Who should attend? 

• Everyone who is closely or remotely connected to public health issues.
• Workers in the health and psychological counseling department within care homes.
• Workers and teachers in schools designated for people with special needs.
• Everyone who works in the Department of Medical, Vocational and Psychological Rehabilitation for Disabled Patients.
• Directors of care homes for people with special needs. 

How attendees will benefit? 

After completion of the programme, delegates will be able to know: 

•  How to develop rehabilitation plans that suit the capabilities of people with special needs, appropriate to their education levels, physical abilities, and professional goals.
• The importance of consulting with doctors, psychologists, and other professionals to develop and implement patient rehabilitation programs.
• Identify barriers to healthy rehabilitation for patients, and work with them to develop strategies to overcome these barriers.
• Ways to cooperate with families of patients with special needs to implement rehabilitation plans such as behavioral, housing, social and employment goals.

• Definition of people with special needs and the different types of special needs.
• The moral and legal necessity of care and rehabilitation for people with special needs.
• The impact of the environment and society on the lives of individuals with special needs.
• The importance of the health guide for people with special needs.
• Objectives of the health guide for people with special needs.
• Special concepts in rehabilitation.
• Types of rehabilitation for people with special needs.
• Factors contributing to the development of rehabilitation services.
• Health rehabilitation programs.
• Basic skills for health advisors in the special needs department.
• Methods of assessing the special needs of individuals.
• Use appropriate tools and techniques to diagnose and analyze an individual's needs.
• Interpreting assessment and diagnosis results and identifying desired needs.
• Anatomy and physiology.
• Communication and conflict resolution strategies.
• Writing reports and proposals.
• Research in the field of therapeutic entertainment.
• Foundations of recreational therapy.
• A model of entertainment and therapeutic recreational services.
• Therapeutic-recreational accountability model.
• Entertainment, education and guidance.
• Recreational treatment for disability and aging.
• Comprehensive leadership and program planning.
• Cognitive frameworks governing people with special needs.
• Rights of people with special needs.
• Local and international legislation related to people with special needs.
• International classification of people with special needs.
• Local and international sports institutions working in the field of people with special needs.
• Classification of sports for people with special needs.
• Integration strategies in learning and training people with special needs in sports.
• Confidential counseling skills for people with special needs.
• Sports specialist and teacher for people with special needs.
• Care and rehabilitation programs for people with special needs.
• Behavior modification programs for people with special needs.
• Knowledge of the constitutional and legal rights of people with special needs.
• Familiarity with regional and international agreements in this field.
• Defining and achieving goals of care and rehabilitation.
• Developing comprehensive and appropriate care and rehabilitation plans for each individual.
• Use best practices in designing individual and group programs.
• Promoting effective and appropriate communication with individuals with special needs.
• Understand potential communication challenges and how to deal with them.
• Develop interaction skills, effective listening, and expressing respect and appreciation.
• Strategies to enhance independence and empower individuals with special needs.
• The foundations and importance of providing psychological, social and educational support.
• Practical exercises and case studies.