ICPA2024 PID006 Sayed Mawismi Sayed Mohamad Mustar

Being Different: Incorporating Emotive-Cognitive Relational Approach for Desistance of Neurodivergent Juveniles

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Sayed Mawismi Sayed Mohamad Mustar

Assistant Social Development Officer, Department of Social Welfare Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

With a background in Social Work, Psychology and Disability Studies, Sayed has been a practitioner for almost 15 years involved in the Correctional field both in institutionalized and community-based settings. Focusing on rehabilitation services for youths aged 14 to 21, he has been handling individual and family intervention, initiating community integration, managing, and delivering rehabilitation programs, and involving directly in policy making. Currently integrating interdisciplinary knowledge of Adolescence Psychology, Criminology and Disability Studies in doing research on Youth Justice Systems, especially for youths with cognitive and intellectual impairments.

Sayed has been invited to be a panel in developing National Youth Rehabilitation Policy, specifically in drafting the Standard Operating Procedures for Community Services under Department of Social Welfare, focuses on children and youths in conflict with laws. He was selected as Supervisor for delivering Community Services programs in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Also, being elected as an auditor for Community Services implementation standard in 2018 and 2019. At the same, he had been given trusts and responsibilities to deliver talks and sharing sessions that focus on the issues of Youth Correctional Settings in Malaysia and recently was invited by Malaysia Human Rights Commission to be one of the panelists to review on reintegration program of released prisoners to be integrated in the community. With relevant experiences, it has developed his interests in doing research coming out with proper justifiable and effectual programs related to those within justice system, specifically on juvenile, those within neurodevelopmental divergent group and people with disabilities.

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