Removing the roadblocks to learning

Parents and teachers may fail to notice learning disabilities due to lack of sufficient knowlege about them. Clinical psychologist Merlin Rathna Priya seeks to tackle this ignorance through Changing Tree Child Development Centre, located in East Mogappair. It offers occupational therapy, speech therapy and remediation as assistance for reading, writing, spelling, comprehension and mathematical learning disabilities. “We also help students with learning disabilities forgo mainstream exams and enrol under the NIOS board for their 10th and 12th-grade examinations,” says Merlin.