiverse.
Dr. Gayatri believes that INVAS will enable each child to be a successful learner, be a confident individual and, be an independent and responsible employee as an adult as well.
Dr. Gayatri Narasimhan
The search for an answer as to why she was not able to teach a child with autism led the software engineer and management graduate, Dr Gayatri Narasimhan, to a totally new field of special education. Today, Dr Gayatri Narasimhan, is a passionate special educator, inclusive education specialist, vocational trainer, and counsellor, with over a decade of experience in these fields. She is a post-graduate in Psychology besides having specialization in yoga as therapy, handwriting modification, sensory therapy, behaviour modifications, and related professional qualifications. Gayatri Narasimhan is also a “POSH Practitioner” and ‘Internal Committee Specialist’ to address grievances related to the sexual harassment of women inthe workplace. Recognising the strength of organisational reach, she founded Prakramika Institute in Chennai, India, in 2014 to work for the betterment of children with special needs.
She is involved in providing online skill development courses to over hundreds of children and young adults with special collaborations with placement firms. All her work and initiatives towards these children are offered only as a service. Even though her training is free there is no compromise in quality by ensuring a curriculum suitable to the skills required and quality in content delivery. Apart from teaching skills, her organisation, Prakramika Vocational Institute also tries to bring out the fine arts talent in the children by providing the right platforms in the presence of eminent personalities.
Dr Gayatri Narasimhan’s work is well recognised and she and her organisation have won many awards both in India and Oman.
