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Management Staff

Jawhrah Ahmed Al Tuwaijri
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Educational professional with more than fifteen years of experience as a teacher, supervisor, vice principal of academic affairs and Director General. Strength in curriculum development, training and professional development, best practices in pedagogical methods. Founded ABC Diagnostic and Learning Center, a renowned academic center specializing in serving the needs of children with learning difficulties. Created the Mohammediah Life program, a unique K-12 Life skills curriculum designed and developed in collaboration with a team of international coaches therapists, and psychologists, using evidence-based methods. Also a Life Coach .

Natalie Ghattas
General manager
As the General Manager of ABC Diagnostic and Learning Center in Riyadh since 10 years. Natalie’s main mission was to increase inclusion of special needs students in regular school setting while focusing on their individualized needs. She has been heading a big multidisciplinary team of specialists focusing on providing the best services for our students through appropriate assessment, intervention, training and inclusion. She has insured that ABC Center provides evidence based practices with international standards. Natalie has published her own program “Asmaa Horoufy” on November 2018. This curriculum targets the phonological awareness, reading and writing for typical students and students with learning difficulties. Natalie has conducted several training programs for schools in Riyadh to spread awareness for special education early identification and intervention. In 2021, Natalie was key member for ABC Center CARF accreditation this is the highest accreditation that ABC Center is offering programs and services that are measurable, accountable, and of the highest quality.
Natalie got certified as a test User by the British Psychological Society on January 2013. She has graduated with a Masters in Special Education from the Lebanese American University. Natalie has a Bachelor degree in Math and science education and minor in psychology.
ABA Department Staff

Sara Nazneen
Head of Speech Department

Afreen Meera
ABA Department

Saniya Hamzeh
ABA Department

Khushboo Ahmed Chauhan
ABA Department
Counseling Psychologist Masters of science in counseling psychology from California Baptist university ,U.S.A , California, accredited from American psychological Association and California board of behavioral sciences.
Special educator in English from lindamood -bell learning processes.

Ghada Al-Khamali
ABA Department
Speech Therapy Department Staff

Sara Nazneen
Head of Speech Department
M.S C Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, Certified by the Rehabilitation Council of India, Indian Speech and Hearing Association , and the Saudi Society of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, Trained ABA therapist from the New England Center for Children, ACE

Afreen Meera
Speech Department

Yara al Chamy
Speech Department
Bachelor honors degree in speech-language pathology from Lebanese university, pursuing master’s degree at Saint Joseph university of Beirut. Member of the lebanese association of speech therapist “ALO”
Occupational Therapy Department Staff

Najd Albabtain
Occupational therapist certified and registered from Saudi Commission For Health Specialist , interested in working with pediatric. Received the best graduation project at the level of the collage of health and rehabilitation science in recreation therapy for women in outpatient for mental health. Member of the Saudi occupational therapy association (SOTA) has a several workshops and certification on dealing with autism children and interested in educate the staff and parents at ABC center on sensory integration modulation and home based activities. Certified in Basic life support Authorized by American Heart Association. Attending 8 hours Sensory integration course .

Mashael Alabdali
Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy with Second Honor Degree, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. Registered as a Specialist-Occupational Therapist from Saudi Commission for Health Specialities.
Academic Department Staff

Khadejeh Hennawi
Head Of Arabic Department

Alhanouf AlShehri
Head of shadow Department & English special educator
Holds a bachelor degree in Languages and Translation with first-class honors, currently perusing Child Mental Health postgraduate diploma from Massachusetts General Hospital- Psychiatry Academy in collaboration with Alfaisal University. Her ultimate aim and mission is to spread mental health awareness while training and coaching children&their families/adults on how to lead an outstanding and happy lifestyle by learning strategies and techniques that could help them maintain their mental health. Her second and equally important goal is increasing inclusions in schools by constantly working on improving the Shadow Department services to ensure meeting the different needs of our precious students.

Esraa Issa
Academic Department

Bayan Al Humaidi
Academic Department

Wafa Al Afghany
Academic Department
BA in Social Services, International Montessori Teaching Diploma.

Haifa Al Shehri
Academic Department
Holds a bachelor degree in Social Work and currently works as an English Special Educator from Lindamood-Bell learning processes/ BrainRx-AccelerateRx Certified Trainer, her passion revolves around working with children, and helping them gain the skills that they need to enhance their language and cognitive skills. She did her college training in ABC Diagnostic and Learning center and found her passion working with children. She is patient, loving, and aims at empowering her students to gain the confidence that they need to speak English confidently, because she believes that all students are capable of learning and hopes to make a difference in her students lives. BrainRX Certified trainer.
BrainRx Department

Heba Ibrahim
Head Of BrainRx Department
BA in Psychology and Health Science from the University of Western Ontario, Canada , Trained ABA Therapist from the New England center for children, ACE. Also, BrainRX Certified trainer .

Haifa Al Shehri
BrainRX Department
Holds a bachelor degree in Social Work and currently works as an English Special Educator from Lindamood-Bell learning processes/ BrainRx-AccelerateRx Certified Trainer, her passion revolves around working with children, and helping them gain the skills that they need to enhance their language and cognitive skills. She did her college training in ABC Diagnostic and Learning center and found her passion working with children. She is patient, loving, and aims at empowering her students to gain the confidence that they need to speak English confidently, because she believes that all students are capable of learning and hopes to make a difference in her students lives.BrainRX Trainer .

Afreen Meera
BrainRX Department

Ghazal Radwan
Special Educator and BrainRx Trainer
Ghazal Radwan is a Saudi national who is inspired and passionate about teaching children of all kinds. She graduated from John Cabot University in Rome, Italy with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Humanistic Studies. Her main goal is to focus on the growth of child development in the education field. Her role in ABC Diagnostic and Learning Center is a certified BrainRx/AccelerateRx trainer for children with weak cognitive skills; and a certified Lindamood-Bell English teacher for children with English difficulty (dyslexia, autism spectrum disorders, or general learning challenges). Furthermore, she is a specialized examiner for the Woodcock Johnson IV assessment exam. One of her main initiatives in the special needs field is to advocate for all children to have an equal chance to learn and grow. Studies have shown that much of what children learn, they learn when they are very young, thus, Ghazal’s greatest inspiration is to plant a seed of knowledge for all children.
Administrative Department Staff

Mariam Batisha
