Dr. Dhanashri Pawar

Dr. Dhanashri Pawar I’m Dr. Dhanashri—mom to an autistic child, doctor by training, coach by calling. Because every child can grow.

I guide families to support their child’s brain using simple home-based connection—not commands or complexity.

12/09/2025

✨ Real speech means your child says the right word, at the right time, by themselves — without being told.
This is what the correct speech ladder looks like. 🪜

Don’t just count words. Learn to choose the right ladder for your child’s progress.








11/09/2025

Meaningful speech comes when the ladder is right and the child feels safe.

Your job:
👉 Find the right ladder.
👉 Find your child’s starting step.
👉 Climb one step at a time.

Watch for these 3 signals:
✨ Calm body
✨ Joyful face
✨ Child taking initiative

Not force. Not bribes. Not rapid-fire prompts.

💡 But here’s the real question:
Are you curious enough to know what is the correct ladder?
And how do you know if you’ve found it?
Stay tuned

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🌸 This Teachers’ Day, I received a gift more precious than any bouquet 💐 or box of sweets 🍫 —One of my adult students wi...
08/09/2025

🌸 This Teachers’ Day, I received a gift more precious than any bouquet 💐 or box of sweets 🍫 —
One of my adult students with autism gifted me a bowl of tendli bhaji 🥗 — every piece cut with perfection ✨.

👩‍🍳 For the last few months, I’ve been working with her parents to help her become independent in cooking skills.

Today’s gift wasn’t just food 🥘. It was confidence 💪, effort 💚, and love ❤️ served on a plate. The real celebration of teaching is watching independence bloom 🌱🌼.

Every slice 🔪 spoke of effort, attention 👀, and love 🤍. Sometimes the simplest gifts carry the deepest meaning 🌟.

09/05/2024

Sharing a testimonial by one of my patient family.

Hello everyone, I am the mother of an 8 years old son who is on the Autism Spectrum.
For the past 2 years he has been on RDI program under the esteemed mentorship of Dr. Dhanashree Pawar. The main challenge we faced was that he couldn’t understand other person’s perspective. He couldn’t expres empathy.
Yesterday a miraculous incident happened and I as a parent wanted to share the same with you. We went to the park in the evening.There was a tunnel with stairs on one end and slide on other end.
My son always climbs in from the slide end to the tunnel rather than climbing up the stairs.
A small girl, 3-4 years old was sitting at the slide end.
He said ,”get aside”on which the girl said “No”.Again he pleaded, she said no again then he told her father to tell her to get aside. Her father told him to climb up the stairs and come down.
In the past,my son could not take this change and would have got very hyper but now my son seemed calm.
Just then another little boy came from the other end and was about to hit the girl’s back. We didn’t notice this until my son shouted,”watch out” to the girl and he put his hand behind her back so that she doesn’t get hurt.He was able to express his empathy so well.
He didn’t want her to get hurt though she was not listening to him.
It was a heart warming sight and I could feel how sensitive he was.

After two years of training under the supervision of Dr Dhanashri ,I now believe in the power of parent training, for the brain development of neurodiverse children.

A heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Pawar for handholding me and being the torch bearer.These changes were not possible if she had not trained me and help me comprehend the magical RDI program.
Mrs Singh

🤔 Is _pasara_ more important than potential? Many times, creativity and innovation is a messy task. Parents (in stress) ...
27/03/2024

🤔 Is _pasara_ more important than potential?

Many times, creativity and innovation is a messy task. Parents (in stress) tend to react only on this mess and not the child’s creativity.

When parents are self-regulated, they can have joyful conversations with their child which holds space— not only to showcase their unique potential but also learn important life skills.

WATCH HERE: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5BdLgov2rJ/?igsh=MTAxeTZzdHV2Y3BhZg==

🤫 Parents ask children to stop crying for many reasons, some could be:-they themselves feel uncomfortable with the loudn...
07/03/2024

🤫 Parents ask children to stop crying for many reasons, some could be:
-they themselves feel uncomfortable with the loudness/ crying.
-they are worried about how it shows in public/ to the society.

😭 Crying is a natural response to processing certain situations, especially for children.

🫨 Yelling, confronting, or speaking logic to a person who is in an emotional state not only gets them further dysregulated but also impacts the relationship with the person.

🙌 When there’s enough time given for the processing and regulating emotions, one can come out and reflect on the incident more objectively.

🫶 As parents, when you hold space for your child to cry and express, they will find it safe to open up about their emotions instead of suppressing it because of your reactions or worrying about disappointing you. Being calm around a crying child helps them co-regulate with you i.e come back to a calm state of mind much more easily.

Do let us know what you think about this!

Please note: The perspective shown in this video is one of a billion perspectives and it comes with a lot of practice and process. Building parent-child relationships is like running a marathon. Not a sprint. Trust comes with time and consistency.

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Seeing a child performing on stage with the other kids in school is a proud moment for his/her parents but seeing a chil...
21/02/2024

Seeing a child performing on stage with the other kids in school is a proud moment for his/her parents but seeing a child in the Autism spectrum performing on stage is a precious moment for the parents
Sharing a beautiful moment of my patient family which they witnessed for first time in their life .
They are doing the RDI program for Autism under me since last 3 months .

To know more about RDI
www.rdiconnect.com

To know more about me

https://www.facebook.com/DrdhanashriAutismconsultation?mibextid=LQQJ4d

of Parents #Here is a parent testimonial - 3 who is doing THE RDI Program under my supervision.Her son is on the Aut...
09/11/2023

of Parents #

Here is a parent testimonial - 3 who is doing THE RDI Program under my supervision.

Her son is on the Autism spectrum

To know more about Parent training at RDI Program.
www.rdiconnect.com.

This is achievable for your child too.
Call 083699 99593 .

04/11/2023

What is Symptomatic management In Autism?


Divyam is a Mental,Physical and Emotional Wellness care centre for children with neurological problems like Autism,ADHD, Dyslexia, speech issues, learning issues, global developmental delays, epilepsy, downs syndrome, mild cerebral palay etc.
We strive to develop the mental tools required for effective learning so that these kids can reach the pinnacle of their potential.
To know more about divyam, call - 83699999593.




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