THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Individual Educational Plan (IEP):

Invented by Dr. Salehi and adopted by the staff, the Individual Education Plan is a system that the Center uses to maximize individual learning. Each student’s IEP is carefully monitored and developed through consultation with Parents, Teachers, Speech Therapists, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and the Director of the Center.

Careful assessments and testing procedures are used to evaluate each student’s needs and many learning avenues are incorporated into the plan to unlock the student’s learning potential. The progress of each student is monitored through checklists and charts, and their educational and personal goals are measured and evaluated at regular intervals and revised when appropriate.

At the end of each term, a meeting is held between team members and parents when the objectives will be discussed and new objectives set. Copies of the IEP and progress reports are given to the parents at each of these meetings and are available in both Arabic and English.

Programs

Nursery Program:

Children learn most of their early concepts through play and “trial and error”. Designed to cater to the needs of young children in the age group of 3 to 7 years, our Nursery Program is primarily geared towards play-based learning.

In order to offer the best possible program, the program is multi-sensory in approach, incorporating components from various teaching methods, like Montessori and the Conductive Ed.

Multi-Sensory Program:

Designed to cater to the needs of children with severe physical and cognitive challenges, the program is primarily management-based with an emphasis on learning through repetition. This program offers highly structured inputs to stimulate visual, auditory, tactile senses, maintain / improve gross motor and fine motor skills and increase participation in self-help skills.

Academic Program:

The Academic Program is primarily a curriculum-based program that caters to the needs of students in the age group of 7 to 18 years. Focus is placed on academic learning, with inputs in all developmental skill areas, like self-help, social and safety.

Reasoning, problem solving and generalization are the keys to success and the program offers a wide range of opportunities to exercise these skills.

Learning in this program is augmented by a multi sensory approach with the support of technology like; visual media and computers with touch screen technology, track balls and head-pointers.

Mainstreaming of students, a relatively newer concept in the UAE, is the principal focus of this program. Intensive training is also offered to students who are ready and willing to take the exams required to earn their high school certificate.

Prevocational Program:

Many companies within the community have opened their doors to our students and are hosting job training placements. Through these various placements, our students in the Pre-vocational Stream concentrate on gaining skills that will prove valuable to their finding work later on, which is crucial to achieving their ultimate goal of independence.

Our pre-vocational department endeavors to provide our older students with job-related skills. The Dubai Center for Special Needs is extremely grateful to:

DHL Express

Emirates Flight Catering

Gulf Cobla

Jumeirah Emirates Towers

Kempinski Hotel

National Bank of Dubai

Renaissance Dubai Hotel

Tellurian Book Production

The Charity Shop

The One

Union Co-operative Society

Home Visits

Home visits are scheduled during the first term of the academic year. The purpose of home visits is for the student’s teachers and therapists to visit the student’s home to discuss any modifications that may be needed in the home and any other changes that could make the child’s life more comfortable and pleasant.

In the case of students with physical disabilities, special equipment that is used in the home will be examined and discussed, and parents will be advised of any new equipment that may be necessary. These home visits enable staff to help parents cope with the problems they face and also serve to bring the home and Center closer together.

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