The Learning Support Classes in public schools is a C.L.E.S project that involves a series of teacher training sessions. The fourth installment of these training sessions, aimed at preparing the teachers of the Learning Support Classes, began in September of 2015 and ended in May 2016; it included the participation of 80 public school teachers from all Lebanese regions.
The newly renovated C.L.E.S Beirut Center was inaugurated in the presence of C.L.E.S president Carmen Debbane, Mr. Raymond Debbane, and the entire C.L.E.S team.
The center was completely renovated to better accommodate students with learning difficulties, and to create better work spaces for C.L.E.S administrators and therapists.
A Glimmer of Hope for Children with Specific Learning Disabilities. The first annual”10-10-DYS” conference was inaugurated by CLES on Saturday October 10 at the Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut, under the auspices of Mrs. Lama Tammam Salam. The participating experts, led by Swiss doctor and Professor Pierre Magistretti, stressed that the human brain has been scientifically…
Under the patronage and in presence of Belgium’s Ambassador to Lebanon, Mr. Alex Lenaerts, the President and founder of the Lebanese Center for Specialized Education CLES Mrs. Carmen Chahine Debbane, in collaboration with Saint Vincent de Paul Association, and in presence of the Association’s president in Lebanon Mrs. Ella Bitar, officially declared the new CLES…
As guest speaker, Mrs Carmen Chahine Debbane, presented CLES mission and activities, at the Rotary Club Beirut Cosmopolitan meeting on April 7, 2015 at Phoenicia Hotel.
CLES (the Lebanese Center for Special Education) opened a new center in Kfarjoz (Nabatieh) on Thursday, April 2, 2015 in the presence of His Excellency the Ambassador of Switzerland, Mr. François Barras, and of CLES President and founder, Mrs. Carmen Chahine Debbane, in collaboration with the Association « Jam3iyet takadom al mar2a ». This is the sixth…
The Lebanese Center for Special Education (CLES) celebrated its 15th anniversary at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beirut. Mrs. Lama Tammam Salam, spouse of H.E the Prime Minister was the guest of honor along with Mrs. Nayla Mouawad, former first lady, minister and deputy at the Lebanese Parliament, Mrs. Colette Taquet Ambassador of Belgium,…
The official opening of CLES Zahle center was announced during a ceremony organized on March 27 at the CCIAZ (Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in Zahle) under the patronage and in the presence of HE Marc Otte, EU Special representative for the Middle East peace process (2003-2011). Officials, active members of the community, and…
On Thursday October 3rd 2013, at 10:30 am, the CLES team met with the team of the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education at the Ministry Amphitheatre to initiate Phase 2 of the project «Learning support classes”. Representatives of the Ministry, Fadi Yarak – General Director of Education, Georges Daoud – Director of Primary…