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About Us
To provide direct services to children with learning difficulties and to fund programs at organizations that work with children and families; together these initiatives will enhance the education and health of children in our community.
Children who learn differently face extraordinary challenges in the classroom and later on as adults. The Dr. Anjali Morris Education & Health Foundation offers several programs to help children with Learning Differences (LDs):
Assessment Program – Psychologists use validated psychology tests to assess each child’s academic skills in the areas of reading, written language, spelling, verbal expression, and math. The written report identifies the child’s specific learning difficulties and makes recommendations to parents and teachers to support his/her learning.
Bridging Over Learning Differences (BOLD) Program – Resource Teachers work directly with children at several English- and Marathi-medium schools in the Pune area. Children who are struggling with learning because of identified learning differences (though a detailed assessment procedure) are taught skills and strategies to cope so they can succeed in mainstream schools.
Resource Centre – Children work one-on-one with Resource Teachers in the evenings and on Saturdays at the Morris Foundation office. They assess and identify each child's specific difficulties, then develop a plan to build on the child’s strengths and provide him/her with the strategies and tools to improve his/her learning.
ADD/ADHD Clinic – Doctors and psychologists at our clinic collaborate to assess children with attention components to their learning difficulties. Children identified with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are treated with some combination of medical intervention and services at the Resource Centre.
Training Programs
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Informal Assessment Training Program – Teachers, counsellors, psychologists, physicians, and parents who enrol in this program learn informal tools to identify children with learning difficulties. The goal of this training is to improve the rates of identification and referral of children for formal testing and assessment by qualified, trained psychologists. |
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Teacher Training Program – Teachers who enrol in this program learn strategies and skills to address the special learning needs of children with Learning Differences in their classrooms, NGOs, and clinics. |
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Parent Education – Resource Teachers educate parents about their child’s learning difficulties, and help them to support their child and teach him/her the strategies and skills s/he needs to succeed in school. |
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Community Education – Workshops for classroom teachers and for parents, physicians, psychologists and informal educators to educate and sensitize them about learning differences so they can identify children with learning difficulties and refer them for assessment.
The Dr. Anjali Morris Education & Health Foundation is a charitable, non-profit organization. Our services are heavily subsidized and very affordable. No child will be turned away due to inability to pay.
Dr. Anjali Morris, a paediatrician, has practiced medicine for over 30 years in India and the United States. She has trained doctors, medical students and nurse practitioners in South America, Uganda, Guyana, Brazil and Cambodia. Dr. Morris worked with Tibetan refugees in Dharamsala where she advised on nutrition and funded immunization programs. In Pune, Dr. Morris has provided funding to:
- Vanchit Vikas for a day-care and educational centre for children of sex workers.
- Manavya which serves children who are HIV positive
- KEM Hospital for the complete renovation of its Child Development Centre
- Family Planning Association of India to assist HIV affected children in Pune slums.
We do not accept drop-ins. Please contact us to arrange an appointment.
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