Welcome to
Fernandez Child
Development Centre

Fernandez Child Development Centre has been established in collaboration with the Divi’s Foundation for Gifted Children, as one of India’s most comprehensive holistic centres for children with special needs, providing them the full range of learning and developmental support, along with ancillary therapies and services.

Testimonials

Parent support group

The Parent Support Group by Fernandez CDC is an initiative to help build a community for parents and caregivers of children with special needs.

Shabeena Fernandes

Head of Speech and Language Therapy

Shabeena Fernandes has over 20 years’ of experience in both clinical practice and academia. She completed her Master’s in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology from Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities (Divyangjan), Mumbai.

She has also trained in Autism Spectrum Disorder for Coordinators of DSE, Makaton Sign Language and the Infant Program. Shabeena’s area of expertise are in motor speech disorders, articulation, phonological disorders, and fluency. She has completed her M.A.Linguistics and MSc.Psychology (BRAOU).

She is a certified Hanen trainer for parent-mediated therapy programs. She has been a guest faculty at Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities over 16 years, for both their bachelor’s and master’s courses.