Personality Development Of Children With Special Needs

Course Description:

Embark on a meaningful learning journey to understand the dynamic process of personality development in children with special needs. This course is designed to help you recognize the pivotal role of early interventions in shaping character, behavior, and attitude, tailor games and activities, and allow you to explore how nurturing positive traits can bring about transformative impacts in these children’s lives.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the program, participants will be able to:

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of the dynamic process of personality development
• Recognize the significance of early interventions in shaping character, behavior, and attitude, and understand how these positive traits can lead to beneficial impacts on the child.
• Design activities to scaffold essential domains of personality development, such as self-awareness, emotion identification, awareness of personal needs, decision making, teamwork, and communication skills.

 About Instructor

With her profound interest in facilitating children, teenagers, and adults in finding clarity, Farah Nasir pursued her MPhil degree in Educational Psychology. She has since been playing her part to create awareness of the importance of psychological therapies in different domains. Farah Nasir is currently associated with two Pakistani universities, Institute of Business Management also known as “CBM” and Bahria University. She was associated with Karachi Vocational Training Centre for the Intellectually Disabled for 3 years. Farah also worked as a Trainer in the institute to assist Intellectually Disabled individuals by providing them with job-related training and making their life meaningful for potential independent living.

She completed an Art as Therapy program conducted under the Child and Adolescent Development Program in collaboration with the University of Leicester, UK. Farah is working actively with people of different ages and providing her services at different platforms. With her experience in both the corporate and educational sectors, she has given workshops at different organizations and institutes such as First Women Bank Limited, Let’s Educate, Bahria University, Pakistan Institute of Management, and Memon Industrial and Technical Institute – MITI. She currently presented as a Community Teacher Spotlight Presenter for Academy of Therapy Wisdom Community Teacher Spotlight program, USA. She is a scholarship holder and an enthusiast for creating the importance of art in therapy especially for children.