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 Mini Dwivedi Gopinathan is a RDI consultant, and the founder director of Playstreet. Playstreet  provides educational services to children with special needs. A certified provider of safe and sound protocol based on polyvagal therapy; she is also the co -creator of Play Talk, a comprehensive AAC program to develop language. A certified special educator, trained in language stimulation techniques and sensory integration; she has also received training for oral placement therapy for feeding and speech (level 2).

                     An access bars facilitator, she is the recipient of many awards. She is the recipient of women icons awards award 2017 by BERG Singapore for innovation and excellence in special education, and the goodwill ambassador for the year 2018, for spreading awareness on inclusion with special needs with special needs with Sankrakshan Pte. Ltd.Singapore and Faith Foundation, India. Recipient of pioneering woman leader at the world Congress in Feb 2020, and the iconic women leader award for excellence and leadership in September 20201 by Asia- GCC, a TEDx Speaker 2022, she is mother to a child on the spectrum. 

                    The interview covers:

  • RDI
  • Co-regulation
  • Interoception skills
  • Declarative Language
  • Mindful guiding



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