Nawal Jama

Speech Pathologist with 10 years of experience across various settings, diagnosing and treating children and adults with communication disorders. Skilled in supervising interns and speech therapists and committed to evidence-based individualized client care.

• Conducting a research titled “Improving Training for Parents of Children with Hearing Loss: Development of a Checklist” that was completed as graduation project during the Master of Speech and Language, Dar Al-Hekma University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (2019).
• Arabacizing English-Language Audiological Clinical Materials research that was conducted in Dar Al-Hekma University (May 2014).
• Participated in the research project titled “The Development of Arabic Language in Saudi Children in the City of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia” that was conducted in Jeddah Institute for Speech and Hearing, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (2014-2015).
• Participated in the research project titled “The Impact of Media Viewing and Electronic Media Use on the Language Development of Young Children” that was conducted in Jeddah Institute for Speech and Hearing, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (2016).

• Designed and conducted specialized training program for educators at KAUST focused on recognizing and supporting students with communication disorders (2023).
• Created comprehensive training curriculum for interns at ACT Center, covering assessment, intervention planning, and multidisciplinary collaboration in communication disorders (2022-2023)
• Initiated and led development of structured social skills program tailored to children with social communication disorders. (2022-2023).