In cooperation with the Ministry of Labor ... a "global" program to combat the autism spectrum
The Autism Research Center at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh has launched its latest training programs in applied behavior analysis, in partnership with the Ministry of Labor and Social Development.
As this program is concerned with training specialists as technicians for behavioral analysis, and it comes in line with the Ministry''s initiative to improve the level of services provided to people with autism spectrum disorder within the latest and highest international standards, so that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia emulates the countries leading in the intervention and rehabilitation of autism spectrum disorder by raising the efficiency of specialists.
This program is considered one of the results of the cooperation between the Autism Research Center and the Ministry of Labor and Social Development, which aims to enable those who pass this program from qualification to the World Board exam to become certified technicians for behavior analysis.
For his part, Director of the Autism Research Center at King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Dr. Hisham Al-Dhalaan, confirmed that the program that began on the ground yesterday, Thursday, and continues for a period of 4 months, during which the center''s specialists will train (40) specialists from the ministry''s staff and qualify them as behavior analysis techniques, as well as The program as a whole meets the requirements of the "International Board" for Applied Behavior Analysis.
He pointed out that the program meets the international requirements and conditions, as those who have passed this training will be able, according to their desire, to apply to the International Board of Applied Behavior Analysis test to become certified technicians for behavior analysis.
Dr. Al-Dhalaan also stressed the consensus of the vision between the Autism Research Center and the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs on the outputs of this program in line with the Kingdom''s Vision 2030, in terms of localization of expertise and raising our national competence working in the field of autism spectrum disorder, in a way that contributes to raising the quality of services provided to people with autism spectrum disorder.
Dr. Al-Dhalaan explained that the training mechanism used in this program includes lectures and specialized training workshops, along with practical training under field supervision, in line with international standards.
