pensyarah universiti
pusat kajian rehabilitasi & keperluan khas (icarehab)
dzalani@ukm.edu.my
Biografi/ Biography :
Dr. Dzalani is a senior lecturer in the Occupational Therapy Program, a researcher at the Centre for Rehabilitation & Special Needs (iCaRehab), and a research member of the Schooling, Participation and Transition to Independent Living (SPIRIT) research team, the Faculty of Health Sciences (FSK), UKM. She attained her PhD in community health from the Faculty of Medicine, UKM in 2014.
Dr. Dzalani has been practicing occupational therapy (OT) since 1993 and has a great interest in Paediatric Rehabilitation. She was among the pioneers who established Occupational Therapy Paediatric Service at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Klang, and Community Based Rehabilitation Centre (PDK) in Klang. She was also involved in teaching Paediatric courses for the OT Diploma Programme at the College of Allied Health Sciences, MOH before joining UKM in 2006.
Her focus of research is on OT pediatric rehabilitation which includes children and adolescents with learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, autism, and cerebral palsy. She has conducted numerous studies and published papers on children with disabilities and their parents’ psychological well-being. Dr. Dzalani also has a great interest in sensory integration (SI) therapy. She received training in (SI) during her master’s degree study at Sydney University in 2007 before receiving certification in SI from the University of Southern California, United States in May 2019 (Cert no. 1169).
Dr. Dzalani has been actively involved in the supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate research projects in the pediatric area and related fields in OT. Currently, she is involved in teaching OT for Pediatric and other related courses including Assistive and Adaptive Technology, Play, Occupational Therapy in School, and Sensory Integration in the Occupational Therapy Program, FSK.
hanizah mohd ali piah, dzalani harun, farahiyah wan yunus, hanif farhan mohd rasdi. (2025). sensory-based intervention in improving sensory processing, social, and play skills among children on the autism spectrum: a systematic review. - retos . 1282 - 1300.
siti fairuz ismail, dzalani harun, nor diana abdul rahim, hanif farhan mohd rasdi, ke jun ker. (2025). translation, validation, and reliability of the modified occupational questionnaire into bahasa melayu among older persons in malaysia. - australian occupational therapy journal. 1 - 14.
ya-lan qu, dzalani harun, siaw chui chai, daniela ebner karestinos, rodrigo araneda. asfarina zanudin. (2025). effectiveness of hand-arm bimanual intensive therapy including lower extremities in the 4 rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review protocol. - bmj open. 1 - 6.
ahmad rohi ghazali, nor malia abd warif, noor anisah a yazit, norsham juliana, ismarulyusda ishak, farah wahida ibrahim, arimi fitri mat ludin, dzalani harun, santibuana abd rahman, wan nor atikah che wan mohd rozali . (2024). quran memorisation and heart rate variability: how do they correlate?. - world journal of clinical cases . 6275 - 6284.
shalinawati ramli; shahlan surat; khairani omar; idayu badilla idris; dzalani harun. (2024). exploring dyslexia risk among preschoolers: a prevalence study in hulu langat, selangor, malaysia.. - international medical journal. 16 - 18.
ya-lan qu, dzalani harun, siaw chui chai, daniela ebner karestinos, rodrigo araneda. asfarina zanudin. (2025). effectiveness of hand-arm bimanual intensive therapy including lower extremities in the 4 rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review protocol. - bmj open. 1 - 6.
siti fairuz ismail, dzalani harun, nor diana abdul rahim, hanif farhan mohd rasdi, ke jun ker. (2025). translation, validation, and reliability of the modified occupational questionnaire into bahasa melayu among older persons in malaysia. - australian occupational therapy journal. 1 - 14.
ismarulyusda ishak [and sixteen others].. (2022). development and validation of huffaz prohealth 1.0©: a module to improve the well-being of tahfiz students in selangor, malaysia. - international journal of environmental research & public health. 1-15.
farahiyah wan yunus, muhammad hibatullah romli, hanif farhan mohd rasdi, dzalani harun, masne kadar. (2022). an innovation on clinical placement for occupational therapy mental health during the covid-19: a mixed-methods feasibility study. - frontiers in medicine. 1-13.
dzalani harun, normah che' din, hanif farhan mohd rasdi, khadijah shamsuddin. (2020). employment experiences among young malaysian adults with learning disabilities. - international journal of environmental and public health international. 1-15.
dzalani harun, emy yew, mahadir ahmad, nur sakinah baharudin. (2017). coping skills and psychosocial adjustments among parents of children with learning disabilities (ld). - asean journal of psychiatry. 259-268.
ya-lan qu, dzalani harun, siaw chui chai, daniela ebner karestinos, rodrigo araneda. asfarina zanudin. (2025). effectiveness of hand-arm bimanual intensive therapy including lower extremities in the 4 rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review protocol. - bmj open. 1 - 6.
siti fairuz ismail, dzalani harun, nor diana abdul rahim, hanif farhan mohd rasdi, ke jun ker. (2025). translation, validation, and reliability of the modified occupational questionnaire into bahasa melayu among older persons in malaysia. - australian occupational therapy journal. 1 - 14.
hanizah mohd ali piah, dzalani harun, farahiyah wan yunus, hanif farhan mohd rasdi. (2025). sensory-based intervention in improving sensory processing, social, and play skills among children on the autism spectrum: a systematic review. - retos . 1282 - 1300.
ker ke jun, dzalani binti harun, liow mun hui, hanif farhan mohd rasdi. (2024). quality of life assessment tools for older adults within occupational therapy intervention: a scoping review. - malaysian journal of medicine and health sciences. 381 - 390.
ahmad rohi ghazali, nor malia abd warif, noor anisah a yazit, norsham juliana, ismarulyusda ishak, farah wahida ibrahim, arimi fitri mat ludin, dzalani harun, santibuana abd rahman, wan nor atikah che wan mohd rozali . (2024). quran memorisation and heart rate variability: how do they correlate?. - world journal of clinical cases . 6275 - 6284.
dzalani harun, hanif farhan mohd rasdi, nur ezzliana rohaizad. (2023). kesahan kumpulan termaklum bagi kit penilaian pergerakan dan fungsian (mfak) kanak-kanak pra-sekolah di selangor. - . 35-38.
dzalani harun, hanif farhan mohd rasdi, nur ezzliana rohaizad. (2023). kesahan konvergen dan kebolehpercayaan family crisis oriented personal evaluation scales (f-copes) versi bahasa melayu. - . 31-34.
nurul anis yuzaidey, dzalani harun & normah che din. (2022). modul kemahiran fonologi dan kognitif kanak-kanak disleksia. - . 152-186.
dzalani binti harun. (2022). terapi carakerja kanak-kanak disleksia. - . 113-151.
nur rafidah mohamed . (2024). tiga orang pelajar program terapi cara kerja, fsk ukm terima biasiswa. - dewan kosmik: jendela dbp. .
dzalani harun. (2024). penyelidik ukm memperkasakan komuniti pawe melalui program mack. - dewan kosmik: jendela dbp. .
dzalani harun, hanif farhan mohd rasdi, nur ezzliana rohaizad. (2023). kesahan kumpulan termaklum bagi kit penilaian pergerakan dan fungsian (mfak) kanak-kanak pra-sekolah di selangor. - . 35-38.
dzalani harun, hanif farhan mohd rasdi, nur ezzliana rohaizad. (2023). kesahan konvergen dan kebolehpercayaan family crisis oriented personal evaluation scales (f-copes) versi bahasa melayu. - . 31-34.
nurul anis yuzaidey, dzalani harun & normah che din. (2022). modul kemahiran fonologi dan kognitif kanak-kanak disleksia. - . 152-186.
ke jun ker, siti fairuz ismail, dzalani harun, nor diana abdul rahim, hanif farhan mohd rasdi. (2024). sociodemographic factors with the time spent in occupational activities of the older persons . - 14th international symposium of health sciences. 52 - 52.
hanizah mohd ali piah , dzalani harun, farahiyah wan yunus, hanif farhan mohd rasdi. (2024). efficacy of sensory-based interventions (sbi) on enhancing social skills in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder (asd). - 14th international symposium of health sciences . 129 - 129.
tan ting sen, dzalani harun, chai siaw chui, rohana mukahar . (2024). patients’ perceptions of exoskeleton robot arm p01-s and its benefits for stroke rehabilitation. - 14th international symposium of health sciences . 99 - 99.
naqibah tsaqifah binti abdul hamid, dr. dzalani binti harun. (2024). fine motor issues in preschool children with specific learning disabilities: parents’ perspective. - e-simposium prasiswazah program terapi carakerja sesi 2024/2025. 31 - 31.
nur alia suraya mohd zukhi, dzalani harun. (2024). teachers’ perceptions of gross motor issues in preschool children with specific learning disabilities.. - e- simposium prasiswazah program terapi carakerja sesi 2024/2025. 25 - 25.