General Manager
Pulse Center
Total years of experience :16 years, 2 Months
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
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