Chelvi Kukendrarajah

Dr ChelviKukendrarajah is a Consultant Paediatrician and Lead Clinician for the Central North West London Foundation Trust Community Paediatric Services in Hillingdon. She is aConsultant Paediatrician with an excellent record of training and many years ofclinical experience. After graduation,she trained in Paediatrics and obtained her Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics. In 2003, and `she is a Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics in 2003.

DrKukendrarajah worked in the internationally renowned National Centre for SocialCommunication disorder, Harper House Children's Service in Radlett and invarious Teaching hospitals such as St Mary's Paddington and The Royal FreeHospital, London. During her Paediatric training shespecialisedin Neurodevelopmental problems and Neurodisabilities and received a Masters degree at theUniversity College London (UCL).DrKukendrarajah is fully trained and experienced in the use of specialistinstruments such as standardised assessments 3Di - Developmental, Dimensionaland Diagnostic Interview, DISCO, diagnostic interview check list forneurodevelopmental assessment,and AutismDiagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) and Bayley III.

DrKukendrarajah has a particular interest and extensive experience in thediagnosis and management of social communication disorders such as Autism SpectrumDisorders and co existing conditions ADHD, Developmental Co-ordination Disorder(Dyspraxia), Learning Difficulties, and Sleeping and Feeding disorders.

She has wideexperience of working with a multi disciplinary team consisting of Speech andLanguage Therapists, Clinical Psychologists, Physiotherapists and OccupationalTherapists. In addition she has considerable experience in collaborative workwith a wider Paediatric network, and agencies such as Education and SocialServices.

Her approach ischild and family centered, which empowers them to make informed decisions andchoices. She provides robust, evidencebased developmental diagnoses, which many parents find invaluable in helping tochoose interventions and secure support for their children.

DrKukendrarajah sometimes provides private jointassessments with highly specialist speech and language therapists for the

Diagnosis and Management of Autism Spectrum Disorder and associated conditionssuch as ADHD, Challenging Behaviour, sleep and feeding problems.

She has a team of highly specialist Speech andLanguage Therapists, Occupational therapists, Clinical Psychologists and

jointly works with Child Psychiatrists.

Speech andlanguage therapists in her Team use Attention Autism intervention developed byGina Davis, a tool with a proven record predominantly in preschool and primaryschool children. Therapists who regularly attend ADOS-2 reliability in order to independently validate the scoring of ADOS -2 assessment. They have more 80% reliabilityrating.

In her NHS role,in line with the recommendations of NICE, Dr Kukendrarajah has developed anexcellentservice forAutism Spectrum Disorder and some of the co-existingconditions. She produced a comprehensive Assessment Tool which has provedinvaluable and is now beginning to be recognised for use by other serviceproviders.

Dr. Kukendrarajahcontinuously reviews and updates her skills in line with current evidence andNICE/SIGN guidelines to achieve and maintain high quality services. She hold several 'ClinicalExcellenceAwards' for her hard work in the NHS.

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Reviews:

Community.scope.org.uk- Parents and carers

My 22month old was recently diagnosed with Mild Cerebral Palsy.I had been to see so

many people and all missed the diagnosis. I seen a lady,after researching

myself, in the Clementine Churchill Hospital, Sudbury Hill, Harrow, HA1 3RX.

Her name is Dr. Chelvi Kukendra-Rajah and she is fantastic. Diagnosed him in

first consultation and referred me to a brilliant physiotherapist. I did go

private with BUPA for this consultation and his MRI but she does work in

Hillingdon NHS hospital in a child development centre and that’s where I seen

the physio too.

http://www.mummytries.com/our-autism-journey-with-the-portland-hospital