Qatar Academy’s Learning Support Team works to foster and increase interpersonal competencies and sustain scholastic achievement. Qatar Academy sees students as well-rounded individuals and as such provides services that focus on social and emotional development and health related issues, as well as providing support in areas of academic learning.

The School Counselor helps to facilitate International Baccalaureate (IB) PYP attitudes and social and emotional competencies through skill building activities that are taught to whole classes, small groups or individuals. The Counselor has a highly visible presence around Qatar Academy and practices an ‘open door policy’ and are readily available to meet with students or parents on a one-to-one basis. The Counselor in collaboration with the Well-being Facilitator ensures that all students have a well-rounded experience at school through leadership opportunities and a range of after school activities to promote well-being of students.

Qatar Academy Doha’s Learning Support Team and Qatar Foundation’s The Learning Center collaborate with staff and school administrators to support the academic and behavioral needs for students who struggle to access core curricular and behavioral expectations from Kindergarten to Grade 5. Preschool students have access to support services for speech and language, gross motor and fine motor development. Teachers with specialization in learning disabilities, gifted education, behavioral interventions, and second language acquisition partner with School counselors, School Psychologists, Speech and Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Behavioral Specialists, Head of Gifted Programs, EAL Coordinator to help all Qatar Academy Doha students enjoy a beneficial educational experience. As part of the Qatar Academy Doha’s problem solving body the Student Services Coordinator assists the whole team in determining the degree of direct and supplemental services needed to support success for all enrolled students.

Multi-tiered System of Support (MTSS) is a framework through which support services are provided for students at QAD-Primary School. MTSS is a framework that is based on a proactive and data-driven approach that ensures all students are supported in their learning. MTSS addresses the different facets of a student’s learning. A student’s needs are supported based on data, be it in the domain of academics, speech and language, gross and fine motor, social-emotional and behavior.  The main tenets of this framework is that it is proactive and evolving and that students move in and out of tiers of support based on their level of need and their response to interventions.

Qatar Academy Student Services include such programs as:

• Academic support groups for at-risk and struggling learners
• Extended Learning groups for identified gifted learners
• Enrichment opportunities for all students
• Anti-bullying campaign
• Individual and Group counseling sessions
• Crisis Intervention – when and as required
• Comprehensive evaluations and interventions provided by specialists (school psychologists, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists)
• Consultative services for in-class accommodations and strategies
• Admissions screenings
• New student orientation
• Grade 5 transition to Middle School