In a city where school sports day, hockey and kabaddi practice are taken seriously from an early age, a child who consistently struggles to catch a ball, skip rope or keep up on the field tends to get noticed quickly in Jalandhar. What is harder to find locally is a dedicated children's occupational therapist to actually work on it - most families end up travelling to Chandigarh or Ludhiana, well over an hour each way.
A Strong Sports Culture Makes Coordination Gaps Visible Early
Jalandhar's schools and neighbourhoods put real weight on sport and physical activity, so a child who avoids running games, struggles with stairs or seems clumsier than classmates often stands out to parents and coaches well before any diagnosis is mentioned. That early visibility is useful, but Jalandhar currently has very few dedicated pediatric occupational therapy options to act on it. Coaches and PE teachers in Jalandhar are often the first to notice a coordination gap, simply because the city expects so much physical participation from a young age.
Families Managing Therapy Across Two Countries
Jalandhar also has a large number of families with members living abroad, with parents or grandparents here while children travel back and forth, or the other way around. An online consultation means therapy does not reset every time travel plans change - the same therapist continues the same plan whether your child is in Jalandhar, Canada or anywhere else that session falls. It also means a child's therapy plan does not have to restart every time a parent's work takes them abroad for a stretch, or a school holiday is spent with family overseas.
A Single Practice, Not a Rotating Panel
occupationaltherapyinindia.com is Dr. Charu Arora's own practice, with three clinics in East Delhi and online consultations she holds personally. For Jalandhar families, the clinics are a genuine option if a Delhi trip ever comes up, but the complete program - assessment, therapy and progress review - runs online without needing one. Many Jalandhar families appreciate knowing exactly who they are speaking with at every single session, rather than being passed between different names each time.
What We Help With
We work with children across autism, ADHD, developmental delay, and children without a formal diagnosis yet, including gross motor coordination, sensory processing, handwriting and fine motor skills, self-care and daily living skills, school readiness, and play and social participation.
Getting Started from Jalandhar
Book through our book consultation page and choose an online consultation. The first session is a real assessment led personally by Dr. Charu Arora - our first assessment page explains what it covers - and our centres page has directions for all three East Delhi clinics if an in-person visit is ever useful to you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you have a clinic in Jalandhar or Punjab?
No. Our three clinics are all in East Delhi - Shahdara, Rishabh Vihar and Gagan Vihar - and we have no physical location in Jalandhar or elsewhere in Punjab. Families here work with us entirely through online consultation, which is a full program, not a stopgap.
My child is fine at sports but struggles with handwriting instead - do you still help with that?
Yes. Sports and gross motor coordination are one visible sign, but we work across handwriting and fine motor skills, sensory processing, self-care, school readiness and social participation as well, whichever area is actually affecting your child.
Can therapy continue if my child travels abroad partway through?
Yes, that is one of the main reasons families in Jalandhar choose online sessions with us - the same therapist and plan continue over video from wherever your child is, instead of restarting with someone new in a different country.
How is this different from a physiotherapy clinic that also sees children?
A physiotherapy clinic typically focuses on movement and strength. Occupational therapy also covers handwriting, sensory processing, self-care routines, play skills and school participation - Dr. Charu Arora works across all of these, not movement alone.
