CHild Assessment of Mental Health Problems
A school-based framework to identify, support, and track child wellbeing — early and at scale.
Children are struggling, and most of it is happening in silence.
Anxiety, low mood, aggression, attention difficulties and family stress are rising - and yet most of it never reaches a clinician, counsellor, teacher or even a parent in time.
10-18 year-olds globally live with a mental health condition (WHO).
of lifetime mental health conditions begin by age 14 — most go undetected.
children remain unidentified or untreated, especially in school-age populations.
children showing signs of distress receive any structured support in school.
The system reacts. It rarely prevents.
HOW SCHOOLS NAVIGATE
- •Schools expected to handle mental health concerns without clear supportive systems in place.
- •This often places schools in a reactive rather than preventive position.
- •Intervention can begin only after visible academic, emotional, or behavioral decline.
HOW FAMILIES NAVIGATE
- •Concerns are dismissed as a phase, a mood, or a discipline issue.
- •Fear of labelling keeps conversations from starting.
- •Support, when comes - is fragmented and reactive.
Since 2012, GANAA's multidisciplinary clinical team has worked closely with children, adolescents, and families across emotional, behavioural, developmental, and learning challenges — witnessing firsthand how many children struggle silently before receiving support.
How CHAMP Bridges the Gap
CHAMP is a school-administered framework that turns everyday classroom observation into structured, actionable insight around mental health of children — so a child's struggle is seen early, supported appropriately, and tracked over time.
An Instrument
Schools Can Stand Behind
How CHAMP works
A four-step cycle the school owns, repeats, and improves with each cohort.
Run the screen
A short, age-appropriate assessment conducted through the school's existing rhythm — no clinical setup needed.
See the patterns
Results return as a structured report — patterns at the class, grade, and individual level, in plain language.
Act inside school
Most needs are met inside school — through teacher guidance, classroom adjustments, and family conversations.
Refer when needed
For the small subset that needs more, CHAMP creates a clean clinical handoff — context, history, and consent in one place.
What Concerns CHAMP Helps Identify
Looking Beyond Behaviour — Understanding the Child as a Whole
Many children struggling emotionally, behaviourally, socially, or academically are often misunderstood, overlooked, or identified only after significant decline. CHAMP helps schools identify concerns early across four core areas.
Emotional Concerns
- • Depression & low mood
- • Anxiety & Panic related concerns
- • OCD & Specific Phobias
- • Mood dysregulation / Mania-related symptoms
Behavioural Concerns
- • Oppositional behaviours
- • Anger & emotional dysregulation
- • Conduct-related concerns
- • Substance use concerns
Learning Concerns
- • Specific Learning Difficulties (SLD)
- • Reading & Writing difficulties
- • Mathematics difficulties
- • Comprehension & processing concerns
Neurodevelopmental
- • ADHD
- • Autism-related concerns
- • Intellectual & adaptive functioning concerns
- • Enuresis & Encopresis
What CHAMP Brings to Schools
What schools get
→ Actionable Insight
Reports translate signal into specific, classroom-level next steps - not just scores.
→ Targeted Intervention Planning
A clear record of who needs what, when, and from whom - so finite counsellor hours land where they matter most.
→ Future-Ready Student Support
A structured mental health ecosystem that strengthens student support, builds sensitive school culture and aligns with evolving government expectations.
Ease of Integration
Built for Pre-existing Structures
Built to fit into the regular school routine. Carried out by trained school staff - no extra setup or clinical team required.
Easy by Design
Lightweight web-app, easy to administer, respectful of teacher's time and student's privacy. Simple to interpret.
Scalable from Day One
Works for an entire school. Insights compound across years and cohorts.
Immediate outcomes, across three groups.
Seen and supported, in a way that doesn't single them out.
- • Concerns surfaced before they become crises
- • A structured support system, and a sensitized environment
- • A path forward without being labelled
A Year-on-Year Transformation in School Mental Wellbeing
- • School level dashboards year on year
- • Tracking that carries across teachers and years
- • Clear protocols of case escalation
- • Trust of parents and regulators
Hope, Guidance, and Support in a Child’s Journey
- • Conversations based on observed concerns, not panic or assumptions
- • Clear guidance on next steps and support needed
- • Actionable insights for home environments
The bigger vision
From one cohort, to a culture — schools that build the muscle to see, support, and stay with their students over years, not moments.
Establish the practice
One cycle, one cohort. Schools learn to read their own data and act on it.
Build the muscle
Wellbeing becomes part of how the school plans, hires, and reviews itself — not a side project.
Change the trajectory
Students leave school with their patterns understood, supported, and on a better long-term arc.
Support is the point. Labels aren't.
CHAMP is deliberately built to give children structure and support — not a diagnosis or a file that follows them around.
CHAMP IS NOT
- A clinical diagnosis.
- A label on a child.
- A replacement for therapy.
- A score that ranks students.
CHAMP IS
- A structure for long-term support.
- A common language inside school.
- A clean bridge to clinical care, when needed.
- A way to act early.
Help us change a life's trajectory;
One child, one school at a time.
Collaborate
Collaborate with us to gain a deeper understanding of the program.
Build the muscle
Expand across school. Train your counsellors and homeroom leads on the framework.
Become CHAMP-certified
Join the network of schools that have made structured wellbeing part of how they operate.
GANAA: More than a
Decade of Mental
Health Impact
Since 2012, under the leadership of esteemed psychiatrist Dr. Rohit Garg, GANAA has been delivering multidisciplinary mental health care and emotional wellbeing services across the lifespan — supporting children, adolescents, adults, and families through integrated, evidence-based clinical care.
Compassionate Care.
Commitment to Excellence.
Ganaa brings together an integrated multidisciplinary team of 10+ Psychiatrists, 30+ Psychologists & Allied professionals, specializing in:
- • Psychiatry & Mental Health Care
- • Counselling & Psychometric Assessments
- • Parent, Family & Caregiver Support
- • Cutting edge Tech-Based Therapies
- • Special Education & Occupational Support
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