Unity of Minds

Stress Management

– اسباب الضغوط.

– استرااتيجيات خفظ الضغوط.

– كيف استمتع بحياتي من غير ضغوط.

– Define the concept of stress.

– What are the causes of stress .

– Strategies to manage stress.

– How to enjoy my life without stress.

Effective Parenting Tips & Techniques – Empowering Parents

12:00 – 1:00 pm

An interactive training workshop through which parents acquire the ability to interact and participate with children in a way that makes them learn and grow into wonderful adults. It also provides them with effective ways to enable them to strengthen their relationships with their children and communicate with them on a personal and meaningful level.

Round table discussion/ Face to face

Sensory integration or sensory processing is the way our nervous system receives information from our senses. Children with sensory processing disorder (SPD) have difficulty interpreting and managing sensations presented by the environment. The specific goal of occupational therapy using a sensory integration framework is to improve people’s social engagement and sensory motor abilities.

Online

Face to face

نقص الانتباه وفرط الحركة الأسباب والعلاج ودور الأسرة فى علاجه

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Causes, treatment and the role of the family in treating it

Yasmeen Elshehaby

Blended

Arabic

The role of the family and school with children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and how to make them effective members of society

Psychological, health and family support, and training for the family and their families on how to deal with people with special needs

RASHA MOHAMMED ALZAMAN

Online

Arabic

4:00 – 5:00 pm

Offering workshops, lectures, training and awareness programs in the field of family and marital coaching, psychological support, and providing collective and individual counseling, especially for people with special needs and their families.

Introduction to Music Therapy for children and teens with developmental differences and disabilities

Kirsten Hutchison

Blended

English

Techniques and strategies to help parents in coaching their child to speech

Mounia Mahfoud Ferguene

Face to face

Arabic

1.     النطق

2.     التواصل البصري

3.     التركيز و الانتباه

4.     الادراك البصري و السمعي

5.     التقليد

6.     تقوية أعضاء النطق

Through interviews conducted with parents at the NIDA Center for Special Needs, we noticed that all parents are wondering how to help my child to speak. How do I make my child spend his time with useful things without getting bored? How do I make him accepting exercises at home and avoid the risk of addiction to electronic devices? NIDA Center for special needs think about you and provide you with techniques and strategies that can be done at home, and also to train the child we need patience and cooperation with specialists and teachers in the center. Earlier the treatment is, better the results are. Among the most important strategies for speech training: 1 / Visual contact. 2 / Concentration and attention 3 / Imitation. 4 / visual and auditory perception. 5 / Strengthening the organs of speech.

Language stimulation strategies for children with autism spectrum disorder

Dr. Yazan Awni Abunawas

Blended

Arabic

4:00 – 6:00 pm

We will talk about a set of strategies that the parent can implement during the day with the aim of stimulating the child’s language.

Intervention Strategies for Dyslexia

TAREQ NUMAN ALSHATARAT

Online

Arabic

4:00 – 5:00 pm

Dyslexia is one of the biggest obstacles that affect the academic achievement of students with learning disabilities. Therefore, this training will provide training and activities for parents and teachers on many remedial strategies for this difficulty, as it will include topics such as: the concept of dyslexia, prerequisites for reading skill.

Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC)

FOUAD HADJOU

Blended

Arabic & English

4:00 – 5:00 pm

In this workshop we will talk about alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) when and why and how we can use it in addition to that we will discuss some patterns of that

Bilingual Families: Supporting your child’s development in two languages

ستيفن سافلس

Steven Saffels

Face to face

العربية والإنجليزية

Arabic & English

7:00 – 8:00 pm

تعد القدرة على استخدام أكثر من لغة واحدة تراثًا رائعًا يجب منحه لطفلك، ولكن كيف يمكنك كوالد دعم نمو طفلك بأفضل شكل في الغتين؟ تجمع ورشة العمل هذه بين النظريات القائمة على الأبحاث حول اكتساب اللغة الثانية والنصائح العملية من تجربة عائلتي ثنائية اللغة.

The ability to use more than one language is an incredible heritage to give your child, but how can you as a parent best support your child’s development in two languages? This workshop combines research-based theories of second-language acquisition with practical tips from my bilingual family’s experience.

Developing communication skills in children with autism spectrum disorder

Dr. Yazan Awni Abunawas

Face to Face

Arabic

5:00 – 6:00 pm

We will talk about a group of strategies that can be used by the parent and specialist who works with a child with autism spectrum disorder, which enable him to exploit the child’s daily routine more effectively and enable him to develop the child’s communication skills.

Nurturing Bilingual Minds Through Creative Reading

Face to face

English & Arabic

4:00 – 5:00 pm

Parents are invited to an engaging workshop where we unravel the wonders of bilingualism through the wonderful world of reading. Explore creative strategies to integrate two languages into your child’s reading journey while promoting cultural richness. Join us to discover the powerful impact of literature in shaping a vibrant, bilingual reading environment that sparks curiosity and celebrates bilingualism.

Emotional Intelligence

Hala Salaheddine

Face to face

Arabic & English

11:00am – 12:00 pm

Language stimulation at home / What do we need to know? Second Session: Language Motivation Methods / Daily Routine and Language Construction

Noor N. Abushaqra

Face to face

Arabic

1:00 – 2:30 pm

Parents will learn about different methods and simple but important strategies by showing examples and giving various models on how to use them in the daily routine.

The Impact of Positive Parenting During the Age of Social Media

Maha AL-Zaiem and Hanadi Adnan

Online

Arabic & English

10:00 – 11:00 am

The workshop aims to create a supportive and informative environment where parents can learn, share experiences, and gain practical tools to navigate the challenges posed by social media and technology in today’s parenting landscape. Ultimately, the goal is to empower parents to foster a safe, positive, and balanced digital experience for their children while strengthening the parent-child relationship.

Learning Disorders: Assessments & Interventions

Dr Faraha Khanam

عن بعد

الأنجليزية

2:00 – 3:00 pm

Having a learning disorder means that a child has difficulty in one or more areas of learning, even when overall intelligence or motivation is not affected. Understanding learning disorders and addressing them in a timely manner may result in better outcomes for your child. The objectives of this training are 1) Differentiate between Learning disorders, learning difficulties, learning disability 2)Understand the Role of psychoeducational assessments and screening tools 3)Discuss the Interventions for learning disorders.

How to discover the talents of children with disabilities and take care of them

Dr. Emran Abukrefah

Arabic

4:00 – 6:00 pm

Spreading a culture of caring for the development of the talents of students with special needs

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Routine at home and school and importance of using dual language

Aurelia Munteanu (Aisha)

Face to face

English

1:00 – 3:00 pm

How important is to follow a home routine as we have in the classroom. Dual language makes it easy for the students to understand and be familiar with the activities and the lessons in the class

Managing Expectations

& كريستن هتشسون

Skyler Hutchison & Kirsten Hutchison

Blended

English

4:00 – 6:00 pm

تعديل الوقت بسبب تضاربه مع ورشة أخرى

Being a parent of a child or children with disabilities comes with many unique challenges. Balancing the desire to help our children grow and supporting who they are can be overwhelming and frustrating at times. Managing expectations is a lifelong process, but if done well, can decrease stress, increase quality of life, and improve relationships.

Parents’ roles in the IEP meeting and beyond.

نائل محمد

Nael Mohammad

Manal Mukhtar

Face to face

Arabic

12:00 – 1:00 pm

This workshop aims to improve parents’ understanding of the concept and importance of the individual educational plan, develop their understanding of the essential elements of this plan, and prepare them to play an influential role in developing and implementing the individual plan for their children.

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Ways to manage anger and frustration in kids and teens

sally Chalouhy

Blended

Arabic & English

10:00 – 11:00 am

Strong feelings of anger and frustration can cause kids and teens to shut down or even act out in aggressive ways. It goes without saying that this can become a challenge in the classroom, at home, or anywhere in a child’s life. Kids and young adults might experience anger and frustration for a variety of reasons. These might feel like small challenges, but in the moment, they can be big for children and teens. One important key in working through these challenges is remembering that anger isn’t the issue. We ALL experience these emotions. They’re normally and healthy to feel. What matters most is helping kids and teens learn how to manage that anger and frustration in healthy ways. Here are some strategies to help with that.

Language stimulation at home / What do we need to know? Third Session: The importance of the role of parents in developing their children’s language skills

Noor N. Abushaqra

Face to face

Arabic

1:00 – 2:30 pm

Sensory integration and its importance as a therapeutic intervention

Maha Khreiss

Blended

Arabic & English

10:00 – 11:00 am

what is sensory integration and how can we understand the kids facing sensory integration disorder. the behavioral issues related to each sense

في تعزيز مواهب ذوي صعوبات التعلم النمائية

Early intervention and its importance

In enhancing the talents of people with developmental learning disabilities

Areej  Khamees

Arabic

10:00- 11:00am

Talent means “exceptional ability” enhanced by acquired environmental factors, and the early detection of learning difficulties before the child enters school, its positive impact in helping us discover the strengths of the child through which he is prepared for the study stage to walk at a sound pace away from stumbles that may have a significant impact on his future performance

Understand How Teens Think to Know How to Deal with Them

Chahnaz Talal Baroudi

Online

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Pre-teens and teens go through many physical, emotional, social and cognitive changes. Teenagers need their parents just as much as they did when they were little kids. It can be difficult for adults to find the right way to connect with teens, but the best place to start is always love, patience, kindness, and understanding. Their bodies and minds are changing rapidly, every single day, and they can’t help it. It is the job of the adults in their lives to provide consistency and support in the midst of all the change. How can we support our children to deal with changes and develop well in adolescence? Through this workshop, you will learn about the emotional and psycho-physical changes that adolescents go through and how to deal with them.