. Lecturer in Clinical Psychology-Grade II at ICCONS from 2006 till date
Area of Interest
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Current Activities
Psychotherapy, counselling, online therapy, parental training, training for internship students, Evaluations and assessments of various disorders, IQ testings
Membership
Accredited Professional registration by Rehabilitation Council of India as Rehabilitation Psychologist; Central Rehabilitation Register Number – A36812
OngoingProjects
Co-Investigator in "Evaluation of the effect of training in magical sciences and a variety of art forms on behavioral and other outcomes among differently abled children", a collaborative project by Institute for Communicative and Cognitive Neurosciences (ICCONS) and Different Arts Centre (Academy of Magical Sciences)
Co-Investigator in "the impact of training children with disability by conventional methods in addition to different art forms" a collaborative project by Institute for Communicative and Cognitive Neurosciences (ICCONS) and Different Arts Centre (Academy of Magical Sciences)
Professional Experience
16 years 3 months of experience in the field of evaluations and assessment of various disorders , testings , therapies both individual and group therapy, trainings and counselling for parents, counselling for adults, participation in various programmes, life skill training programme for children
Seminars/ Conferences
Participated in the seminar titled "Women empowerment" on 29th March 2004 in University College, Thiruvananthapuram
Participated in the National Conference on Autism in 9th,10th and 11th April 2008, by NRHM, Shoranur,Kerala.
Participated in the CME on Cognitive and Communicative Disorders in 10th to 16th June 2013 , by ICCONS, Shoranur,Kerala.
Participated in the National Seminar on Psychological Aspects of linguistics in 14th to 16th March 2016 , by University College, Kariavattom,Thiruvananthapuram.
Participated in the Autism Day seminars conducted by ICCONS, Thiruvananthapuram at Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
Publications
Article
Co-author of the paper titled "Parsing with articulatory rehearsal Facilitates syntactically correct oral expression in children With high functioning autism (ASD) a case study" in APJR(Asia Pacific Journal of Research, Vol I Issue XLI, July 2016, pp:6-15
Publications
Book
Co- author for "Knowledge, Attitudes & Practices of Primary and Secondary School Teachers on Specific Learning Disorders – A report of evidence from Thiruvananthapu: KAP of Primary and Secondary School Teachers on SLD," which was included in the title Handbook of Research on Psychosocial Perspectives of Human Communication Disorders