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About Tender Twig

Nurturing Growth Through Evidence-Based ABA Therapy

Helping children build the skills they need to thrive at home, in school, and in life.

Why

Tender Twig Was Created

Parents often feel overwhelmed when their child struggles with communication, behavior, or development. Finding reliable, ethical, and evidence-based support can be difficult. Tender Twig was created to bridge that gap, bringing internationally informed behavioral science together with compassionate care for families in Bangladesh. Our goal is simple: to help children build meaningful skills and help families feel supported every step of the way.

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Our

Therapists

Every therapist at Tender Twig holds International Behavior Technician (IBT) certification and works under the supervision of an International Behavior Analyst (IBA). No session is delivered by an uncertified assistant, and no program is designed by anyone other than the supervising analyst.

Those two acronyms carry the whole weight of the decision you are making, so they are worth spelling out. An IBT is the therapist in the room with your child, trained and certified to deliver the program, run the teaching procedures and record the data. An IBA is the senior clinician who assesses your child, writes the program, reads the data every week and decides what changes.

Supervision is the part that matters. It means clinical decisions about your child are made by a qualified analyst, who reviews your child’s data every week.

Nasrin Sultana Shila, IBA

ABA Supervisor

Qualifications: M.S. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, International Behavior Analyst (IBA)
Specializes in: Behavioral assessment, program design, clinical supervision, staff training

Nasrin Sultana Shila is the International Behavior Analyst who assesses every child at Tender Twig, writes their individual ABA program, and reviews session data weekly to decide what changes. She is the clinician parents meet at the first consultation, and she stays accountable for that program from that day on.

Nasrin Rahman, IBT

Lead Behavior Therapist

Qualifications: M.S. in School Psychology, International Behavior Therapist (IBT)
Specializes in: Early intervention, social skills training, instruction following

Nasrin Rahman is an International Behavior Therapist specializing in early intervention: the foundation skills of following instructions, playing alongside other children, and staying regulated through a session. For many families she is the first therapist their child works with, and the one who makes those early weeks feel manageable.

Hossen Shawon, IBT

Lead Behavior Therapist

Qualifications: M.S. in School Psychology, International Behavior Therapist (IBT)
Specializes in: Behavior reduction, challenging behavior replacement skills

Md. Hossen Shawon is an International Behavior Therapist who works with children whose hitting, screaming or task refusal has become the way they communicate. He teaches a workable replacement, a word, a sign or a card, so the behavior has nothing left to do.

Afjal Hridoy, IBT

Behavior Therapist

Qualifications: M.S. in Clinical Psychology, International Behavior Therapist (IBT)
Specializes in: School readiness, attention and focus, instruction following, classroom behavior management

Afjal Hossain Hridoy is an International Behavior Therapist focused on the skills a classroom demands: sustained attention, sitting through a task, and following a routine independently. He works with children who are capable but cannot yet show it in a classroom, and with parents who have stopped expecting good news from school.

Iftakhar Alam, IBT

Behavior Therapist

Qualifications: M.S. in Counseling Psychology, International Behavior Therapist (IBT)
Specializes in: Verbal behavior, social cognition, conversation skills, peer friendship

Iftakhar Alam is an International Behavior Therapist working on verbal behavior and social cognition: reading a facial expression, taking a turn in conversation, understanding what another child means. He teaches the small mechanics of friendship, the ones most children absorb without being taught.

Sabiha Islam, IBT

Behavior Therapist

Qualifications: M.S. in Clinical Psychology, International Behavior Therapist (IBT)
Specializes in: Emotional regulation, anxiety support, coping strategies, expressing feelings in words

Sabiha Islam is an International Behavior Therapist working with children whose emotional regulation and anxiety get in the way of learning. She teaches them to catch a feeling early, use a calming strategy, and ask for help in words rather than through a meltdown.

Tanvir Ahmed, IBT

Behavior Therapist

Qualifications: M.S.in Clinical Psychology, International Behavior Therapist (IBT)
Specializes in: Adaptive skills, peer interaction, group participation, self-confidence

Tanvir Ahmed is an International Behavior Therapist working on adaptive and peer skills: joining a group, handling a change of plans, managing a playground without an adult beside them. He works with the quiet children, the ones who get overlooked rather than noticed.

How We Work

What supervision actually looks like week to week

01The supervising IBA completes your child’s initial assessment personally and writes the program.
02Session data is reviewed weekly, not at the end of a term.
03When a goal stops moving, the analyst changes the teaching approach and tells you what changed and why.
04Therapists receive regular observation and feedback on their delivery, not just on their paperwork.
05Formal progress reviews with parents happen every three months, with the data in front of you.

See how assessment and progress tracking work

Child flourishing with ABA therapy support at Tender Twig Dhaka

Every Child Deserves the Chance to Flourish

With the right support, every child can grow and connect. We partner with families who want the best for their children. The initial consultation is a conversation, not a commitment: you will meet the supervisor who would design your child’s program.