Special Education Arabic

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JENNIFER BOU CHAAYA SPEECH THERAPIST

New Raouda, Lebanon +961 (7) 1 877 378 ********.*********@*******.*** PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Lebanese Centre for Special Education (CLES)- Badaro, Lebanon Sept 2018-Present Speech Therapist and parental coach

Child and Adolescent assessment for specific learning disabilities. Meetings with the multidisciplinary clinic in order to provide a child’s diagnostic. Guiding parents of children with oral and/or written language difficulties. Private Clinic- Hadath, Lebanon Aug 2018- Present

Speech Therapist

Support for children with written language and oral language disorders. Meeting with schools to provide a learning place conducive to his development. Online speech therapy sessions during confinement for better continuity of rehabilitation. Lebanese University- Sidon, Lebanon Jan 2020- Aug 2020 Speech Therapist

Child and Adolescent assessment and intervention at the university’s clinic. Organize meetings and communication with the multidisciplinary team. CobTek (cognition behavior technology)- Nice, France Apr 2019- May 2019 Internship at the research laboratory of the Institute Claude Pompidou. Observation of the research approach carried out with patients with Alzheimer's disease. Observation of research protocols with children with oral and written language disorders. Participation in a seminar on laryngectomy.

CEMEDIPP- Fanar, Lebanon Sept 2017- May 2019

Speech Therapist

Assessment and intervention with children having different pathologies (Rare syndromes, Down Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder etc.)

Meetings and communication with the multidisciplinary team. Bretonneau Hospital - Child Psychiatry Department - Tours, France June 2018 Internship

Observation of the assessment and diagnosis process of a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Participation in summary meetings with a whole professional team in order to make diagnoses.

Saint Joseph University- Beirut, Lebanon Sept 2016- Jul 2017 Internship

Assessment and support for children with stuttering, dyslexia, and oral language disorder at the Lebanese Center for Diagnosis and Speech Therapy Care. 2

Institution La Felouque- Fanar, Lebanon Sept 2016- May 2017 Internship

Support for children with autism spectrum disorder and rare syndromes. EDUCATION

Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ)- Beirut, Lebanon Dec 2019 Masters in Speech Therapy

Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ)- Beirut, Lebanon June 2017 Diploma in Speech Therapy

Collège des Soeurs des Saints Coeurs- Ain Najm, Lebanon June 2013 Lebanese Baccalaureate in Sociology and Economics

TRAINING AND PUBLICATION

Participation in a congress for learning disabilities- Paris, France Nov 2019

“Treatment of dyslexia and dysorthography in 2019, current hypotheses and therapeutic perspectives”.

Article publication in co-authored In progress

“Experimental lexical orthography training program in French speaking Lebanese children from third and fourth grade and children with a written language disorder” – Bou Chaaya J., Leloup G., Badran D.

SKILLS AND INTERESTS

Languages

Fluent in Arabic, French and English (read, written, and spoken). Data processing

Proficient in IBM SPSS and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint). Pastoral of Saint Joseph University

Volunteer activities in the context of the pastoral work of the university. Member of the Saint Paul movement

Interests

Hiking - camping - reading – horse riding- volunteering.

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