Say Our (New) Name: LATIKA
Our new identity – Latika – was revealed to our community at two jam-packed events on 21 August. The morning event – one of our proudest, most emotional, ever – took place at a jampacked ICFRE Auditorium at the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun. With performances by our children and trainees, the show was attended by […]
Consultation on Inclusion in the North Region
On May 19, 2023, a consultation on disability inclusion in the North Region was hosted by the National Centre for Promotion of Employment of Disabled People (NCPEDP), Latika Roy Foundation (LRF), and Disability Rights Advocacy Group (DRAG). Attendees included NGOs, disabled people’s organizations, disability rights professionals, state commissioners for the disabled and other government representatives. […]
“An Ethos of Acceptance, No Matter What”
With doctors’ waiting rooms across the country packed, often with very ill children, pediatricians usually have neither the time nor the specialized training to conduct developmental assessments. Disabled children suffer needlessly from preventable diseases and deficiencies in addition to the problems associated with their disability. Our experience from back when we had full-time doctors on […]
CFHI Interns at LRF
Zhilian Huang, a research associate in Population Health Epidemiology at Singapore University; Sixtus Akinlosotu, an undergrad at Drexel University College of Medicine; and Daniel Szabo, a graduate student of Public Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center, were with us over April 17–18 as part of a program organized by Child Family Health […]
Art Therapy for Parents at the CVT
Sharmi Guha, art therapist, and aunt of our trainee Sayan Choudhary conducted an art therapy workshop for a compact group of eight parents from our Center for Vocational Training (CVT) on April 12. Sharmi’s forte lies in helping children and adults cope with difficult emotions using art as a release. The first half of the […]
LRF GROUNDBREAKING: HERE WE COME, INDIA!
The ground-breaking for the Latika Roy Foundation’s new campus took place on March 17 in Niranjanpur, Dehradun. Set for completion in 2025, our fully accessible premises will be a green, earthquake-safe, energy efficient construction with customized lighting, wide doorways and dedicated spaces for activities, therapy, counseling, movement arts, training, sensory integration and more. Our new […]
On Valentine’s Day, a Gift of Friendship
Our friends –the ones who brighten our day, just because – are the family we choose, the siblings we never had. Friendships can be underrated but there’s a considerable amount of research to show how important childhood friendships are for successful adult relationships later. Preschool friendships are helpful in developing social and emotional skills, increasing […]
US Med Students Intern at LRF
Allegra Garcia and Sarah Olson, senior undergraduates studying Global Health at Luther College, and Rebekah McAdam, a final year student at the Kansas School of Medicine, interned at the Latika Roy Foundation from January 30 to February 3, 2023. Allegra, who plans to complete a graduate degree in Public Health and Policy and eventually work […]
“LRF Has Given My Family Hope”: EIC Mother
It’s that time of year when children transition across centers at the Latika Roy Foundation (LRF). At the Early Intervention Center (EIC), we had 11 children move up to Karuna Vihar Special School. “With the children, we had to bid farewell to their mothers as well,” says Pooja Panwar, Project Head, EIC about the bittersweet […]
A New Song for Anshuman
In 2020, Anshuman, 7, was getting into trouble at school for his aggressive behaviour and language. Diagnosed with autism at Gubbara, our assessment center, he began after-school remedial lessons four afternoons a week at our Child Development Center (CDC). In addition to academics, we worked on helping him express himself constructively. In the ‘chit game’, […]