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Dyscalculia support in Chennai.

Shadow teachers, special educators and remedial tutors for children with dyscalculia in Chennai, working to the plans your child's clinicians set.

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For Chennai families

Special Minds works with families in Chennai whose child has dyscalculia, at school, at home and online. A remedial tutor or special educator for a child with dyscalculia goes back to the foundations the syllabus assumes: quantity, place value and what each operation means. They teach with objects, drawings and number lines before written sums, move in small steps, and check that each step holds before adding the next. They work to the psychologist's report, keep in touch with the maths teacher about what the class is covering, and report monthly on progress the child can see.

We work with the CBSE, IGCSE and IB schools of Adyar, OMR and ECR, and the city's long-established matriculation schools, and with the developmental paediatricians, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists and psychologists the family already trusts. Families in Adyar, Anna Nagar, Velachery and OMR, and across Tamil Nadu, start the same way: a private conversation, then a written child-support profile that every candidate is matched against.

What usually helps

Number sense built first, with concrete materials before written symbols
Maths taught in small, sequenced steps, each one secured before the next
The language of maths made explicit, in English and in the home language
Calm around maths, which for many of these children has become the subject they dread

We write these into your child's support profile before anyone is placed, so the professional arrives in Chennai knowing the plan rather than guessing at it.

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How we help in Chennai.

ABA therapy in Chennai
Designed and supervised by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, at home, at school or online, with parent coaching.
Shadow teachers in Chennai
Inside the school day, with the school's agreement, so the strategies that work at home also work in class.
Special educators in Chennai
Structured learning and routines at home, to a written plan reviewed every month.
Remedial tutors in Chennai
Structured literacy and numeracy, step by step, at home or online.

Every one verified the same way, and every placement reviewed at one week, thirty days and ninety days.

How a placement works

Where our role ends

Dyscalculia is identified by a clinical psychologist through a learning disability assessment, after formal schooling has begun. Any certificate for board concessions comes from a notified medical authority. Our tutors do not assess or certify; they teach to the report and to the school's plan.

Questions from Chennai families

Can a shadow teacher support a child with dyscalculia in a Chennai school?+

Yes, where the school agrees. We speak to the inclusion coordinator, the principal's office or the class teacher before anyone is placed, and agree how the shadow teacher will work in class, so the support fits the school's own way of teaching.

Is this therapy?+

Our shadow teachers, special educators and tutors are educators, not therapists, and they work to the plans your child's clinicians and school set. The one therapy Special Minds provides is ABA, designed and supervised by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst; we do not diagnose, prescribe, or provide speech or occupational therapy.

Which parts of Chennai do you cover?+

Adyar, Anna Nagar, Velachery, OMR, Nungambakkam, ECR, Besant Nagar, and the neighbourhoods around them. We shortlist by where your child goes to school and where you live, so the same professional can stay for the year.

Do we need a diagnosis before we contact you?+

No. Many Chennai families come to us before there is a diagnosis, with a note from the school or a worry of their own. We tell you plainly whether we can help now, or whether a developmental paediatrician or psychologist should see your child first.

Will the professional speak our language?+

English always, and Hindi or Tamil where the candidate pool allows. Tell us on the brief which language your child is most at ease in.

How soon can support start in Chennai?+

Once the child-support profile is written, a shortlist usually follows within two to four weeks, and a trial period comes before either side commits.