The Evaluation and Education Center was established in 1984 by the efforts of a group of Kuwaiti women who verified that their children suffer from learning difficulties, and did not find anyone to advise them locally, to address these problems.
Then that group saw the importance of establishing a center in Kuwait that diagnoses cases of children with learning difficulties, and provides them with appropriate educational treatment. Indeed, the center was established and registered as a public benefit association in the Shuwaikh area with the help of friends and family, to help children with learning difficulties.
Services Offered
- Therapeutic sessions in behavior modification: The evening educational program provides a behavioral therapy service for students who suffer from learning difficulties and who have psychological and social needs that require specialized intervention to bring about a positive change in their behavior, especially the behavior of incompatibility.
- Therapeutic sessions in speech problems for people with learning difficulties: The student who suffers from speech problems can register in speech therapy sessions that aim to improve the use of acquired language skills, modify the wrong language skills, and acquire new language skills, and also aims to increase the student’s linguistic output, and treat Speech and language defects and treatment of stuttering cases.
- Spreading awareness among parents about learning difficulties: The evening educational program is keen to spread awareness of learning difficulties and the topics that revolve around them among parents of its students, so that they can deal with their children.
- Diagnostic services: (psychological/educational).
- Therapeutic programs: (morning and evening in cooperation with the Ministry of Education).
Fees and Payment
Not for Profit
Services Offered To: Adults Teens Children
Languages: Arabic, English
Payment: Sliding Scale Pro-bono
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