Arivu Therapy Centre organize Krishna Vesha & Independence Day Spirit
Arivu Therapy Centre in association with Hakuna Matata organize Krishna Vesha & Independence Day Spirit at Forum Fiza Mall
Mangaluru: ARIVU (means Awareness) is an NGO established by the parents ( Dr Radhakrishna B Bhat & Dr Poornima R Bhat) of a child ( Pratheek Bhat) with disability. They believe that Parents and Teachers are the crucial pillars in the overall development of a child. At ARIVU, they provide therapies and training to children with Autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, reading and writing issues and Mental Retardation. Educating parents and helping them to understand their child’s issues and developing a home plan is our highlight. Overall development of the child requires working in the following areas: Behavior, Speech and language, Social skills , Fine Motor skills and Academic.
With a Mission to Work with multi disciplinary teams in hospitals and build Early Intervention Programs; to provide Advocacy, Education, Empowerment of Families; Set up groups of volunteers and assess families with disabled children in the entire Dakshina Kannada district; Conduct camps and seminars on various issues of disabilities, to create awareness and provide education to families and society; Develop professional working relationships with other organizations who have developed successful early intervention models; Ensure parents are aware of their child’s problems and the challenges; to provide Early Intervention and Remedial Services to include the parents and family members working with the Rehabilitation Professionals and to teach how to help the child;
To Connect with medical professionals who will provide early diagnosis and recommend early intervention; Provide Rehabilitation and Behavior services; to Develop an individual plan for your child and help the family implement it; to Develop specific strategies to help your child learn new skills and use them in different settings; and Help reduce your child’s difficult behavior by understanding what the ‘cause’ of the behavior is and then teaching your child more appropriate behavior- ARIVU (a unit of ARIVU Trust)-a Early Intervention Centre for Special Children was launched at Shaktinagar- Mangaluru in September 2017.
Arivu Therapy Center with Hakuna Matata celebrated the Independence Day Spirit and Krishna Vesha with a very colorful Cultural Program at Forum Fiza Mall. Mangaluru North MLA Dr. Bharath Shetty attended the cultural program and promised all help in integrating the Special needs children in the mainstream society. Former Deputy Mayor Ms. Shakeela Kava lighted the lamp along with Dr. Kusum D’sa, Principal of VIBGYOR School, Prasad, Madura Caterers, Poornima Bhat, Director, Arivu Early Intervention Center. Kala Deepak and Hakuna Matata Club members were present.
Shakeela Kava in her address said that it is commendable that Arivu Center and Hakuna Matata club are collaborating and organizing a very grand program. She said that she would extend all help in improving the facilities for centers like Arivu. Dr. Kusum D’sa recalled her experiences and said that Arivu Center is using specialized techniques in training school going children with learning problems and helping them overcome these problems. Poornima Bhat in her welcome speech appreciated the initiative by Forum Fiza Mall and said that these initiatives teach people to accept Special children as one of them.
Speaking to Team Mangalorean, after the programme Ms Poornima K Bhat said, ” Arivu aims at helping the parents in raising their children diagnosed with autism and Attention Deficit Hyper-activity Disorder (ADHD) through behaviour therapy and counselling, speech and occupational therapy and counselling. The ARIVU logo symbolically represents a concerned individual taking the community (depicted by the ring around the waist) along with him from darkness to brightness by creating awareness. Nearly 300 plus children come and get training at our NGO. The centre is bearing the expenditure that includes salary for staff with generous donations from philanthropists. Apart from the kids, we also focus on their parents who will be taught on methods to handle their wards”.
Poornima recalling the ordeals she faced at the early stage of raising her toddler son, Prateek Bhat (now 29-year-old but has a stunted intellectual growth of a four-year-old), further said, ” We moved to USA in 2001 when my husband got a job offer as a visiting scientist at the Air Force Research Laboratory-Ohio, USA. While in USA I worked in a Rehabilitation and Counselling areas in New York- and later thought of acquiring skills to deal with my son. I decided to change the course of my career with a MS in Rehabilitation Counselling after having to bring up my special son and that’s when I started dreaming about ARIVU. An offering of Arivu Trust, it is the result of the first-hand experience of its founders in raising my son diagnosed with downs syndrome. This is a non-profit NGO set up for creating awareness in the community about disability and taking remedial action”.
Please call 8971237669 for more information and details about Arivu Early Intervention, Parent/student counselling, Speech therapy, Behavior Therapy, Sensory Integration and Special education Services.
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