Roksana Aktar

• Delivered daily care, therapy, and one-on-one support for individuals with autism across varying functional levels.
• Promoted independence, inclusion, and personal growth through structured routines and individualized attention.
• Implemented individualized support plans and behavioral strategies under supervision of BCBA professionals.
• Accurately documented daily activities, behavioral data, and critical incidents using Therap and other systems.
• Facilitated community integration activities to enhance social interaction, confidence, and functional communication.
• Applied SCIP-R techniques to manage and de-escalate crisis situations safely and effectively.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to adjust treatment goals and ensure consistency in service delivery.
• Participated in ongoing training sessions on trauma-informed care, soft skills, and safety practices.
• Provided support during vocational tasks to develop job-readiness skills for adult residents.
• Maintained a respectful, empathetic, and culturally sensitive approach to care and communication with clients and families.

Additional Contributions:

• Led small group recreational activities to promote engagement, teamwork, and emotional regulation.
• Mentored new fellows and support staff on operational routines, behavior intervention strategies, and therapeutic engagement.
• Advocated for residents’ individualized needs during team meetings and interdisciplinary planning sessions.
• Assisted in developing behavioral intervention plans and modifying activities based on client progress and response.
• Created visual schedules and sensory-friendly materials to improve predictability and reduce behavioral challenges.
• Conducted informal assessments of client strengths and preferences to tailor activity planning.

• Conducting psychological assessment especially neurodevelopmental disorder, psychological testing tools, checklist and prepared test reports
• Coordinating with academic staff to implement academic Programs based on a student's potential
• Providing Psycho-education to parents and teachers on behaviour management techniques
• Explaining to teachers and parents about teaching strategies
• Explaining to parents about healthy parenting styles
• Working with a teacher to develop Individual Educational Plans (IEP)
• Creating social stories according to the child's needs
• Assessing students' potential through interviews and observations
• Maintaining complete records of student behaviour progress and educational data
• Implementing academic programs based on students and interests
• Working with teachers to develop classroom management procedures
• Working with parents to develop home management procedures
• Providing group counselling sessions about contemporary issues
• Providing individual counselling services among Students, Parents, and teachers on their mental health-related issues
• Providing family counselling, parent counselling, couple counselling, and sibling counselling
• Setting Long and short-term SMART goals for achieving independent living skills and career-oriented skills of students
• Referring students to other Medical and social community agencies if needed
• Writing mental health-related articles and procedures about service-related topics

• Observing ECDP, Autism, ID, CP, Vocational school's classroom environment & Management, Study methods, and Group sessions
• Identifying challenging behaviour of students, Assessment and Intervention plan of Behavior, Evaluation and Classroom management
• Explaining to teachers and parents about teaching strategies
• Providing counselling services to parents on behaviour management techniques, parenting style-related issues, family conflict, and individual mental health-related issues

• I have given counselling sessions to the University of Dhaka students, staff, and their families who had stress, anxiety, depression, OCD, bipolar personality disorder, schizophrenia, substance abuse and addiction, sleep issues, suicidal thoughts, relationship issues, frustration, hopelessness, low self-confidence, and adjustment issues
• If more help was required, I recommended the client to another expert in the area
• I had been organizing workshops to promote mental health awareness and keeping a record of every case