Our team of specialists include a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst, Occupational therapist, Speech & Language therapist, ABA therapist and a Chartered Architectural Technologist. Our services extend to individuals of all ages and of all levels of abilities.
Consultations are an ongoing, collaborative process between an individual, their primary caregivers, and other stakeholders, where therapeutic interventions and problem solving around adaptations, additional supports and environmental changes are used to enable a person to function optimally in his/her environment. Coordination between different disciplines with diverse areas of expertise is a key part of the process and thus, at Empowerable we provide consultative services across a variety of disciplines.
Occupational therapy (OT) is a branch of health care that helps people of all ages who have physical, sensory, or cognitive problems. OT can help regain independence in all areas of their lives. Occupational therapists help with barriers that affect a person’s emotional, social, and physical needs. To do this, they use everyday activities, exercises, and other therapies. Occupational therapy (OT) teaches you how to adapt. It can help you perform any kind of task at school, work, or in your home, if you have pain, an injury, illness or condition that makes it hard for you complete them.
Occupational Therapists work with people of all ages, from premature babies to young children, adolescents, adults in midlife, and seniors.
Speech therapy can treat a broad range of speech and language delays and disorders in children and adults. With early intervention, speech therapy can improve communication and boost self-confidence.
Applied Behaviour Analysis is the science in which the principles of the analysis of behaviour are applied systematically to improve socially significant behaviour” (Cooper, Heron and Heward, 2007).
All evidence-based ABA interventions aim to improve the lives of their clients by bringing about positive changes to observable behaviours. This is done by identifying functional relations between antecedent, behaviours and consequences through continuous data collection. ABA therapy focuses on acquisition of skills and reduction of barriers to learning, simultaneously through assessments, observations and Individual Therapy Plans (ITP). Strategies used include functional communication training, token economy systems, behaviour contracts, visual supports, behavioural skills training.
ABA therapy has been found to be successful with individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Global Developmental Delay (GDD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), learning difficulties, phobias, separation anxiety, toilet training needs, among others. ABA is also widely used in schools and classrooms around the world to help students across the board.
We offer 1:1 ABA sessions in class or pull out. Therapists will work on each clients individual goals that are developed based off an initial assessment, in collaboration with parents and school staff.
Thrive is an inclusion program that encourages and empowers students to realize their full potential and thrive in a mainstream school environment.
The Thrive program runs in collaboration with various schools, kindergartens and pre-schools. It uses a multi-disciplinary approach of evidence-based practices of Applied
Behaviour Analysis, Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy, to improve the quality of education accessed by students.
The Thrive team comprises of an experienced Board Certified Behaviour Analyst, Occupational Therapist and Speech and Language Therapist, who come together to provide a holistic approach to supporting students.
Thrive program offers different streams that provide different levels of support from full time to 4 hours weekly, based on the needs of the student and can be individualized to each student’s needs.
Home modification involves design and construction to assist people with an injury, illness or condition, to live more independently and undertake activities of daily living such as showering, cooking and leisure.
Empowered Advocacy is dedicated to fostering inclusion, providing specialist support, and empowering communities for a more inclusive future.
Office 28, 6th Floor, Rasis Business Center, Al Barsha 1, Dubai
