ANDI Initiative, Malaysia: Parent Testimonial about the Social Skills Module

Friday, October 28, 2016

Parent Testimonial about the Social Skills Module

"My son has progressed to a stage where he wants to have friends, but he didn't have the tools or know-how to make friends. The Social Skills Module has provided him with these tools and allows his to be more aware of others' perspectives.

Since attending the classes, he is progressing at making friends, has lengthier conversations, is more aware of social rules, and he even started recalling what he does with his friends in school!

It is the one class that he looks forward to each week."

- Mother of an 8-year-old, Petaling Jaya.

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Introduction

INTAN MIRANTI, M.Ed, is a Learning & Behaviour Consultant for children on the autism spectrum. She has worked with more than 150 children between the ages of two and twelve since 2005.

She is also an ACSM*-Certified Autism Exercise Specialist (*American College of Sports Medicine).

Currently, she works in designing remedial learning programmes for young children on the autism spectrum. She also advises and trains parents and other educators of children with autism, on learning curricula, behaviour management and school/community integration skills.

In addition, she runs ANDI Initiative which offers training and related services to the autism community. For 9 years, she was a part-time lecturer in autism intervention topics to Diploma-level students at a college in Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta, Indonesia, and has been a speaker/trainer at several seminars and conferences, including the Maldives, United States and around Malaysia.

Her article, “Six Metacomponents of Metacognition in Parents of Children with Autism: A Cross-disciplinary, Cross-cultural Review” was published in the Journal of Special Needs Education 2014.

She was also an advisor, in 2016, for the special needs programmes offered by Alam Kreatif, a non-profit endeavour located at Pusat Kreatif Kanak-Kanak Tuanku Bainun, Kuala Lumpur.

Most importantly, she is the parent of two young men, one on the autism spectrum.