Where we Serve

The Shumua Al-Amal Complex for Special Education and Rehabilitation is one of the largest center of special education and rehabilitation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as it is located on the area of 19,000 square meters and consists of several buildings with an area of 10435 square meters, as well as facilities that include the garden, playgrounds, swimming pools, zoo, fish pond, agricultural nurseries and a track Horse, where the complex provides all the necessary services for the education and rehabilitation of people with intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorder and multiple disabilities from the age of 3 years up to approximately 45 years.

The Shumua Al-Amal complex consists of three main departments that are supervised by three ministries as follows:
- Day care students: supervised by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development and provides rehabilitation and training services for (medium and severe) people with intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder and multiple disabilities, in addition to providing psychological rehabilitation services, speech and speech therapy, physical and occupational therapy, and psychological rehabilitation. movement.

- Schools students: supervised by the Ministry of Education and provides educational services to the (simple) category of people with intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder, starting from kindergarten to the primary and intermediate stage of thought. Students with learning difficulties and slow learning are also served in addition to ordinary students who They have speech or speech disorders Behavior within the school of establishing primary "boys" from the first grade to the sixth grade.

- Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Center: It is supervised by the Ministry of Health and provides physical and occupational therapy services for cases joining the complex in addition to providing its services to ordinary people who are exposed to sports injuries, traffic accidents, or clots ... etc.

Quality of Care

SHUMUA have buildings and facilities designed specifically to commensurate with the persons with special needs. the complex has been built over an area of 19,000 m 2 where the total area of buildings equal 10,435 m 2 and comprised of 70 class rooms, 50 specialty offices, 3 gyms, 2 physiotherapist halls, 2 social rehabilitation halls, swimming pool, computer labs, library, theater, 7 dining halls, 6 mutli-purpose vocational shops, 3 sensory room, a garden with sport courts, zoo ( fish pond and agricultural nursery).

SHUMUA attracts and hire the targeted qualified and competent staff in special education and supportive technical services, which include (mental disabilities, autism, learning difficulties, slow learning, down syndrome, communication disorder, behavioral disorders, language and speech disorders, psychological rehabilitation, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychomotor rehabilitation, vocational rehabilitation).

SHUMUA is applying the most up-to- date worldly programs and specialized rehabilitation learning styles in serving persons with special needs. Of these programs are (Portage, PECS, TEACCH, MAKATON, ABA, Vocational Rehabilitation Program, Self care Program, Preschool Skills Program, in addition to the technical services program offered by the supportive services team).

SHUMUA is keen to continuously assess the performance and improve the quality of care by getting feed backs from the beneficiaries through beneficiary satisfaction survey and continuous assessments for the improvement in the student’s performance once every two months, in addition to the developmental courses for the staff, and also the cooperation with international companies specialized in working with persons with special needs like Eagle House (Britain) and EBDAA (Dubai).