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Autism support in Pune.

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

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For Pune families

Most Pune families who contact us about autism already have a report, a school that is willing, and a week that does not quite hold together. A shadow teacher or special educator for an autistic child delivers structured learning and daily routines, carries the strategies set by the child's speech-language pathologist, occupational therapist or behaviour analyst into the ordinary day, and keeps a daily record so that everyone working with the child sees the same picture.

We work with the international and IB schools of Koregaon Park, Baner and Kharadi and the city's CBSE and ICSE schools, and with the developmental paediatricians, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists and psychologists the family already trusts. Families in Koregaon Park, Kalyani Nagar, Baner and Aundh, and across Maharashtra, start the same way: a private conversation, then a written child-support profile that every candidate is matched against.

What usually helps

Predictable routines and visual schedules that survive the school run
Sensory-aware handling of noise, crowds and transitions
Structured teaching of communication and social skills
One consistent approach across home, school and any therapy programme

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

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How we help in Pune.

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

ABA is the one therapy Special Minds provides, with every programme designed and supervised by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). Speech therapy and occupational therapy are delivered by separately qualified practitioners; our shadow teachers and special educators work to those plans, and diagnosis stays with the child's developmental paediatrician or psychologist.

Special Minds provides BCBA-supervised ABA therapy in Pune, at home, at school or online. Our guide to ABA explains how it works.

Questions from Pune families

Can a shadow teacher support a child with autism in a Pune 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 Pune do you cover?+

Koregaon Park, Kalyani Nagar, Baner, Aundh, Kharadi, Hinjewadi, Wakad, 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 Pune 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 Marathi 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 Pune?+

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.