FREE Talk on HANDLE

A Talk on the HANDLE approach, by Mary Robson and Penny Jacobsen, Certified HANDLE Practitioners and Co-Directors of Compassionate Therapy and Training Centre, Australia.

Date: Sunday, May 27, 2012
Time: 10-11am
Venue:
Anne Musikschule Performing Arts Ctr
No 23, Block D2,  Jln PJU 1A/20B
Dataran Ara Damansara
47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

For a map to the location, please click HERE.

Seats are very limited, so registration is NECESSARY, by sending an email to ANDI.Initiative@gmail.com, or an SMS to 012-538 6134.

What is HANDLE?

For more information on the HANDLE paradigm, please click HERE.

New Addition to ANDI Initiative Book Collection for Loan

To see the almost complete list of books for loan, click HERE. How do I go about borrowing a book? Click HERE.

Sponsorship Opportunity

Hello Everyone:

ANDI Initiative is offering to provide a 50% sponsorship for 2 parents (of children on the autism spectrum) to attend the following event:

Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAPS)

Lecture by Dr Natasha Campbell McBride

Date: Friday, 20th April, 2012

Time 9am-12 noon

Venue: Desa ParkCity, KL

See all details HERE on the organiser's website.

In return for the partial sponsorship, ANDI Initiative would appreciate it if each sponsored parent would write 2 book reviews of their favourite autism related books, as a service to other parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The reviews will be shared on the ANDI Initiative blog and Facebook page.

***To request sponsorship, please write in to ANDI.Initiative@gmail.com. The firm DEADLINE for sponsorship request is 15 MARCH, 2012. ***

Kindly take advantage of this sponsorship ONLY if you are not financial able to attend otherwise.

Best regards,

ANDI Initiative

Parent Testimonial about the ASD Parent Training & Support Series

I am writing this after 5 months into the ANDI Initiative Parent Training Programme.

Thanks a million to you, Intan, from the bottom of our hearts. Even those are not enough to show you our appreciation in regards to the improvement in our son. From the day our son was diagnosed with autism, I was searching for someone who could help me in handling my son, someone who could teach me, and tell me how to teach and communicate with my son effectively. I’ve read a few books but didn’t actually know how to do it.

Then I got to know about Intan’s programme through my sister and also through Intan’s blog. I found the programme to be very interesting, full of ideas, hands-on opportunities, video teaching and the like. Every session was interesting as it gave me new ideas and ways on how I could relate to my son. The more we learnt, the more we got connected to our son, the more we saw the talents in him. Things that I thought were impossible for my son suddenly seem possible. All these were the results of the implementation of the methods and ideas that I learnt from Intan.

The Parent Training Programme was tremendous. I learnt a lot from this programme and am still learning on how to bring out the hidden talents in him.

Then there are the home visits by Intan. It’s magnanimous of her to visit us, seeing that we are from Ipoh. We can’t repay her for the time she spent to travel to my place just for the sake of our son. The visits themselves were great. She drew up specific programmes for my son according to my son’s abilities. She not only drew up the programmes but painstakingly spent time to teach me on how to run the programmes.

Our son has progressed well during these 5 months, in receptive and expressive language, play skills, imitation skills and eye-contact. It’s true that we had to put a lot of energy and time in order to see the programme work, before we can see the results. It is really HARD WORK! The most important aspect of the programme is the consistency of teaching / having a session with our son.

But all this wouldn’t have been possible if not for Intan. Again we would like to record our thanks and appreciation for the care she had taken during her sessions with my son and also during the classes that we attended. We couldn’t have done all these without your help and assistance. THANK YOU, Intan, from the bottom of our hearts!!!

Parent of a 3-year-old

Ipoh, Feb 2012

(2011 Intake 2 participant)

How to Borrow Books from ANDI Initiative

Choose one of two books that you want to borrow.

Email or SMS me the titles, I will let you know if they are immediately available or if they are loaned out.

If available, contact me directly to arrange day and time to borrow. More than likely, I will leave the books with a neighbour for you tho pick up from, at Section 17, Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Address will only be given out once date and time is confirmed. Alternatively, you and I may decide to meet somewhere as time permits.

There is a fully-refundable deposit of RM30-50 per book. You can bank in ahead of time, or bring with you when you pick up the book(s). This will be refunded when you return the book in good condition.

Books can be borrowed for two weeks. That deadline can be extended if no one else is waiting for the books.

Currently there is no browsing allowed, you will have to decide ahead of time which book(s) you want. For a somewhat complete list of books, click HERE, or check out our photos on the ANDI Initiative Facebook page.

A gentle reminder: This book loan service is for PARENTS of children with special needs, as it is meant to reduce slightly the financial burden in raising a children with special needs. Other parties (therapists, teachers, my past and present grown-up students, etc) may borrow on a case-by-case basis.

Please be patient with this less-than-ideal arrangement. Having NO paid staff helps keep this a free service.

*KNOWLEDGE IS POWER*

With warm wishes and kind regards,

Intan Miranti

ANDI Initiative

ANDI.initiative@gmail.com

012.538.6134

More Great Books added to our Book Collection for Loan

This 'library' of books continue to be free of charge, we don't even take an admin fee or membership fee. Only a fully-refundable deposit.

This is a service for parents of children with special needs.

Take a Break

Parenting is hard work, so try to take a break ever so often. Try the puzzle below :-)