Hiba Bahsoun

Working with schools and teachers on implementing the KHDA Inclusion
Framework.
 Setting up and overseeing an inclusion based program at a mainstream school in
Dubai for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
 Leading and managing a clinical team: BCBAs, ABA therapists, speech therapists,
and occupational therapists.
 Essay a strategic marketing role and was instrumental in bringing on board many
schools, nurseries and ministries across the UAE as our clients.
 Assisting with specialized staff recruitment such as therapists and teachers.
 Overseeing all L & D initiatives for special education staff/teachers; communicated
effectively with all stakeholders and ensured all center goals were duly met.
 Conducting assessments encompassing developmental assessments, behavioral
assessments and educational assessments and writing IEP reports.

Key Responsibilities:
 Providing research-based specialized instruction to address the instructional goals
and objectives of the module imparted.
 Assessing student progress and determining the need for additional reinforcement
or adjustments to instructional techniques so as to equip them for teaching in
specialized institutions/schools.
 Employing various scenario based teaching techniques, methods and principles of
learning to enable students to gain exposure to all types of cases that would be
encountered in a classroom.
 Teaching students on international policies, legislations, and research influencing
classroom practices for children with special needs.
 Preparing students to identify diverse learning needs of school students who have
a range of abilities, disabilities and impairments, and learning how environments,
curricula and pedagogies can be modified to support learner's diverse needs.

Key Responsibilities:
 Travelled across the GCC on consultancy and program development mandates.
 Met potential investors and discussed possibilities for collaborations and
partnerships, formulated proposals for schools and key partners.
 Supervised the learning support department and learning support teachers, in
addition to providing parent training sessions.
 Worked alongside a multidisciplinary team to help set an inclusion based program
in mainstream schools in the UAE.

Trained and monitored the implementation of corrective reading, writing, and spelling programs
 Coached and supported employees in order to ensure their development.
 Undertook quality control and ensured that all rules and objectives were in place and are being followed thoroughly.

Key Responsibilities:
 Implemented ABA therapy for children with autism and evaluated the outcome of the interventions proposed.
 Monitored the implementation of the special education policies and the inclusion of children within the autism spectrum across
the school settings.
 Assisted in adapting and differentiating the school curricula to cater/support the needs of children with special abilities,
promoted a holistic inclusion mandate.
 Designed and implemented behavioral plans and lesson plans with differential instruction for the different subject matter.
CONFERENCES ATTENDED / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
 Abilties ME
 American University of Sharjah
 MEPA conference
 K-12 Leaders Forum
 SEN Forum
 EdEX Mena Conference
 Spoke on two TV shows on: Dubai TV and Al Arabiyya