Olivia Child Development Clinic?
The Olivia Child Development Clinic is situated in Himayatnagar, the center of the city. It began as a tiny clinic offering solely speech therapy services before expanding into a full-service setting for child development. We are the industry pioneers in holistic therapeutic services for developmental disorders and child development. Our basic values include transparent teaching and a transdisciplinary approach in which we collaborate and exchange knowledge regarding the shared objectives for child development.
The Olivia Child Development Clinic is a unique location for parents looking for the treatment of children with developmental delays and neuro-developmental disordersThis center provides holistic and attachment-based interventions, both of which are solely based on research information. All the children who undergo treatment are assessed and monitored by an international team of professionals. The goal of our center is to provide world-class treatment for children with autism with human-centered design, services that are seamlessly integrated to optimize their educational opportunities. Our mission is to give parents encouragement and support so they may see their children’s needs and potential and rediscover their love for them. Our facility specializes in providing children with specialized therapy programs that are specifically created for them based on their needs. such as art-based treatment, speech therapy, occupational therapy, and special education. In addition, we train parents to better understand their children’s needs and engage in meaningful interactions, as part of the intervention program. All of our innervations are totally transparent and involve parents or other key caretakers.
In the year 2020, Mr. Thomas Akshintala, the founder and director of the Olivia Child development clinic and Olivia Speech and Audiology clinic, opened it as a small clinic. He holds a master’s degree in audiology and speech pathology as well as a postgraduate diploma in applied linguistics but subsequently, in order to help children with developmental problems, he decided to obtain a degree in child development at the International School of the University of Haifa in Israel. He is the only Indian with clinical training who has a degree in child development. He has spent seven years in therapeutic settings working with children who have autism, speech delays, articulation problems, stuttering, voice disorders, Aphasias, and SPD. In Hyderabad, he is a well-regarded and in-demand speech therapist.
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Thomas Akshintala is an expert in child development. He holds a Master’s degree in Child Development from the University of Haifa, Israel. He is the only Indian with a clinical background and a degree in child development.He is a speech therapist and audiologist by training with a master’s degree from the National Institute (AYJNIHH, SRC). He also has a PG Diploma in Applied Linguistics. He is a Licensed member of the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI). He is a registered Life member of the Indian Speech and hearing Association, Telangana Audiologist and Speech Language Pathologist Association (TASLPA), Andhara Pradesh Audiologist and Speech Language Pathologist Association(APASLP).
He performed clinical work in audiology & speech-language pathology for more than sevenyears. Throughout his career, he was able to make a difference in the lives of many families by using speech therapy to help children with autism, speech and language delays, stuttering, and articulation issues.He is a sought-after and highly acclaimed speech therapist in Hyderabad.He has eight years of cumulative experience and has handled various leadership roles at different organizations.He is a social entrepreneur who founded and oversees the Olivia Child Development Clinic and Olivia Speech and Audiology Clinic in Himayetnagar, Telangana, India.
Throughout his career, he presented at various international and national conferences, including the International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition conference, San Francisco, USA, (ICMPC14) (https://icmpc.org), the 2017 Fall Voice conference, Philadelphia, USA, Poster Presentations (www.fallvoice.org), and the World Phonocon 2017, ISHACON 2017.His research interests include Singer’s Voice, Developmental psychopathology, Socio-emotional development in children, parent-child attachment, and Infant mental health. He supports a comprehensive, all-encompassing strategy that involves parents in the treatment of children with neurodevelopmental disorders.
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Board of Advisers
Andro Gigauri
Andro Gigauri is a lawyer from Georgia. He holds a Master’s Degree from the School of Public Policy at George Mason University and a Master’s Degree in Child Development from University of Haifa in Israel. Andro is a Managing Partner at a law firm, where he leads consulting services. He has extensive experience in delivering human and institutional capacity development services for various projects supported by European Union Delegations, Council of Europe country offices, World Bank, DANIDA, UNOPS, UNICEF, and UNDP. Andro also served as an external consultant for PwC, Chemonics, Justice Coopération International, and Expertise France.
Andro is a former civil servant. He led Administration at the Ministry of Justice and served as a Deputy Chief Prosecutor. He pioneered a restorative justice mechanism for juveniles in conflict with the law. Andro’s main interests are capacity building of state and business institutions and not-for-profit organizations, reforming of public service delivery, crime prevention, and development of criminal justice policy.
Andro teaches a one-year-long course in Public policy analysis at Free University’s School of Social Sciences and Crime prevention and safe communities at the Law School. Andro founded a non-for-profit organization – Institution of Non-Violent Communication, which aims to provide children and youth with opportunities to advance their potential in a crime-free environment. Andro is a certified coach. He mainly works with clients on their professional and career development.
Sara Zurovski
Sara is a physical therapist with experience in paediatrics. Prior to receiving her master’s in child development at Haifa University in Israel, she completed her undergraduate studies at Medical University in Serbia. She has a lot of experience working with children and young people abroad. She worked with kids and teenagers in a number of places, including classrooms and schools, as well as recreational activities on the water and in the outdoors. Her main area of expertise is creating strong social and emotional connections with kids and their parents.
Meghan Peysson
Meghan is an early childhood educator who has worked with children aged 18 months – 12 years of age. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the State University of New York at Cortland, where she assisted in the piloting of Sophia’s Garden, an organization dedicated to bringing Philosophy into the elementary classroom of youths at-risk in the state of New York. After working for several years as an early childhood educator in Brooklyn, NY (preschool – first grade), Meghan then completed her Master’s in Child Development at the University of Haifa in Israel. Meghan has experience working with both neurotypical and neurodiverse students in her classes. She also has experience teaching English online to students in China. In her classes, Meghan prioritizes relationship building, experiential learning and child-led initiatives, all through a developmental lens. In addition to supporting the development of her students, Meghan also believes in connecting with parents in order to promote positive communication and consider a whole-family approach to learning and development.
What We Do
Speech Therapy
Speech Therapy
Occupation Therapy
Occupation Therapy
Early Detection and Intervention
Early Detection and Intervention
Early Child Education
Early Child Education
Child Development
Child Development
Paediatric Audiology
Paediatric Audiology
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