SENSATIONAL CHILD CLINIC - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Special Educator and Pychological Counselor
Dr. Santosh Kumar did Bachelor in Occupational Therapy (BOT) from National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped (now known as National Institute for Locomotor Disability), Kolkata. He stood top in all the academic years. Immediately after completion of internship he was offered job of occupational therapy trainee in the NILD. He left the job before its tenure because he cracked the entrance for Master in occupational Therapy in Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi. He was granted scholarship for achieving top rank in the academic years of masters also. After completion of Master in occupational therapy he got chance in a state funded major research project of the department of psychology, University of Calcutta. The title of the project was "Effect of Different Modes of Neurosensation on Different Abilities of the Person with Autism". At the end of the research He developed sensory integration therapy module and constructed two assessment tools - Sensory Processing in Autism and Perceptual Motor Coordination Checklist. Dr. Santosh Kumar was awarded Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.) for extensive research on the topic in 2013. The paper was published in the Journal of Developmental Disability 2013. He was speaker at more than 15 CRE programmes including National Congress and International Workshop on Cerebral Palsy at NIMH Kolkata. He founded Sensational Child occupational Therapy Specialty centre in 2014 at Lake Town, Kolkata. In another research project of the University of Calcutta CPPE, he worked as occupational therapist for three years two papers of which were published in journal of Developmental Disability. He worked as senior consultant and guest lecturer at many NGOs, special Schools, & Composite Rehabilitation Centres. He was first in Kolkata to draw the attention of people toward the role of occupational therapy especially sensory integration therapy for the children with autism and ADHD.Currently, he is doing another state funded research project which is in collaboration of Institute of Neuroscience Kolkata (INK) and Pradip Centre for Autism Management. The theme of the research is to know the effect of sensory integration therapy on the neurophysiology of brain through EEG.