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Sensory processing differences support in Kolkata.

Shadow teachers, special educators and remedial tutors for children with sensory processing differences in Kolkata, working to the plans your child's clinicians set.

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For Kolkata families

Special Minds works with families in Kolkata whose child has sensory processing differences, at school, at home and online. A shadow teacher or special educator for a child with sensory processing differences carries the occupational therapist's plan into the classroom and the home, manages transitions and busy moments, and helps the school make small changes that let the child stay in the room.

We work with the city's long-established ICSE and ISC schools, its CBSE and West Bengal board schools, and a smaller number of IB and Cambridge programmes, and with the developmental paediatricians, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists and psychologists the family already trusts. Families in Salt Lake, New Town, Ballygunge and Alipore, and across West Bengal, start the same way: a private conversation, then a written child-support profile that every candidate is matched against.

What usually helps

A day arranged around what the child can tolerate, not around the timetable alone
The occupational therapist's sensory plan carried into home and school
Quiet routes through noisy places: assemblies, canteens, crowds, traffic
Adults who read the early signs before the overload

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

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How we help in Kolkata.

ABA therapy in Kolkata
Designed and supervised by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, at home, at school or online, with parent coaching.
Shadow teachers in Kolkata
Inside the school day, with the school's agreement, so the strategies that work at home also work in class.
Special educators in Kolkata
Structured learning and routines at home, to a written plan reviewed every month.
Remedial tutors in Kolkata
Reading, writing and maths support at home or online, where school work has fallen behind.

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

Sensory assessments and sensory plans are written by occupational therapists. Our professionals implement them; they do not assess or prescribe.

Questions from Kolkata families

Can a shadow teacher support a child with sensory processing differences in a Kolkata 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 Kolkata do you cover?+

Salt Lake, New Town, Ballygunge, Alipore, Park Street, Behala, Tollygunge, Howrah, 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 Kolkata 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 Bengali 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 Kolkata?+

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.