Dr.

Mizyed AbdelFattah Ahmad Hyassat Assistant Professor Department of Special Education Princess Rahma University College Al Balqa Applied University/ P.O.Box: Al-Salt 19117, Jordan E-mail : mizyedh@yahoo.com / mizyedh@gmail.com

Education

Ph.D.

2012, Swansea University, the UK Thesis Title: Jordanian Parents of Young Children with Disabilities Perspectives on Care, Coping and Service Provision 2004, The University of Jordan Special Education 1997, The University of Jordan Special Education

M.A.

B.A.

Professional Experience:

From

To

Title

Place of work Al-Balqa Applied UniversityAlsaltJordan Al-Balqa Applied UniversityAlsaltJordan Al-Balqa Applied UniversityAlsaltJordan

Duties and Responsibilities Teaching Researching Participating at different committees Teaching Researching Participating at different committees Developing and organize training manuals Improving students skills in teaching and managing children with disabilities Designing and Planning the Field Training for the University students

September 2012

Until now

Assistant Professor

February 2006

June 2008

lecturer

February 2001

January 2006

Field Training Supervisor

September 2000

January 2001

Resource Room Teacher

Ministry of Education/ Jordan

Assessing children who have learning difficulties Planning for individual specialneeds students or for groups of students Helping special-needs students to develop certain life skills Teaching either individuals or small groups of pupils Preparing lessons and resources Behavior management.

September 1997

June 2000

Special Education Teacher

Ministry of Education, Saudia Arabia:

Teaching Experience

I taught the following courses in the field of Special Education at the Department of Special Education during my work at Al-Balqa Applied University: Introduction to Special Education Intellectual Disability Visual Impairment Hearing Impairment Diagnosis & Assessment in Special Education Curriculum & Methods in Special Education Vocational Rehabilitation Field Training () in Special Education Field Training () in Special Education

Research Interests

Families of children with disabilities Parental involvement Early intervention Qualitative research

Training courses I have attended several training courses. These courses are listed below:

Oct 2008 Oct 2008 Oct 2008 Nov 2008 Nov 2008 Dec 2008 Nov 2009

Starting your research degree Time Management Conference papers workshop 1 Academic writing for Art & Humanities Introduction to PowerPoint SPSS Introduction Supporting Parents with a Learning Disabilities Cited reference searching on the Web of Science's Tracing theses and conference papers EndNote workshops Avoiding plagiarism Research - The Early Stages Word 2007 for Thesis writers - Part 1 Word 2007 for Thesis writers - Part 2

Swansea University/UK Swansea University/UK Swansea University/UK Swansea University/UK Swansea University/UK Swansea University/UK Llandrillo College, Conwy/ UK

Nov 2009 Nov 2009 Nov 2009 Nov 2009 Des 2009 Jan 2010 Feb 2010

Swansea University/UK Swansea University/UK Swansea University/UK Swansea University/UK Swansea University/UK Swansea University/UK Swansea University/UK

References:

1- Professor David Hughes College of Human and Health Sciences/ Swansea University/ UK TEL: +44 (0) 1792 602114 FAX: +44 (0) 1792 295643 E-MAIL: D.Hughes@swansea.ac.uk

2- Dr. Justine Howard College of Human and Health Sciences/ Swansea University/ UK TEL: +44 (0) 1792 602 830 FAX: +44 (0) 1792 295487 E-MAIL: j.l.howard@swansea.ac.uk

3- Professor Ian Rivers Sport and Education School/ Brunel University/ UK Tel: +44 (0)1895 267636 Fax: +44 (0)1895 269805 Email: ian.rivers@brunel.ac.uk