BIOGRAPHY
Ranjana Chakraborty is a Special Educator (RCI Registered). She has done her Masters in Microbiology and B.Ed. in Special Education (MR). Since 2011 she is in the disability field.
Her areas of interest are working with individuals with Autism Spectrum Condition, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability. She focuses on enhancing play skills, play based intervention, early intervention programs of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, enhancing academic skills and improving writing skills of children and social inclusion of young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Narrative approach is weaved in her practice.
She has done training in Narrative ideas and Practices and works closely with children and adolescents with Autism and their families. She is a certified PEERS practitioner- A UCLA program for development of Social Skills in adolescents with Asperger’s syndrome. She has training in Structured Teaching by Action Autism, Chicago. She is a certified Social Role Valorisation graduate and has done several trainings and workshop on employment, residential support, and power of roles. She has been a resource person at different CRE programs, workshops, trainings across India.
Ranjana is an Associate Faculty for Keystone Institute India, working together across India for change. She has advanced training in Social Role Valorization in US and India and has particular expertise in evaluating service practices. She is also a member of a parent run nonprofit organization.
She has published papers related to autism in reputed journals and author of a chapter ‘Play and its importance in children with ASD’ in the book ‘Understanding Autism through the lens of parents and professionals’ published by Asiatic Society.
