Personal Information

 Associate Professor

Department of  Diploma of Education- Female Students

Faculty of Education

Contact Information

Phone: 0126400000

Email: lalsharef@kau.edu.sa

Layla Alsharif

 Associate Professor

Profile

I am an outgoing, passionate and experienced associate professor. My research interest is focused on dyslexia. During my time as a teacher assistant in the UK, I had training on how to deliver the lessons using different approaches that meet the pupils’ needs. My knowledge of how children learn, and progress is excellent, and I used this information to raise standards and attainment within the school I have worked in. I also had the opportunity to work with children with Asperger syndrome, autism and dyslexia. I have a very good experience working as a leader and an administrator; I worked effectively and collaboratively with a number of staff and agencies, considering various factors in our decision-making and consistently providing guidance and leadership. I always used my initiative and took responsibility when making decisions in challenging situations, something that I have developed during my time as a Teacher Assistant. 

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Education

  • 2006

    Bachelor degree from PschologyFaculty of Arts and Science, King Abdelaziz Univeristy, جده, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2011

    Master degree from School of Education, University of Exeter , اكستر, بريطانيا

  • 2018

    Doctorate degree from Special Education, Disability and InclusionSchool of Education, University of Birmnigham , برمنجهام, بريطانيا

Employment

  • 2010-2010

    Teacher assistant, Saint Sidwell Primary School, Exeter, بريطانيا

  • 2013-2015

    Teacher assistant, Harbourn primary School, Birmingham, بريطانيا

  • 2015-2015

    Lecturer, University of Birmingham, Birmingham , بريطانيا

  • 2015-2016

    Suprivsor of Master studnets, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, بريطانيا

  • 2019-2022

    Head of special education deparment, King Abdulaziz University, جده, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2022-حاليا

    , , جده, المملكة العربية السعودية

Research Interests

Specific learning difficulties (SpLD)

Dyslexia 

Educational provision for students with dyslexia

Resource room services 

diagnosing students with SpLD

Teaching students with SpLD in regular classroom and in the resource room

Sociocultural approach of dyslexia 

Scientific interests

Special needs/ dyslexia 

Pschology

Courses

Diagnosis and assessment in learning disability
Teaching methods for children with learning disability
Teaching children with special needs in regular schools
Consultation and teamwork
(Training (placement
Childhood and adolescence problems
Reading and writing difficulties/ Dyslexia
Mathematics difficulties / Dyscalculia
Counselling for parents of children with special needs
Project
Developmental learning disability 626 SPED
Acadamic learning disability 627 SPED
Diagnosis and assessment in special education 603 SPED
Research project
Neuropsychology
Dissertation

Areas of expertise

Psychology
Specific learning difficulties / dyslexia Interested in specific learning difficulties in particular dyslexia