Chandana Dash, OTR/L, Co-Owner
A pediatric occupational therapy specialist has a wide range of skill set for treating the pediatric population, Chandana Dash, co-owner of Synergy Therapeutic Group, graduated from the Occupational Therapy program from the National Institute for Orthopedically Handicapped in Calcutta, India.
Since her graduation, she has worked with children with different types of diagnoses in all kinds of settings from early intervention, hospitals to the school systems. In the early days of her carrier while working with children she found she is gifted with a special ability to connect with difficult to extremely difficult children and their parents. She continues working with children for the last 30 years. While working at the open learning system, a branch of the Spastic Society of Eastern India, where she did ground-breaking research work and helped develop many programs with special emphasis on children with sensory issues.
As a mother of two children, she herself went through a medical merry-go-round, at one point she found herself helpless and frustrated. She saw traditional medical communities are only interested in giving names, medicine, or excuses, very few are finding real solutions for the child as well as for the parent. That made her realize, “Being a professional if I am going through this what other parents with no training are going through”. That is the reason she is always after solutions to help children as well as parents without giving excuses. She went through much advanced training, developed methods and tools using traditional/ nontraditional therapies. She developed effective treatments for the children with diagnosis (Autism, ADD, ADHD, SPD) or without a diagnosis. She believes the child being the main focus the whole family needs to be involved as well as educated, which is key to success, producing life-changing results.
Now she teaches and trains other therapists, medical professionals, parents. She also treats children and educates parents in Synergy clinics as well as through telehealth nationally / internationally.