
Basma Al-Hajali
Founder & Director,
Cedra Center for Special Education and Rehabilitation
I am Basma Al-hajali a psychologist with over 25 years of experience in special education and rehabilitation, founder and director of the Cedra Center for Special Education and Rehabilitation in Ajman, which was founded in 2006 and continues to provide its services to this day.
I have a postgraduate degree in special education and disability in addition to a bachelor’s degree in psychology, which has opened the way for me to be responsible for the evaluation and diagnosis of all cases that reach the center and of course this has gained me a great experience over 19 years of work in this field, in addition to training many specialists who have joined the center. During my long work I have met many cases of children with mental problems and disorders as well as many parents who work to solve helping their children overcome their problems by finding professional specialists who are able to evaluate and diagnose the condition of their child and then find the best ways to treat it , and I have the right and modern experience and tools such as many tests and measures for diagnosis such as Bient Intelligent Scale, Ados-2 , BASC-3 , Vainland …. etc) And relying on DSM-5 statistical diagnostic guide 5 for mental and psychological disorders.
I have many scientific contributions by participating in conferences with research materials, the most important of which is to research the Jordan Conference on Innovation and Creativity in 2018 through research on (using the Cort program as one of the thinking programs to find a suitable thinking base for children with special needs), in addition to scientific contributions with the Journal of Health and Medicine through several articles over the course of a whole year (weekly article) in different topics On the other hand, I lectured in many places in workshops and lectures on behavioral disorders and diagnostic methods and participated with many official and informal bodies in various events, the most important of which was an awareness campaign with the Ministry of Health in Dubai about ADHD in children diagnosed and methods of treatment and the difference between it and behavioral disorder in addition to participating in a workshop on the same disorder at the Sharjah Book Fair.
Recently I got the American Board as an applied behavioral analysis technician in applied behavioral analysis , and now work under the umbrella of the American Board and under monthly supervision by BCBA , this helped me to use many therapeutic programs that are implemented using applied behavioral analysis strategies.
OUR TEAM

Sara Khaldoun Sibahi
Secretary

Marwa Mohsen Abdal Gafar
Technical Director (Psychologist)

Zayneb Hadjadj
(Speech & Language Therapist)

Muhammad Shuhaib Kamba
Finance Administration

Chehra mehamlia
Speech Therapist

Aliaa Gaber Sherif Mohamed
Special Education

Mohammed Anshif K A
Marketing Specialist

Albina Mariposque Dela Cruz
Supporting Staff
We are a rehabilitation center established in 2006 under the license of the Ministry of Community Development in Dubai with a license number 200620 and we work in the system of individual sessions (each child alone with the specialist and his own treatment program alone is different from others according to his need).
The work at our center begins with receiving the customer service department communications from the parents and then transfers the contact to the psychologist at the center to discuss the situation in principle with the parents to identify the problem of their child and then determine the nature of the evaluations that the child should be subjected to as needed and then the public relations department sets an appointment for evaluation and informs the parents to attend all stages of the evaluation, which is usually a multi-level evaluation lasting several days as needed and at the same time develop The evaluation date is recorded in the schedule of specialists concerned with evaluation, and after the completion of all evaluations the results of all tests and evaluations carried out in a full report carrying a diagnosis of the condition are usually according to DSM-5 statistical diagnostic manual 5 mental disorders and then invite parents to meet with the psychologist to discuss the report and propose the treatment plan proposed by each of the specialists who the child will join their section throughout the treatment period, and then the parents move to the financial department to see the conditions of joining the report The center and see the contract of the agreement, which joins the terms of dealing between the center and the parents and obliges the parties in clear and specific terms.
Recently, the ABA applied behavioral therapy system has been adopted as a treatment method for various disorders, where the center includes licensed specialists from the American Board as an RBT behavioral analysis technician working under the supervision of BCBA supervisor of the American Board and treatment plans are developed using modern global programs that allow the application of applied behavioral analysis strategies with them during the rehabilitation process.
The treatment plan is presented to the parents at the first monthly meeting with a report on the results of all evaluations and skills that took place in the first month and obtain their consent and hand them a copy of the plan and the first report, provided that the parents are allowed at the end of each month to attend a follow-up session and behind roadblock so that the child does not see them in each section where their child receives treatment for half an hour and then meet with the specialist half an hour to discuss the results of the monthly report.
Our principle depends on transparency and clarity in the way we work and in monitoring parents’ results of rehabilitation at the end of each month and this is because we respect the minds of our customers and appreciate their feelings and dreams in their children and hold ourselves responsible for sharing their concerns and aspirations to rehabilitate their children.
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