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Colleges in Bengaluru gear up for semester exams post lockdown

Bengaluru: The universities and colleges are gearing up for the upcoming exams, planning to conduct them once the country-wide lockdown is lifted. With regards to the Bangalore Central University (BCU) exams, LISAA School of Design is continuing with its classes online using Google Meet. Avi Keswani, Founder & Director, LISAA School of Design hopes that the universities expedite the correction process to be able to make the results and marksheets ready for students. \”For the final year students, speeding up

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लॉकडाउन: इन 10 वेबसाइट से करें पढ़ाई, ऐसे बनाएं 3 वीक का टाइम टेबल

कोरोना संक्रमण के बढ़ते खतरों को देखते हुए सरकार ने 21 दिन का लॉकडाउन किया है. ऐसे में बीजू समेत कई ऐप ऐसे हैं जिनके जरिये आप अपनी पढ़ाई जारी रख सकते हैं. अगर आप किसी प्रतियोगी परीक्षा की तैयारी कर रहे हैं तो आपके लिए ये सही समय है कि आप ऑफलाइन और ऑनलाइन दोनों तरह की पढ़ाई के लिए सही समय निकालें. Source: https://aajtak.intoday.in/education/story/corona-lockdown-time-table-for-students-study-at-home-free-websites-tedu-1-1176192.html

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Stay Home Stay Healthy

This is a time of global crisis where the whole world is under the attack of COVID-19. We all as the citizens of our country are fully supporting the decision of our Prime minister to lock down the whole country for 3 weeks to safeguard us and our families from corona virus. While we all are practicing social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 we are keeping away from our routines by staying at home, some of us are

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Autism: Beyond speech delay

Autism: Beyond speech delay BLOG BY DR. PUJA KAPOOR Most of the children diagnosed with autism come to their pediatric neurologist with the concern of exclusive speech delay. Speech Delay is the only presenting symptom, as other symptoms like inconsistent eye contact, pointing towards object, various visual, auditory, vestibular stereotypes are mistaken as a normal part of temper tantrum or behaviour. As there is normal gross and fine motor milestones, normal physical appearance, mostly normal intelligence, other symptoms are camouflaged

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After acceptance of Autism: The first 100 days

After acceptance of Autism: The first 100 days BLOG BY Dr. Puja Kapoor,director & co-founder CONTINUA Kids, Consultant pediatric neurologist, After the parents have accepted the diagnosis of autism, verified by a pediatric neurologist and clinical psychologist the next step is to develop coherent strategic plan to bring ultimate changes in the child. Step 1 . Choose a therapy centre with 1. A multidisciplinary approach, 2. Having all the specialist under one roof ( including occupational therapist, speech and language pathologist,

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On the eve of Autism month

On the eve of Autism month, CONTINUA KIDS invited some of the resourceful personalities of the society, to have tete a tete with the parents of neuroatypical children. It was a heartening discussion leading to some fruitful conclusions. The guests invited were Mr. Kuldeep Yadav councillor ward 29 , Mr. Rakesh Yadav councillor ward 26  Nagar Nigam Gurugram, Ms. Rama Pandey, Film Director, Dr. Ajay Karkare, president,IAP Gurgaon Hoping for better future for special needs children. Dr. Puja Grover Kapoor, director &

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Conducted a CME at South Delhi On Febrile Seizure

Dr. Puja Kapoor,director & co-founder CONTINUA Kids, Consultant pediatric neurologist, conducted a CME at South Delhi, with South Delhi Women Pediatrician Group on \”What\’s new in febrile seizure(FS)?\”.It was an interactive session with the elite and well read audience. the salient features of the discussion were- Definition of FS- A seizure occurring in a febrile child between the age of 6 to 60 months (above one month), who does not have any intracranial infection, metabolic disturbance or prior history of

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Epilepsy: How to differentiate from benign movements?

Dr. Puja Kapoor,  director & co-founder CONTINUA Kids, Consultant pediatric neurologist, was invited as a faculty at Haryana state CME at Asian Hospital, Faridabad.  She delivered a lecture on \”Epilepsy: How to differentiate from benign movements?\” The CME was well organised and the topics were of use for regular office practice. She defined, What is Epilepsy and how to differentiate between seizure and seizure mimics,  and other benign movements of infancy. The presentation was through case based approach where different scenarios were

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Dr. Puja Grover Kapoor, at Navodit, India Calling

Dr. Puja Grover Kapoor, director & co-founder CONTINUA Kids, Consultant pediatric neurologist, was invited at Navodit, India Calling, at Manav Rachna School, Gurgaon. Special needs children displayed their talent and skill through art and technology. We need more such events to create awareness and encouragement of uniquely abled kids.  Special thanks to SEN department, Manav Rachna School, Gurgaon for organising the event.

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Behavioral manifestation of levetiracitam in autistic children with seizures

Dr. Puja Kapoor,director & co-founder CONTINUA Kids, Consultant pediatric neurologist, presented her paper on \” Behavioral manifestation of levetiracitam in autistic children with seizures: A retrospective analysis \” in NCDP 2019, Pune.  She also presented four research posters in the conference.  Study was done on 60  autistic children, who had seizures and used levetiracetam in doses from 20  to 40 mg per kg as treatment. Eighty percent of them showed hyperactivity, increase in temper tantrums, increase in aggressiveness and impulsivity.  It

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