INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICATIVE AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCES (ICCONS)

Clinical Psychology

Lecturer Gr.II

email : varghesemathew@iccons.co.in

Lecturer Gr II at ICCONS Mar 2014 till date
Psychologist at ICCONS (June 2004 - Feb 2014)
Psychologist at ICCONS (May 1998 - Aug 2001)
Guidance Counsellor at Gulf Indian School, Kuwait (Sep 2001 - Jun 2004)
Research Assistant in a Project at SCTIMST (Nov 1997 - mar 1998)

Clinical assessment, diagnosis, therapeutic management and parental guidance of children with cognitive and communicative disorders.

Co-investigator in the project “Development of teaching aids and training materials to enhance the language ability through stimulating the cognitive skills of children with learning disorders” funded by Centre for Disability Studies (CDS) Trivandrum.(2014)

Co-Investigator in "Evaluation of the effect of training in magical sciences and a variety of art forms on behavioral and other outcomes among differently abled children", a collaborative project by Institute for Communicative and Cognitive Neurosciences (ICCONS) and Different Arts Centre (Academy of Magical Sciences)
Co-Investigator in "the impact of training children with disability by conventional methods in addition to different art forms" a collaborative project by Institute for Communicative and Cognitive Neurosciences (ICCONS) and Different Arts Centre (Academy of Magical Sciences)

Lecturer Gr II at ICCONS Mar 2014 till date
Psychologist at ICCONS (June 2004 - Feb 2014)
Psychologist at ICCONS (May 1998 - Aug 2001)
Guidance Counsellor at Gulf Indian School, Kuwait (Sep 2001 - Jun 2004)
Research Assistant in a Project at SCTIMST (Nov 1997 - mar 1998)

In 6th International Conference of Indian Academy of Health Psychology presented a paper entitled “Cognitive Measure as key indicator for Learning disorder” held in Gautam Buddha university Noida UP in November 2021.
Presented a paper titled “Evidence for relatively low working memory index score in atypical children with Learning difficulty compared to typical children with learning disability” in NACIACP-2017 in Coimbatore
Co authored a paper titled “Develop a computer assisted training program to enhance speed of visual processing in children with learning disabilities” on international symposium on assistive technology for rehabilitation and disability management organized by Centre for Disability Studies Trivandrum (Dec 2014)
Presented a paper titled“IQ profile of the scholastically backward children of Trivandrum district” in the workshop on development language disorders and learning disability organized by Iccons in December 1999.

Varghese M., Nair A. K., Srivastava R., Cognitive Measure as a key indicator for Learning Disorder - Antrocom J. of Anthropology 18-1 (2022) pp. 391-398.
Mathew V, Srivastava R, Nair AK. Difference in the cognitive profile of children with specific learning disabilities. Santosh Univ J Health Sci 2022;8:48-51.
Varghese M, Rani S, Nair AK. The role of working memory as a significant determinant of academic performance. Santosh Univ J Health Sci 2021;7:34-7.