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Inclusion & Wellbeing MENA 2022 - Dubai SOLD OUT - Inclusion (Day 1)
Tuesday 17 May 2022 - Wednesday 18 May 2022
Crowne Plaza, Dubai
Crowne Plaza, Dubai
Lead and develop your whole school culture of inclusion and wellbeing to equip both students and staff to grow and flourish
#oeMENA
Join us on Tuesday 17 May for our Inclusion progamme at the Crowne Plaza, Dubai.
This year, our workshops are arranged into 3 core strands:
A. Create truly inclusive classrooms that provide for individual need
B. Deepen excellence in your inclusion leadership and management
C. Gain specialist insight and interventions in our spotlight sessions.
Registration (08:00 - 08:40)
Welcome from Optimus Education (08:40)
Welcome from Noora Alsaadi, Bilingual Inspector, KHDA (08:45)
Chair's Welcome (08:55)
Louise Dawson, Education Consultant and Inclusion specialist
Inclusion leadership (09:05)
Take control to integrate inclusion and ensure the impact of whole-school strategic leadership
Professor Eman Gaad, Dean of the Faculty of Education and Professor of Special and Inclusive Education, British University in Dubai
Building your team (09:35)
Collaborate and communicate to equip your general teachers to recognise, adapt and modify and be an integral part of IEP implementation
Noha Shaaban, Educational Consultant and Inclusive Education Expert, Adjunct Faculty Instructor, The American University in Cairo
Creating truly inclusive classrooms (10:05)
Conversation followed by roundtable sharing of strategies and interventions that have seen success in your setting
Louise Dawson in conversation with Benjamin Atkins, Head of Secondary, The Aquila School
Professional learning supporting inclusive best practice (10:30)
Promote inclusion and wellbeing for all through blended professional development
Trish Rymer, Education Consultant, OnLine Training
Questions and answers (10:50)
Morning refreshments, networking and exhibition (11:00 - 11:30)
Workshop Choices (11:30 - 12:20)
1A. Quality First Teaching
Every teacher focused on challenge to improve outcomes for students with SEND
Wendy Harris, Assistant Headteacher - Inclusion, Wellington International School
Hear from Wendy about this workshop
1B. Building Relationships
Deepen the systematic involvement of parents as active, collaborative partners to drive inclusive, child-centred provision
Siobhan Brady, Vice Principal, International Community School, Abu Dhabi
1C. Spotlight on... Dyslexia
Engage and empower your dyslexic students to thrive and excel
Professor Eman Gaad, Dean of the Faculty of Education and Professor of Special and Inclusive Education, British University in Dubai
Lunch, networking and exhibition (12:20 - 13:15)
Tolerance and inclusivity (13:15 - 14:00)
Celebrate the value of different and how to work with families and stakeholders to build inclusive impactivity in your community
Nick Watson, Co-Founder, Team Angel Wolf
Questions and answers (14:00 - 14:05)
Workshop choices (14:10 - 14:55)
2A. Barriers to learning
Identify and lower barriers to learning and gain practical interventions to support students to overcome obstacles
Dina Yassin, Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator, Misr Language Schools, Giza, Egypt
Hear more about this session from Dina.
2B. Evidence and track provision
Use data effectively to triangulate and rigorously match and track interventions so precise needs can be best met
Catherine O’Farrell, Education Consultant, and Harmeet Kaur Dhillon, Diversity and Inclusion Advocate, Co-Founders, Incluzun
2C. Spotlight on...Autism
Support autistic students and create learning experiences that meet their needs. Includes a specialist focus on recognising and supporting autistic girls
Dalia Alzyod, Speech and Language Therapist, Lighthouse Arabia
Afternoon refreshments, networking and exhibition (14:55 - 15:15)
Workshop choices (15:15 - 16:00)
3A. Bilingual classrooms: EAL
Develop your inclusion department and ensure differentiation between 2nd language issues and SEN
Noha Shaaban, Educational Consultant and Inclusive Education Expert, Adjunct Faculty Instructor, The American University in Cairo
3B. Ensure rigour and a rich legacy
Monitor and review provision across your whole school to ensure excellence in inclusion which outlives change
Louise Dawson, Education Consultant and Inclusion specialist
3C. Spotlight on Managing Executive Functioning Skills in Children with AD/HD
Deepen your understanding of ADHD and build learning opportunities and environments where students with ADHD thrive
- Explore how impairment and difficulties in executive functioning are related to AD/HD
- Gain tools for screening for students with executive functioning issues
- Take away strategies and interventions to apply within the classroom setting to support executive functioning development
Dr Rasha Mashmoushi, Head of the Educational Psychology services at the American Center of Psychiatry and Neurology, Founder and Manager of Mind Path
Hear from Dr Rasha about this workshop
Improvement Planning (16:00 - 16:30)
Ensure robust evaluation of the impact of your inclusion department and plan effective next steps
Louise Dawson, Education Consultant and Inclusion Specialist
Conference closes at 16:30