Team diksa

Mrs. Lalitha Sathish

Educational Qualification: B.A (Psychology)

Training & certifications :

• Teaching Approaches for Students with specific learning difficulties at Alpha to Omega Learning Centre – 1999
• Workshop on Fundamentals in Sentence writing strategy in 1999.
• Participated in Structural Cognitive Modifiability (I.E), ICELP Jerusalem – Phase I – 1999.
• Workshop on Instrumental Enrichment program in BASIC – 2006.
• She has also attended many conferences and workshops on specific learning disabilities.

Experience:

• Working as a special educator for more than 25 years.

Working in diksa since 2003.

Mrs. Padmaja

Educational Qualification: Masters in Commerce

Training & certifications :

• Certified instructor for teaching students with learning disabilities from V – Excel 2009.
• Attended sessions of effective teaching of primary mathematics by Sundaram Sir – 2014.
• Trained in basic FIE Programme from Alpha to Omega – 2017.
• Certification for one day webinar (online) on NIMHANS LD Assessment by Wings Within Foundation – 2020.

Experience :

Working as a special educator in diksa since 2008.

Mrs. Vanaja

Educational Qualification: BA Economics

Training & certifications :

• Attended training session on Occupational therapy by Mrs.Nirmala Venkateswaran in 2020.
• Trained in ‘ Effective etaching of primary math” by Mr.S.Sundaram -2019 Sundaram sir session 1 and 2 session in 2019(division topic).
• Attended workshop on sensory integration by Mr. Karthik R. Rao in 2020.
• Attended online workshop on Mediation through tactile learning – Oct 2021

Experience:

• Special Educator in diksa since January2007.
• In charge of Occupational therapy program.

Mrs. Namagiri Ravindran

Educational qualification: B.E., M.S., PMP

Training & certifications:

• Certificate in Specific Learning Difficulties, diksa learning center – 2013
• Effective teaching of primary mathematics by Mr. S.Sundaram, math advisor and mentor – 2014
• Feuerstein Instrumental Enrichment Basic Level I Course – Alpha to Omega, 2015
• Certificate on “Active Learning in Math” from Cambridge University Press – 2018
• Multiple Webinars by ‘Building Math Minds’ – 2021
• Webinar – Julia Robinson Math Festival – 2020

Experience:

• Special Educator @diksa Since Aug 2013.
• Specialized in teaching math for the ‘grow with math’ program.

Mrs. Anuraadha Jaishankar

Educational Qualification : B.E,  M.A ( Child care and Education)

Training & Certifications :

• Certified Instructor for teaching students with specific learning disabilities – Academy for Teacher Excellence,V-excel – 2008.
• Feuerestine Instrumental Enrichment (FIE) program- Standard Level 1 by ICELP at Alpha to Omega Learning Centre, Chennai- 2009

• Feuerestine Instrumental Enrichment (FIE) program- Standard Level 2 by ICELP at Alpha to Omega Learning Centre, Chennai- 2012
• Training in ‘Effective teaching and learning of primary mathematics’ by Mr.S.Sundaram, Math advisor and mentor – 2014
• Certificate in ‘Active Learning in Math’ from Cambridge University Press – 2018
• Workshop on Sensory Integration by Mr.Karthik Ranganatha Rao – 2020
• Attended International conferences on Learning disabilities conducted by Madras Dyslexia association – Samyukth 2009, 2013.
• Attended International conference on Inclusive Education by Sankalp.
• Multiple Webinars by ‘Building Math Minds’ – 2021

Experience :

• Working as Special Educator in diksa since 2008
• Leading diksa’s flagship ‘grow with math ‘ program.
• Conducted online and offline Tutor training workshops on ‘Effective teaching of primary math’.
• Conducts Instrument Enrichment program.

Publications :

• Article on “Multiple challenges of Math’- Mrs.Sudha Ganesh Chella and Anuraadha Jaishankar, Teacher plus magazine, May-June 2020.
• Article on ‘How to Help Children Transfer Math Concepts from Physical Tools to the Notebook’ by S Sundaram and Anuraadha Jaishankar, MDA newsletter, January 2021.

Mrs. Lekha

Educational Qualification: B Com

Training & certifications :

• Certificate in Teaching children with Specific Learning Difficulties, diksa learning center – 2012
• Effective teaching of primary mathematics by Mr. S.Sundaram, math advisor and mentor – 2014
• Attended workshop on ‘Teaching science and math concepts through play’ by Mr.Arvind Gupta – 2014.
• Training session on Occupational therapy by Mrs.Nirmala Venkateswaran – 2018
• Attended workshop on ‘Sensory Integration’ by Mr.Karthik Ranganatha Rao – 2020
• Online workshop ‘Tactile-based learning for cognitive development – 2021.

Experience :

• Working as a special educator in diksa since 2009.
• Leading faculty of ‘grow with math’ program.

Mrs.Sushma Nimish Tolia

Volunteering Since 2010

Mrs. Anitha Natarajan

Volunteering Since 2018