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Twice-exceptionality support in Pune.

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

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For Pune families

Families across Pune come to us when a child with twice-exceptionality needs more support than the school day or a weekly therapy session can give on its own. A special educator or remedial tutor for a twice-exceptional child works on two fronts at once. They teach around the learning disability, ADHD or autism with structured methods and practical strategies, and they keep the child stretched in the subjects where they are ahead, so that support does not turn into boredom. They help the family and the school see the whole child: very able, and genuinely struggling. A shadow teacher, where needed, helps with organisation and the social side of the day.

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

Real challenge in the child's areas of strength, not only support in the weak ones
Proper teaching for the learning disability, ADHD or autism that sits alongside the ability
Adults who understand why a very able child can struggle with basic tasks
Help with the frustration, boredom and perfectionism that often come with it

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
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

Twice-exceptional is a description, not a diagnosis. The learning disability, ADHD or autism is identified by a clinical psychologist, developmental paediatrician or psychiatrist, often in the same assessment that shows the high ability. Our professionals work to that report; they never assess ability or diagnose.

Questions from Pune families

Can a shadow teacher support a child with twice-exceptionality 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.