Our Special Education Services

The Shafallah Center provides special education services to its members within a series of specialized curricula and programs for the Center’s members, from birth to 21 years of age.

This is achieved through :

• Providing qualified educational human cadres according to the latest professional standards.

• Supplying modern means and devices to facilitiate the educational process for the Center’s members, including computers and modern prosthetic devices.

• Promoting family and community awareness of the importance of integrating people with disabilities into society, training them and guiding others on how to interact with them. 

• Developing special education programs and preparing individual educational plans that suit the developmental and psychological characteristics of people with disabilities.

Our Rehabilitation Services

The Shafallah Center seeks to rehabilitate people with disabilities, through specialized rehabilitation programs that are compatible with their level of abilities and modern technical and technological developments. Moreover, the Center aims to provide training on job tasks according to the jobs available in the country and the stage of graduation from the Center.

This is achieved through :

• Strengthening and developing the skills and capabilities of the Center’s employees by using the best specialized professional practices and the latest modern technology in the field of people with disabilities.

• Designing specialized rehabilitation programs in line with technological developments and the needs of the labor market.

• Encouraging the private sector to provide job opportunities for the Center’s members.

• Coordinating with entities in the country with the aim of providing job opportunities for people with disabilities.

Our Services to Facilitate Transportation

The Shafallah Center works to help ensure the right of its members with disabilities by facilitating their travel to countries when participating in activities and events abroad. It also works within the country to ensure their movement and access to public facilities and places without obstacles.

This is achieved through :

• Creating an environment that enables people with disabilities  to access housing, education, work, and other public places.

• Promoting construction standards that meet the needs of people with disabilities.

Our Services in the Field of Family Support and Psychological Counseling

The Shafallah Center aims to provide family support services as well as individual and group psychological counseling care for Shafallah members and their families. The Center also works to raise community awareness of the rights of people with disabilities and organizes various curricular and extracurricular activities, to enhance the effective participation of Shafallah members in social life and bring them to maximum independence and psychological and social adaptation.

This is achieved through:

• Assessing the individual needs of the Center’s members to develop programs that enhance capabilities and skills of people with disabilities.

• Providing early detection programs for disabilities through diagnosis and evaluation along with training programs for families and their children with disabilities at an early age.

• Promoting family and community awareness about the causes of disabilities to help reduce them.

• Facilitating easy contact with the Family Support Department via phone at 44956655.

Community Awareness and Communication Services

The Shafallah Center seeks to improve the societal outlook towards people with disabilities , promoting their inclusion as part of sustainable development in the State of Qatar.

This is achieved through :

• Producing and disseminating information and educational programs about people with disabilities , including information on the causes of disability, ways to prevent them, and sharing the success stories of Shafallah Center members.

• Encouraging the issuance of specialized publications.

• Organizing awareness campaigns in support of the rights of people with disabilities .

• Celebrating local, regional, and international events for people with disabilities .

• Enhancing access to modern technology for people with disabilities, such as websites, and developing programs and tools tailored to the needs of Shafallah Center members.

Our Sports, Cultural and Recreational Services

The Shafallah Center is keen to achieve comprehensive growth for its members and provide them with the opportunity to practice and engage in sports activities, enabling them to participate in regional and international sports tournaments and forums, in addition to interactive recreational services. The cultural activities offered by the Shafallah Center also support their integration into society.

This is achieved through :

• Expanding the base for practicing sports, cultural and recreational activities.

• Providing qualified human cadres in the sports and recreational fields to train and qualify members, along with supplying the necessary sports equipment and tools and organizing specialized events.

• Integrating the Center’s members with their peers in sports clubs, public parks and camps, and providing them with appropriate games and activities.

• Introducing the Center’s champions who hold sports medals at the local, regional and international levels.

• Exchanging expertise and applying best practices in training the Center’s members in various sports, and arranging exchange visits between Arab sports teams for people with disabilities.

Our Educational and Professional Rehabilitation Services

The Shafallah Center provides a variety of educational and rehabilitative services targeting different groups of people with intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorder aiming to develop their abilities to the fullest extent possible.

This is done through the following sections:

• Department of Early Childhood
  This department provides early intervention services to members and their families  from birth to (6) years of age as follows:

1. Offering training services through the application of the Parent Training Program (portage) for members from birth to (3) years of age, as this program depends on their effective participation in training sessions provided to them at the Center.

2. Providing training services to members ages (3) to (6) years through the application of supportive programs and curricula, including the VB - MAPP program, while working to develop their social, linguistic skills and various daily life skills.

• Department of Mild and Moderate Intellectual Disability
  This department serves members aged 6-16 years, by applying special education programs curricula and programs for people with disabilities, in addition to enhancing their daily life and social skills.
   

• Department of Severe Intellectual Disability
  This section includes members from the age of (6) to (21) years, with severe disabilities and motor disabilities. The rehabilitation and educational programs aim to enhance their ability to perform daily life activities, such as personal care, communication methods, and building social relationships.
   

• Department of Autism
  This department caters to people with autism spectrum disorder aged 6 to 16 years. The department offers specialized educational methods, such as the structured education programs, the discrete attempts system, and visual communication systems.
    

• Department of Vocational Rehabilitation and Training
  The Vocational Rehabilitation and Training Department specializes in providing training and rehabilitation services for the Center’s members aged 16 to 21 years, focusing on community and vocational integration, life skills, and independence.
   

• Employment Unit
  The Employment Unit specializes in providing special education, training and rehabilitation and integration activities for Shafallah members aged 18-21 years in academic and vocational fields, life skills, independence and job-specific training according to available job positions in in state institutions and ministries.
   

• Operational Workshop Unit
  This unit works to create production lines and internal workshops for Shafallah members who may face challenges with independent employment. Examples of these workshops include: 

• Qatar Airways Production Line:
  Collaboration with Qatar Airways led to the establishment of a protected production line for assembling amenity kits distributed on Qatar Airways flights.

• Green Houses Workshop:
  This workshop aims to train participants in crop-growing skills, including how to care for, pack, and wrap them. It also collaborates with the Ministry of Municipality and Environment to raise awareness in the local community about the abilities and potential of people with disabilities through participation in annual agricultural exhibitions, crop markets, and center-level events to showcase workshop products.
   

• Printing Workshop:
  This workshop trains Shafallah members on modern printing devices and techniques for promotional materials.
   

•  Sports Activities Unit:
  This unit prepares and trains members in athletic activities, enhancing their physical and psychological abilities and enabling them to compete in various local, regional, and international individual and group sports tournaments and festivals.

• Technical Activities Unit
  This unit coordinates and implements musical and artistic programs for the Center’s members through individual and group sessions to activate and stimulate the senses, discover and develop talents.

Our Specialized Facilities

• Shafallah Library: 

The Center’s library includes two sections. The first section is for staff, parents, and external visitors, allowing them to benefit from the latest books on special education, specifically in the field of disabilities and special education, as well as providing multimedia and periodicals with internet access. The second section serves the Center’s members, giving them access to stories, educational resources, and modern technological tools designed for people with disabilities, with the aim of improving their behavior and developing their skills.
 

• Therapeutic Services Halls:

These therapeutic services aim to improve large and small motor skills, cognitive and linguistic skills to rehabilitate people with disabilities and develop their abilities. Physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech and language therapy services are provided to the Center’s target group to help them achieve the highest level of independence. Additionally, hydrotherapy services are offered through a therapeutic swimming pool for the relevant cases.

• Theater hall

The Shafallah Center established the first 3D dome theater in the Middle East, featuring a high-tech audio and video system. This initiative reflects the Center’s belief in in the educational and communicative role of theatre, where various educational, documentary, scientific and entertainment films are screened, in addition to simultaneous interpretation in different languages when needed.

• Sensory stimulation halls:

These halls enable multi-sensory learning by activating the various sensory stimuli available at:

1. Shafallah Center for Persons with Disabilities

2. Hamad International Airport - Providing additional services for travelers with disabilities and autism spectrum disorder and to ensure their.
    

• Assistive technology devices hall:

This hall aims to develop the communication, perceptual and cognitive skills of the Center’s members.

• Swimming pool:

The swimming pool opened a year after the establishment of the Shafallah Center in the Lusail Building, following a Halliwick training course for the Center’s physiotherapists to prepare for the implemention of the hydrotherapy program. The pool is available to all Shafallah Center members with mobility challenges and is intended solely for therapeutic, not recreational or sports purposes. 

In 2017, a specialized aquatic therapy program was introduced for individuals with autism, aimed at reducing symptoms of maladaptive behavior. This therapy, part of the Therapeutic Rehabilitation Department at the Shafallah Center, utilizes the physical properties of water—such as temperature, pressure, and buoyancy—to stimulate blood circulation and provide therapeutic benefits. It is a structured, safe program for people with disabilities, conducted through a series of planned, successive, interconnected activities presented over a specific period.

Activities in the pool include: 

1. Strengthening exercises for the body's muscles 

2. Stretching and relaxation exercises

3. Visual-motor coordination exercises

4. Respiratory exercises

5. Training in standing and walking

6. Balance exercises.

7. Preparing members to accept and engage with the aquatic environment using the Halliwick method.