Dr Aakanksha Singh

She did a research on remediation in Learning disability (Dyslexia) and has developed a remedial programme for children with learning disability (Dyslexia). She received international recognition for her work and presented her study at 23rd World Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied professions, 23- 27th July 2018 at Prague, Czech Republic. For this work she was also awarded with Adopt a delegate fellowship by the International association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Her training at National Institute for the Empowerment of persons with Intellectual disabilities (NIEPID) (Divyangjan), Secundrabad gave her the insight into early intervention, speech therapy, behaviour therapy, special education and holistic management of persons with Mental retardation, Autism and Learning disabilities. She also received training in behaviour therapy and psychotherapy and counselling from National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore. She is also certified in providing Oral placement Therapy (OPT) for children with speech delay and feeding difficulties. Her areas of interest are Early interventions in mental retardation and Autism, speech delay, feeding difficulty, remediation of Specific learning disability (Dyslexia), ADHD, Adolescent problems and parental training, Psychotherapy and cognitive remediation for adults.