Francine Luthi Haddad
Psychologist, Family Mediator
Specialist in autism spectrum disorder for children and adolescents
Contact
Email: francine.luthi@hin.ch
Contact: +41 79 410 06 22
Availability: Consultations on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays
Languages: English or French
About
Ms Francine Luthi Haddad holds a Master's degree in Developmental Psychology from Paris (2005) and a Master of Science in Complex and Profound Disability (MSc) from the University of Manchester (2015). She also holds a CAS in Conflict Mediation (2022) from HETS in Geneva.
With over 15 years of experience working with children and adolescents, she has specialised in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in children for the past 10 years. She has worked in various institutions internationally and in Switzerland, and founded and ran a centre for children with autism, Skills for Kids in Dubai, for five years.
Francine offers assessments and therapeutic follow-ups in the form of personalised intervention plans in the areas of social interaction, communication, stereotypical and repetitive behaviours, and emotion regulation. She works closely with teachers and schools to ensure that children with ASD receive the most appropriate care in the school environment. She also offers support to families at home.
Areas of expertise
- •ADOS/ADI-R assessment to evaluate autism spectrum disorder in children and adolescents
- •Assessment to evaluate attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity
- •Social anxiety and difficulty integrating socially
- •Emotional intelligence - Emotional self-regulation
- •Individual and group therapy (role-playing, social skills)
- •Networking with schools and therapists to implement more individualised teaching tailored to children's needs (e.g. PES)
- •Family mediation