Education

• Ph.D., Special Education, University of Jordan, Jordan.
• MA, Special Education, University of Jordan, Jordan.
• BA in Special Education, University of Jordan, Jordan

Research Interests

• Autism
• Inclusion
• learning disaabilities 
• Strategies for teaching students with disabilities.
• parental stress

Selected Publications

• Razan Numan Alkhatib, Samir Jabra Dukmak, Faris El-Dahiyat, & Amjed Ahmed Abojedi. (2024). Developing the first Arabic quality of life for parents of children with autism (QoLA) scale: translation, cultural adaptation and psychometric validation. Middle East Current Psychiatry, 31(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43045-024-00422-9
• Razan Numan Alkhatib, Mahmoud Gharaibeh, Samir Jabra Dukmak, & Mervat Amin Ijha. (2023). Special education Teachers’ attitudes to teaching students with disabilities in the regular school system in the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-3802.12639
• Khawlah Mitib AL-Tkhayneh, Ziyad Kamel Ellala, Balkees Abuawad, Alkhatib, R., & Eman Saleh Almasri. (2024). Evaluating the effect of using augmented reality (Metaverse) on improving the teaching and academic performance. Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology, 8(4), 397–406. https://doi.org/10.55214/25768484.v8i4.1050
• Gharaibeh, M., Dukmak, S. J., Alkhatib, R. N., Ijha, M. A., & Karkaz, I. A. (2024). School social workers’ attitudes to inclusion in regular classrooms in the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2024.2349618
• Alkhatib, R. N. (2023). Teaching Autistic Students alongside Non-autistic Students: Challenges from the Jordanian Teachers’ Perspective. The International Journal of Learner Diversity and Identities, 31(1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-0128/cgp/v31i01/1-19
• Samir Jabra Dukmak, Mahmoud Gharaibeh, Razan Numan Alkhatib, & Mervat Amin Ijha. (2023). The attitudes of parents of typically developing students towards including students with disabilities in mainstream classrooms in the United Arab Emirates. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-3802.12603 
• Alkhatib, R. N., & Abdel Rahman Altakhaineh. (2023). The Use of Jordanian Arabic Possessive Pronouns by Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. PSYCHOLINGUISTICS, 34(1), 6–27. https://doi.org/10.31470/2309-1797-2023-34-1-6-27 
• Ziyad Kamel Ellala, AL-Tkhayneh, K. M., & Alkhatib, R. N. (2023). The Extent of Awareness of Cyber Security Among the Superior and Ordinary Students in the Faculty of Education in Al Ain University. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, 134–144. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39158-3_12
• Alkhatib, R. N. (2023). Teaching Play Skills to Autistic Children in the Jordanian Teaching Context: Parents’ and Teachers’ Perspectives. The International Journal of Diversity in Education, 23(1), 51–66. https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-0020/cgp/v23i01/51-66
• Altakhaineh, A. R., Alkhatib, R. N., & Alhendi, H. (2022). The Acquisition of Basic Word Order by Children with Autism Spectrum Syndrome. PSYCHOLINGUISTICS, 31(1), 25–43. https://doi.org/10.31470/2309-1797-2022-31-1-25-43

Teaching Courses

• Teaching Reading & Writing for Children with Special Needs
• Teaching mathematics for Children with special needs
• Introduction to Special Education.
• Gifted and Talented
• Assessment and Measurements in Special Education .
• Behavioral and Emotional Disorders.
• Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
• Communication Disorders 
• Inclusion for Children with Special Needs 
• Learning disabilities 
• Capstone in Special Education

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all.

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