Quality of Life for Persons with Severe and Multiple Disabilities

Event purpose

• Raise awareness about the latest developments and medical, scientific, practical, educational, and rehabilitative practices for people with severe and multiple disabilities.
• It will shed light on the most important issues and rights related to them.
• The conference will provide new knowledge; allow the exchanging of distinctive experiences.
• Proposing solutions to some issues and challenges.
• Improve the quality of life for people with severe and multiple disabilities and their families”.

1. The first is about medical-therapeutic. It discusses therapeutic interventions for people with severe and multiple disabilities from the health-medical, kinetic, communicative, and nutritional aspects.
2. The second theme is education and rehabilitation. It will discuss the latest educational methods and curricula (best practices in the services provided), assessment methods, and measurement methodologies used in vocational rehabilitation. In addition to rehabilitation programs to support the needs of adolescents and youth with severe and multiple disabilities. SCHS will use early intervention with children with severe and multiple disabilities. It will discuss creative aspects of people with severe and multiple disabilities and the inclusion of students with multiple and severe disabilities.
3. The third theme will address supporting families psychologically, socially, financially, and recreationally for families of people with severe and multiple disabilities via counseling. In addition to the issue of family counseling for families of people with severe, multiple disabilities, and the psychological and social dimensions of families (brothers, mothers, fathers).
4. The fourth theme (rights and laws for people with disabilities)
   will present the most important international, regional and local laws that guarantee the rights of people with severe and multiple disabilities. In addition to rights related to academic fields, the right of expression and choice, and the right to recreation, entertainment, and sports.
5. In the fifth theme (Assistive Technologies for people with severe and multiple disabilities)
   speakers will talk about assistive technologies and the technology used to develop the capabilities and skills of people with severe and multiple disabilities. It will explain the role of technology in improving the quality of life for people with severe and multiple disabilities and how professionals use technology in the educational and training process.

Start: 8 March 2022
End: 9 March 2022
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• Location: N/A , , Jordan

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