Psychological Assessment
Inspiration undertakes psychological assessment of children belonging to Inspiration Center and outreach Cases and formulate reports for the same.The assessment profile usually constitutes the following psychological tests:
Test of Intelligence to measure the IQ (both verbal & performance).
Problem behaviour checklist.
Personality test.
Comprehensive Learning Disability Assessment of Spelling, Reading, Comprehension Auditory-Sequential Memory and Visual Motor Integration.
Test of Creativity.
Clinical Analysis for the presence of psychological illness.
The psychological assessment profile is altered as and when required according to individual testing requirements.
Case Study/Report Formulation
A detailed case record of every student belonging to the school is maintained with thorough assessment reports and other related medical/social/occupational records.
A case study generally comprises family history, medical history, prenatal-natal-post natal histories if any, developmental milestones, scholastic history, occupational history, sexual history, family relationship study and any other additional details as and when required. A report of any Psychological assessment conducted is also maintained.
Behaviour Analysis and Management
A thorough psychological assessment usually brings to light the problem behavior repertoire of the child. A cross verification interview with the parents of the child can clearly highlight the problem behavior or the behavior list that needs to be worked on. In general it is the attention seeking behavior that demands a behavior management program be implemented.A simple behavior Management program is likely to include the following tasks:
Break down the complex tasks to suit the attention span of the child.
To decide the motivation contingents - the behaviours to be reinforced.
The Discriminative stimuli need to be fixed, namely the stimuli to which we require the child to respond in a particular way. Essential features to be followed in any type of Behavior Modification program are:
Lucid, easy to comprehend instructions.
Essentially consistent stimulus situations while the Learning is going on.
The target behavior should be socially significant.
Parental Counseling
Parental Counseling is done on a periodic necessity based interval. The viewpoints of the child and parents are highlighted with the larger interest of the child forming the backbone of the Counseling session. A Nondirective method of Counseling is loosely followed with the Gestalt attitude adopted as per individual requirements. Aspects such as unconditional love and acceptance are stressed. Parental counseling also forms a path to understand the needs of the family with regard to support systems.
Student Counseling
The students of Inspiration are constantly encouraged to talk about the various problems that they face with regards to both academic and family/peer group situations. A Nondirective approach is followed generally to strengthen the decision-making abilities of the student.
Supportive Psychotherapy
Supportive Psychotherapy generally performs the function of a buffer in a stress situation. Therapies such as Relaxation Training (Jacobson's progressive muscle relaxation), systematic desensitization procedure (for phobias), autogenic therapy, yogic pranayama and all supportive therapy procedures that the situation may call for, are put to use.
Future Projects
Certain new innovative techniques such as Family Therapy and Group Psychotherapies have a place in the forthcoming itineraries. Also the benefits of the Gayathri Manthra for its healing and soothing capabilities are to be looked into in future programs. Alternative therapies are being regularly used, and administered by trained professionals. It has yielded promising results, especially with Autistic children in bringing down their stress levels.
Inspiration undertakes psychological assessment of children belonging to Inspiration Center and outreach Cases and formulate reports for the same.The assessment profile usually constitutes the following psychological tests:
Test of Intelligence to measure the IQ (both verbal & performance).
Problem behaviour checklist.
Personality test.
Comprehensive Learning Disability Assessment of Spelling, Reading, Comprehension Auditory-Sequential Memory and Visual Motor Integration.
Test of Creativity.
Clinical Analysis for the presence of psychological illness.
The psychological assessment profile is altered as and when required according to individual testing requirements.
Case Study/Report Formulation
A detailed case record of every student belonging to the school is maintained with thorough assessment reports and other related medical/social/occupational records.
A case study generally comprises family history, medical history, prenatal-natal-post natal histories if any, developmental milestones, scholastic history, occupational history, sexual history, family relationship study and any other additional details as and when required. A report of any Psychological assessment conducted is also maintained.
Behaviour Analysis and Management
A thorough psychological assessment usually brings to light the problem behavior repertoire of the child. A cross verification interview with the parents of the child can clearly highlight the problem behavior or the behavior list that needs to be worked on. In general it is the attention seeking behavior that demands a behavior management program be implemented.A simple behavior Management program is likely to include the following tasks:
Break down the complex tasks to suit the attention span of the child.
To decide the motivation contingents - the behaviours to be reinforced.
The Discriminative stimuli need to be fixed, namely the stimuli to which we require the child to respond in a particular way. Essential features to be followed in any type of Behavior Modification program are:
Lucid, easy to comprehend instructions.
Essentially consistent stimulus situations while the Learning is going on.
The target behavior should be socially significant.
Parental Counseling
Parental Counseling is done on a periodic necessity based interval. The viewpoints of the child and parents are highlighted with the larger interest of the child forming the backbone of the Counseling session. A Nondirective method of Counseling is loosely followed with the Gestalt attitude adopted as per individual requirements. Aspects such as unconditional love and acceptance are stressed. Parental counseling also forms a path to understand the needs of the family with regard to support systems.
Student Counseling
The students of Inspiration are constantly encouraged to talk about the various problems that they face with regards to both academic and family/peer group situations. A Nondirective approach is followed generally to strengthen the decision-making abilities of the student.
Supportive Psychotherapy
Supportive Psychotherapy generally performs the function of a buffer in a stress situation. Therapies such as Relaxation Training (Jacobson's progressive muscle relaxation), systematic desensitization procedure (for phobias), autogenic therapy, yogic pranayama and all supportive therapy procedures that the situation may call for, are put to use.
Future Projects
Certain new innovative techniques such as Family Therapy and Group Psychotherapies have a place in the forthcoming itineraries. Also the benefits of the Gayathri Manthra for its healing and soothing capabilities are to be looked into in future programs. Alternative therapies are being regularly used, and administered by trained professionals. It has yielded promising results, especially with Autistic children in bringing down their stress levels.
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