ד"ר היידי פלביאן

Dr. Heidi Flavian currently serves as the Head Pedagogy and Education Department at Achva academic college. As part of her role she teaches courses in the field of inclusion children with special needs, learning strategies and mediation tools both in the B.Ed and the M.Ed academic programs in Special Education.

Her research fields are in learning disabilities among children and adults, Attention Disorders and the strategies to overcome the disorders in school and on a daily basis, and inclusion of people with special needs in schools and through variety of domains in society.

Five years ago she has founded a school for children with severe and complicated learning disabilities. All pupils (ages 6-16) are included in a regular school, every child according to her or his strengths. In addition, all pupils that are over 12 years old tutor retarded pupils.

Heidi Flavian received M.A. in Special Education from the University of Haifa, Israel, and Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from the University of Dayton, Ohio, USA. She is an IE Trainer in Feuerstein International workshops since 1996.