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Welcome
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First Screen by Orkids!

In today’s world where scientific thought and enquiry has reached unimaginable heights, it’s time that a screening app was developed to identify children ‘at risk’ of developmental disorders especially Specific Learning Disabilities, a disability which has a high rate of prevalence of 10-12% in every classroom in our country.

Orkids’ attempt to empower both parents and teachers to identify such children and facilitate early intervention is aimed at reducing the barriers of distance, time, money and most importantly language.

So go ahead and use the app to identify & intervene early so as to maximise the overall development of your child. Remember time doesn’t stand still for anyone!

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Acknowledgements

Our Sincere gratitude to
Dr. Jayanthi Narayan, ex-Deputy Director of the National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped (NIMH)
&
Prof Catherine Snow, Harvard Graduate School of Education
For their support and guidance

And to our CSR partner
Mr Tehmasp Printer, International Gemological Institute
for his belief in our cause.

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An Introduction
to the
First Screen by Orkids!

Orkids Screening Tool for Specific Learning Disabilities and related concerns is a checklist of signs and symptoms which has been tested with over 100 children from different schools and different classes. It caters to school-going children. It is important to keep in mind that the child should have been exposed to at least 1 year of formal instruction (teaching) in a school before attempting to use the tool. The screening tool is filled by a parent, a teacher or an adult who ‘knows’ the child's academic and behavioural history. The time taken is about 20-25 minutes per child. A feedback report will be generated after the submission of a completed checklist. The report highlights the areas of difficulty the child faces and a suggested action plan.

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20-25 minutes per child.

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Parent / teacher / informed adult to fill the checklist.

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For school going children.

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Covers all developmental areas and behaviours.

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Instant feedback on submission of a completed checklist.

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Action Plan highlighting areas of difficulty faced by the child and a suggested way forward.

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