أ. صالح سعيد باحشوان مقالات 1

Saleh S. Bahashwan School Psychologist Mobile: 0504609554 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Email. [email protected]  

Experience

• Worked with several consultation centers in Jeddah "e.g., Istesharah Center, the Assessment and Diagnosis center, and now with Labbaik center for Educational Consultation.
• Joined the Special Education Department, College of Education, University of Jeddah on December 22, 2003 until retirement in April 2016.
• Headed the Assessment and counseling center at the college since its establishment in 2006 until retirement.
• Taught "Introduction to assessment of students with special needs" 3301 course at Dar AlHekmah University in 2009, and 2013.
• Joined the Maharat Center since its establishment in 1993, until December 2003.
• Supervised all psychological reports that come out of the Maharat Center.
• Participated in assessment, counseling, and consultation of children, their parents and teachers, and other adults.
• Participated in screening hundreds of preschoolers entering formal schools from various private schools in Jeddah (e.g., Dar-Al-Fikr girls school, Al-Manarat girls and boys schools, Al-Falah schools in Makkah and Jeddah).
• Worked for ten years in the Maharat Center for Cognitive and Skills Development in assessing and treatment of students with special needs in clinical settings.
• Trained specially in working with children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Dyslexia, and with other learning difficulties.
• Trained in counseling children with emotional and behavioral difficulties.
• Consulted many parents and teachers of children with developmental and behavioral difficulties.
• Developed and managed several reading programs to enhance students' reading and comprehension skills.
• Certified in administering and analyzing all Wechsler Intelligence Scales.
• Certified in administering and analyzing formal and informal Achievement Tests.
• Certified in administering and analyzing Perceptual and Motor\Perceptual Tests.
• Certified in administering and analyzing Social\Emotional and Personality Tests (i.e., House – Tree – Person, Kinetic Family Drawing, Thematic Apperception Tests, Sentence Completion).
• Developed counseling programs for the orphans to improve their social, emotional, and interpersonal skills.
• Worked for the past 20 years, among other specialists to diagnose, assess, and conduct strategic intervention to help students improve their academic achievements.
• Worked in all areas of assessing and correcting reading and learning differences.
• Worked in planning and implementing Individualized Educational Programs (IEP).
• Experienced in designing and implementing enrichment programs.
• Worked closely with a Developmental Optometrist to identify and facilitate learning for children with visual and perceptual difficulties.
• Worked in many externships in schools and centers that deal with children with learning differences.

Education

• Master Degree in School Psychology – College of Health and Human Services, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, in 2001. GPA= 3.8
• Practicum student in school psychology in Toledo public and private schools.
• Earned an MA in Reading Progress Management: Classroom and Clinic, from the George Washington University in Washington, DC, in 1993. GPA = 3.77