Highlights We conducted a narrative review of articles on mental health aspects of children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. Most studies are cross-sectional in nature. Findings show that quality and magnitude of impact is determined by vulnerability factors like developmental age, educational status, pre-existing mental health condition, being economically underprivileged or being quarantined due to infection or fear of infection. There is a crucial requirement for planning longitudinal and developmental studies, and evidence based elaborative strategies to cater to mental health needs of the vulnerable children and adolescents during and after the pandemic by mobilising direct and digital collaborative networks.

Background: The word messy is often given negative meanings and calling an important aspect of play 'messy' can lead to it being undervalued. Messy play involve children using all their senses in the process of exploration especially the sense of touch offering children plenty of opportunity to mould and manipulate materials not having a focus on making or producing something. Objectives: To explore the perception of parents in regard to messy play questionnaire filled by Occupational Therapist who works with Parents of children having Autism Spectrum Disorder. Study Design: Survey method Methods: 30 Occupational Therapist who are working in an Early Intervention Centre across Delhi, have filled a questionnaire about “Perception of Parents about Messy Play in Sensory Based Programs”. The questionnaire was created using Google form and its reliability and validity was tested. Results: The results of the study suggest that parents use messy play during sensory based intervention in home programs occasionally.70 percent of parents suggest using other sensory based equipment’s in comparison to messy play. 80.7 percent of the Occupational Therapist feels that only some of the parents actually do the activities related to messy play. Conclusion: This study shows that Messy play though the cheapest form of intervention with most wide used possibilities of exploration is still not preferred by many parents. Despite all the contributions messy play can make to children's learning and development there does seem to be a reluctance to promote messy play in the home based settings, neglect of such play may be connected with other people's anxieties about children making a mess and its associations with words such as muddled, confused and shambolic. This has led to this type of play being seen as unimportant and undervalued.

Background: Aim: The study compared child participation of children undergoing dialysis with that of normal population. Study design:  comparative study design. Place and Duration of Study:   This study was conducted in Sparsh Rotary south end charitable trust, Batra Hospital, New Delhi during year 2013-2015.Subjects and Methods:In this study design thirty children, fifteen children undergoing dialysis (5-18) years were recruited from Sparsh, Rotary south end charitable trust. And fifteen children without any problem were selected as per inclusion criteria. The participation in home-school and community of these children is measured using Child and Adolescent Scale of Participation (CASP and Life balance and perceived stress in caregivers was measured with Life Balance Inventory (LBI) and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) respectively. The same scales were used for normal population. The scores was collected from each scale and statistically analyzed for both groups.Result:Results revealed that children on dialysis have less participation in home school and community with that of normal population. The perceived stress of caregivers of these children is also very higher and life balance score was found to be lesser when compared with caregivers of normal population.Conclusion:Clinical intervention of children undergoing dialysis is narrowed upon only medical intervention and not focuses more on participation. The Occupational Therapy intervention should be given to children undergoing dialysis.

Background: A variety of feeding difficulties like aversion of food, food selectivity, complete food refusal are the most common problems reported by the Parents of ASD children. Every parent of ASD children struggles to manage their child’s feeding routine as well as undesirable mealtime behaviours, which can cause parental concern and poor family dynamics. Aim: 1) The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of dedicated oral motor work in children with ASD who presented with feeding difficulty. 2) To determine parental concerns related to feeding behavior shown by their child and assess whether an additional home program in parallel with oral motor work by an Occupational Therapist would provide any benefits. Methods: This is a pre and post study where a total number of 18 ASD children at the age of 2-4 year old were participated and selected through BPFAS, out of which 15 copies were considered to be concerned with the oral motor and feeding difficulties of the child. Therefore, 15 participants who were facing feeding difficulties with their children were recruited. Concerned Participants were further assessed by Occupational therapist with the help of ‘The com deall Oro-motor assessment scale for toddlers’. Results: According to The Com Deall Oral-motor assessment scale, some changes observed in the oral motor skills and When parental concern is considered via home plan including mealtime strategies with oral motor activities, the post intervention result showed decrease in Total problem score as well as in Total frequency score. Conclusion: The study concluded that continuous structured direct oral motor work as well as addressing parental concerns via home programs is helpful for the ASD children and gives better understanding of feeding difficulties to their parents. Also, some changes have been seen in oral motor skills through continuous practice of oral motor activities by the therapist.