India houses the largest number of children in the world. While physical development of a child can be monitored by weighing and measuring a child’s length there are no easily scalable methods to assess the way a child’s brain is developing during early childhood.
Assessing Early Childhood Brain Development Using Games
Client/Funder
- Sangath
Sector
- Healthcare
Service
- Product & Service Solutions
Currently, assessments involve time-consuming evaluations by skilled professionals, such as a paediatrician or clinical psychologist. They often have to use expensive tools, making this unaffordable for most families. In collaboration with the REACH Network, We are developing a scalable, neurodevelopmental assessment tablet-based app for children aged 3-5 years. The app is designed so that community health workers can take it into the homes of young children. It’s comprised of games that are designed to assess cognition by tapping into skills such as attention, memory, inhibition, reasoning and visual integration. The final assessment will comprise a combination of our tablet-based games and EEG recordings.
