Sited in a spacious, airy building, Bubbles Centre for Autism (BCA), Bangalore provides educational and developmental programmes for children in the Autism spectrum. BCA is committed to respect and recognise each child as an individual, to help enhance his/her sense of self-worth and self-esteem.
Its vision is to make a positive difference in the quality of life of both children and their families impacted by Autism.
Bubbles Centre for Autism is located in a spacious, airy building, specially designed with needs of the autistic children in mind.
Bubbles Centre for Autism offers following therapies:
Art Therapy – The Art Unit at Bubbles facilitates the development of natural artistic expression of the children. The unit uses multiple artistic media such as clay, painting (finger, brush etc.), pencil, crayons and pastels (rubbing, etching), collage and paper maiche among others.
Occupational Therapy – This includes a variety of activities which include the Domains of Activities of Daily Living (ADL), Sensory Processing (for those with Hyper/Hypo Sensory issues), Play, Leisure, Cognitive, Motor (Gross and Fine) and Social participation.
Speech Therapy – A Speech Therapist first diagnoses and then assesses best ways to improve communication thereby making it possible to enable the child or individual express his/her needs, feelings and experiences effectively.
Other therapies includes Movement and Theatre, Cookery and Sports.
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The child (2-12 year old) is first assessed for Language and Motor functions by the Speech Therapist and the Occupational Therapist respectively.
Following the assessments, the child is required to come in for an hour for Observation which includes 1/2 hour of a 1:1 (Individual Session) and 1/2 hour of Group Session. He/She is assessed for readiness to be in a group, understand and follow instructions when in a group of 4-5 children.
After Observation, comes the allocation of time that the child is required to spend in school while he/she gets accustomed to the environment and Structure to be followed. This ranges from 1 hour to 3 hours (Half-a-Day).
Once the child has settled in well, he/she may be required to attend a full day of school comprising 6.5 hours.
Fees – Please contact the school for detailed information on fees.
Bubbles Centre for Autism aims to bridge the gap between children impacted by autism, their families and society, so as to help the children become self-reliant and productive members of society.
It is ranked among the top 20 special needs schools in India by the EducationWorld India School Rankings 2020-21.
Bubbles Centre for Autism provides residential facility for students.