Infant stimulation is a very unique developmental therapy which deals with early identification & management of children with existing neurological disorders or potential neurological complications. This has been developed by Parijma as early as 30 years ago when there was no concept of early intervention in the country & we have continued to innovate & improve upon this concept constantly. This is evident in the improvements seen in our children with neuro-developmental disorders.

We have facilities for the early detection and evaluation of “High Risk Infants “ who are potential candidates for developing serious neuro developmental problems like visual or hearing impairment, special learning disabilities, movement disorders, attention deficits, hyperactive and destructive behaviour, poor impulse control etc. It must be emphasized that the maximum growth of the brain takes place in the first one year of life. Hence there is a need to identify such high risk infants at the earliest opportunity and start appropriate interventional therapy. There are various types of stimulation methods like auditory, visual, tactile, etc.

It has been proved that such early intervention techniques have succeeded in prevention of many disabilities at a later stage.Research in Neurology suggests that experience beneficial for learning should occur when the brain is most open [‘plastic’] to experience, which coincides in the prenatal, perinatal and early child stages of life.  This initial stage is one of relatively rapid change in which the brain is very receptive to extrinsic environmental experience.  The adult brain retains some plasticity, but not as much, compared to the child stage.

Intervention to facilitate learning is most appropriate early in life when the Central Nervous System is being organized and when there are fewer constraints on its ability to change.

At Parijma we have designed a number of Infant Stimulation programs in Early Intervention in order to compensate for infants with dysfunctional brain functioning.  The success of early intervention programs with infants indicates that neural tissue can respond to stimulation to facilitate healthy functioning.