DR Neerja Thergaonkar

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DR Neerja Thergaonkar is a consultant rehabilitation psychologist with more than 10 years of experience. She completed her MA from the SNDT University, Mumbai and PhD from the University of Pune. She works as a consultant psychologist with the Indian Navy and is consulted frequently for cases from Army Hospital (Research & Referral) as well as Base Hospital, Delhi Cantt. She is also a consultant psychologist at Sankalp - a school for children with special needs run by the Indian Navy. She is a registered practicing psychologist with the Rehabilitation Council of India (CRR No. A36795) and holds memberships of the American Psychological Association, Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists, Bombay Psychological Association and Association of Counsellors of India. Dr Neerja has a keen interest in developmental disorders of children like speech delay, developmental delay, behaviour problems, academic under-achievement, learning difficulties, autism, ADHD. She is a certified tester for Developmental Assessment Scale for Indian Infants (DASII) by Dept of Pediatrics and TDH Morris, CDC, KEM Hospital, Pune as well as CPM/CVS and DST (J) for Learning Disability as well as Beck Youth Inventory by Pearson Academy India. She has also been an examiner for developing the Indian norms for the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence- second edition by Pearson Clinical and Talent Assessment, India. She has published technical articles on test anxiety in children.

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