NECC Abu Dhabi (NECC-AD) autism center

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NECC Abu Dhabi is a new Abu Dhabi autism center for children, called The New England Centre for Children Abu Dhabi (NECCAD) (NECC-AD) (NECC Abu Dhabi ) officially opened Tuesday 06 January 2009, although it had been in operation for a year already, according to a report in the Gulf News. Center is for Emirati children only but maybe for expat children later. If you know of any further information from the list below, please reply so the information page can be updated. Thanks .

Appears to be unrelated to the Abu Dhabi Center for Autism.

• Description of school location:
• Executive Body/Owner: Abu Dhabi Health Authority (HAAD) or Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), or both, or neither. Or NECC?
• School is profit making or non-profit:
• Number of students (approx):
• Number of teaching staff (approx):
• Nationality of most teaching staff, or nationality breakdown:
• Range of students: 3-9 years old?
• Postal Address / PO Box:
• Telephone:
• Fax:
• Email:
• Website:
• Annual fees:
• Breakdown of fees by grade if possible:
• Teacher salary range per month (and details of package - accommodation, flights, medical):
• Any other comments which would be helpful for students, teachers, and/or parents:

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Description of school location: In a modern set of villas near Shabiea Police State (area previously called Al Nahyan Camp)
Executive Body/Owner: Abu Dhabi Health Authority (HAAD) & Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) acting as oversight committe.
School is profit making or non-profit: The school is making a profit from the Abu Dhabi government for sure
Number of students (approx): 24+
Number of teaching staff (approx): 24+? (claim 1:1 therapy)
Nationality of most teaching staff, or nationality breakdown: American therapists from Boston with bachelor degrees or master's. Director with Ph.D and plenty of experience.
Range of students: 3-8 years old
Postal Address / PO Box: 112923, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Telephone: 02 642 9550
Fax: 02 642 9550
Email: bmccann@necc.org
Website: www.necc.org
Annual fees: AED 1 million+, picked up by government of Abu Dhabi?
Breakdown of fees by grade if possible: N/A
Teacher salary range per month (and details of package - accommodation, flights, medical): Director, Dan Gould making a reported AED 13,000 per day or something of that sort?
Any other comments which would be helpful for students, teachers, and/or parents: For local Emirati's only with perferance towards those with Abu Dhabi citizenship. Teachers are making salaries that are unheard of in the U.S. Not the most qualified in terms of experience but I guess nationality & skin color go long way here in some cases.

[NECC Abu Dhabi website]

Web site www.neccabudhabi.org