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Monday 10:00 - 18:00 Tuesday 10:00 - 18:00 Wednesday 10:00 - 18:00 Thursday 10:00 - 18:00 Friday 10:00 - 18:00 Saturday 10:00 - 18:00

Centre for Growing Minds - Areesa Chinoy

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Centre for Growing Minds - Areesa Chinoy

We provide cognitive, socio-emotional and behaviour support for children aged 2-18 years old, using

Center for Growing Minds has been established by Areesa Chinoy in Karachi, Pakistan. She is a Child Psychologist (UK), Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA, USA) and International Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (IBA). She is licensed by Community Development Authority (CDA) as a practicing psychologist in Dubai (UAE). At present, she works with clients between Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Karachi.

03/09/2025

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15/08/2025

How to start targeting imitation skills at home?

Our RBT shares some tips for parents to target imitation skills at home!

06/08/2025

We are expanding our services & introducing:

Remedial Therapy ⭐️

Get in touch to book a slot 💙

26/07/2025

Excited to share that we will be conducting a webinar targeted towards schools, classroom teachers, remedial therapists, shadow/resource teachers!

CFGM Parents can attend free of cost!

Please contact us to book your slots. Limited slots available!

Certification of Participation will be provided!

08/07/2025

Exciting news!

Our QBA, Anushka Shakeel, will be conducting a free clinic morning on Tuesday, 29th July 2025 from 10:00-12:00pm.

Spots will be allocated on a first come first serve basis & preference will be given to those who cannot afford our services.

Get in touch now!

07/07/2025

We often get asked why we used tangible reinforcers & will our kiddos always need a reward to do behaviours they should be doing anyway!

It’s worth exploring what we work for & how we move away from more physical / tangible reinforcers. For instance:
1. At school, if I got a star - my mom would take me for ice cream after. (Tangible reinforcer)
2. Next time I work hard, my teacher is so excited - she gives me a star & tells me what a good job I did & shares it with the other teachers. My mom is excited to hear this and takes me for ice cream (tangible & social reinforcer)
3. As I continue to work hard, I continue to be praised and now the praise & acknowledgment of my effort is enough to keep me motivated. (Social reinforcer)

Note: we are often implementing ABA naturally in our day to day environment without even knowing it ⭐️♥️

14/06/2025

⭐️Respond to name: children often develop this milestone between 6-9 months.

Some basic strategies to teach your kiddos to respond to their name:
1. Limit the number of times you use their names
2. Decrease distractions - start in a quiet space
3. Use lots of positive reinforcement: change your tone/volume and be very excited when they look!

06/06/2025

Just a snippet to explain what negative punishment & negative reinforcement may look like ⭐️

Do you use these strategies at home?

25/05/2025

Snippets of our Saturday training ❤️💙

We explored the prompt hierarchy with our QBA & role played the different prompts & most importantly how to fade the prompts.

Thanks to our whole team for their hard work 💙

22/05/2025

Positive punishment and positive reinforcement are two fundamental concepts in behavior analysis that are often misunderstood.

Positive punishment involves adding something unpleasant after a behavior to decrease the likelihood of it happening again—such as scolding a child for chewing gum in class & they don’t chew gum in class the next time. You added something (reprimand) & the child’s behaviour goes down (punishment).

On the other hand, positive reinforcement involves adding something rewarding to increase the chance of a behavior recurring—like giving a child an award for earning good grades resulting in the child working hard to continue to get good grades.

The confusion usually stems from the word “positive,” which many assume means “good.” In reality, “positive” in this context simply means something is added, not that it’s beneficial or pleasant. Understanding this distinction is crucial for using these strategies effectively and ethically. It’s also worth thinking of natural punishment in the daily environment!

For instance - I touch a hot pan and get burnt (burn in this case is positive as it’s added) & being careful to NOT touch the hot pan in the future is punishment since my behaviour decreased!

16/05/2025

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14/05/2025

Taking a minute to appreciate everyone at CFGM 💙 Missing

Thank you all for your effort, positivity & love for the kids! Special shout out to my two supervisors & - CFGM continues to do better daily because of the structure & passion you guys help me bring ♥️

Address

Yaqin Place, 19-C Sunset Commercial Street #1, DHA, Phase IV
Karachi

Opening Hours

Monday	10:00 - 18:00
Tuesday	10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday	10:00 - 18:00
Thursday	10:00 - 18:00
Friday	10:00 - 18:00
Saturday	10:00 - 18:00

Telephone

+923352221642

Website

http://www.growingminds.com.pk/

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