Dr. Huda Shaaban is a highly trained learning disabilities expert, with more than 25 years of professional experience in the field, where she has largely focused on the area of educational psychology.
Dr. Huda has been working in the educational field in Kuwait since 1996, serving in multiple professional capacities including high school instructor, educational specialist and consultant, researcher, lecturer and school director. As a renowned regional expert, Dr. Huda has presented at many professional events in Kuwait and the MENA region, in addition to her work chairing and coordinating many national and international professional development conferences, forums, training sessions, and public awareness campaigns. She also serves as the Assistant Director for the Disability Services at the American University of Kuwait.
A passionate and collaborative educational leader, Dr. Huda has been working with the United Nationals Development Program (UNDP), assigned as learning disabilities (LD) & Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) expert consultant to support the Kuwait Association for Learning Differences (KALD).
She is also a founding member and President of the Learning Difficulties Professional (LDPA); an organization established in 2002 to work with and support teachers and specialists across private schools in Kuwait.
Dr. Huda completed her graduate and post-graduate education at the Lebanese University in Beirut, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Psychology, a Master’s degree in Psychology with a specialization in Learning Disabilities and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology.
Dr. Huda is a Certified Thomas International Practitioner, a Certified ADHD Coach from the International Coach Federation (ICF) and the Author of the book, “ADHD Overpowering Strategies: The Recipe of Success”
Recently, and based on the latest research, recent literature and treatments approaches addressing ADHD, Dr. Huda Shaaban has developed a therapeutic Model for individuals with ADHD; called it “DECISION”
It is a strength-based treatment approach that helps individuals with ADHD, Learning Difficulties, anxiety and depression gain control on their emotional, social and academic life through the use of different coaching techniques, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness and other treatment approaches, which will help them master self-management and self-regulation.
Dr. Huda presented her model in one of the largest conferences on ADHD – in USA, CHADD Conference, which took place from seventh to eleventh of November at St. Louis, Missouri, USA (wwww.chadd.org). In the presence of more than 70 leading experts (Russel Barkley, Chris Dendy, Ari Tuckman and others among them) and with more than 1500 participants Dr. Huda shared her decision model theory and her name was listed in the CHADD experts Directory.
In July 2019, Dr. Shaaban won the “Best Paper Award” at the Applied Research International Conference on Education, Literature & Language (ARICELL) which was held at the KING’S COLLEGE London (KCL) University of London, U.K on her research entitled” The Effectiveness of the ‘DECISION’ -A Comprehensive Therapy Intervention Model-in Developing Self- Mastery in College Students”