Princess Rahma University College - Al-Balqa Applied University

Special Education Department

The Department of Special Education at Princess Rahma University College was established in 1982 as the first department that offers the BA in Special Education in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in order to meet the needs of the local, regional and international labor market and in response to the high demand on specialists in special education who are able to compete locally, regionally and internationally.
The Department of Special Education has a group of distinguished Ph.D. academic faculty members who earned their degrees from prestigious Jordanian, Arab and foreign universities, who are specialized in Special Education, Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Mental Health.

Dr. Ahmad Abdel Hameed Almakahleh

The Department of Special Education currently includes the following specializations:

Applied Higher Diploma in Learning Disabilities
Bachelor's degree in Special Education.
Bachelor's degree in Applied Psychology.
Intermediate diploma in measuring and diagnosing autism.

The department is looking forward to opening specializations at the master's level in Autism, Early intervention, Integrator Education, and Clinical Psychology.
The department also holds many seminars, lectures and training workshops for the local community members, schoolteachers, workers in Special Education Centers, and workers
in the surrounding Social Work Centers. It also provides free counseling services in the field of Special Education, Psychology as well as counseling for parents, schools and special
education centers in the region and other regions in the Kingdom or even in other neighboring countries.

Department's Vision

The department is committed to reach a high level of competition at the local, regional, and international levels. As it is a distinguished expertise house that graduates specialized
workers in Special Education who can fulfill the community needs in the field of Special Education at the academic and practical levels.

Department's Message

The department mission emphasizes the preparation a cadre of scientists, researchers and practitioners who are able to deal with the local and international educational
challenges .the college also aims to provide the highest level of academic standards to be adopted in teaching, research and community service process and that become a model
to be followed by others; taking into consideration the recent trends related to the development of Jordanian higher education which contributes in building a knowledge-based
society.

Department's Goals

Supplying the local, regional, and international labor market with the experts in the field of Special Education.
providing and consultation for the local community in dealing with disabled people.
Preparing specialists who are competent professionally, academically, technologically ,cognitively, skillfully , and emotionally to serve the needs of the society’s different institutions.
improving students’ and workers’ scientific research skills.
Applying institutional work and objectivity in the decision-making process.
Integrating effective academic educational programs that serve students and society locally and regionally

Faculty Members

Name	Academic Rank	Qualification	E-mail
Mohammad Abd Ramadan Alsakarneh	Ph.D.	Professor	msakarneh@bau.edu.jo
Emad Mohammad Jameel Alsalameh	Ph.D.	Professor	demad73@bau.edu.jo
Ayed Hanna Alzyadat	Ph.D.	Professor	ayedziadat@bau.edu.jo
Madhar Mohammad Musa Attiat	Ph.D.	Professor	madrattiat@bau.edu.jo
Hiam Jameel Katanani	Ph.D.	Associate Professor	hkatanani@bau.edu.jo
Kawla Abed Alraheem Odeh Gnem	Ph.D.	Associate Professor	khowlagh@bau.edu.jo
Mahmoud Abdullah Mohammad Khawaldeh	Ph.D.	Associate Professor	drkhawaldeh@bau.edu.jo
Haifa Tayseer Albokai	Ph.D.	Associate Professor	helbokai@bau.edu.jo
Nagam Mohammad Abu Albasal	Ph.D.	Associate Professor	msakarneh@bau.edu.jo
Hanada Omar Ibzah	Ph.D.	Associate Professor	habzakh@bau.edu.jo
Ahmad Abd Alhameed Ofan Makahleh	Ph.D.	Associate Professor	amakahleh@bau.edujo
Mizyed Abd Alfatah Hiasat	Ph.D.	Associate Professor	hyassat.m@bau.edu.jo
Omar Soud Alkamayseh	Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Dr-Omarsoud@bau.edu.jo
AbdAllatif Khalaf Alramamneh	Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	abd.romman@bau.edu.jo
Obed Abd Alkareem Obed Alsabayleh	Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	obaid.sabayleh@bau.edu.jo
Zahraa Jameel Alrahahleh	Ph.D.	Assistant Professor	Zahraa.r@bau.edu.jo
Sumeh Muneb Saleh Alhossan	MA	Instructor	Hossansm@bau.edu.jo