LIVE CLASS ON 8th April 2023 at 5:00 PM - 7:00PM IST

About the Speaker: 

Prof Prathibha Karanth has degrees in Psychology and Speech & Hearing, from the University of Mysore. She has worked in premier national institutions such as NIMHANS, Bangalore, CIIL and AIISH, Mysore. Currently she is Program Director and Managing Trustee of the Com DEALL Trust which was set up by her in 2003 at Bangalore, to run the Communication DEALL program for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders designed by her in 2000. The Com DEALL program has since been published widely and apart from its Head Office in Bengaluru the Trust has helped set up over 25 affiliate units across the country and is now being scaled up outside the country.

 

Prof Karanth is the recipient of several grants and awards including those from international organizations such as the Common Wealth, UNICEF, Fulbright and Rockefeller Foundations as also national bodies such as the ICSSR, ICMR, NAMS, NCERT and SRTT. She has published over 80 papers and chapters in peer reviewed journals and professional books (national and international). She has also published over fifteen books and manuals on language and communication disorders, assessment and training, many of which are translated into Hindi, Kannada and other Indian languages. She is Series Editor for CommunicAids – an indigenous resource provider for children with communication disorders.

 

About the Course: 

An introduction to the sweeping changes that have taken place in the understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorders and the pivotal role that Early identification and early intervention plays in long term outcome for those with ASD as well as the SLPs role in the same.