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Mrs. Carla MATTA ABI ZEID

Institute of Occupational Therapy
Institute of Physiotherapy

Professor
Director Of The Institute Of Occupational Therapy

(+961) 1 421 000 ext 6662 carla.abizeid@usj.edu.lb

Professor at Saint Joseph University of Beirut. Founder and Director of the Institute of Psychomotricity (2000–2014). Founder and Director of the Institute of Occupational Therapy (2016–present). Skills: Standardization of scales and assessment tools for the Lebanese population; Research methodology; Management and evaluation of academic programs.

Highest degree : PhD in Education - Saint Joseph University of Beirut


Medecine and Health

To be submitted: Zein, H, Matta-Abizeid, C. Translating the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure to Arabic, addressing face content validity. Submitted: El Zouki, CM., Yahfoufi, D., Bou Nader, R., El Zouki, CJ., Matta Abizeid, C. Investigating an Occupational Therapy-Based Interventions Impact on People with Disabilities’ Participation and Engagement in the Lebanese Labor Market: Single-Case Experimental DesignMcGrath M, Honey A, Codd Y, Rider J, Morrison R, Matta Abizieid C, Zein H, Lan Tan H, Sin Sim S, Wan Yunus F, Hibatullah Romli M, Pituch E. (2024). Every parent matters: The value of a parent-centric approach to supporting parenting occupations and roles. British Journal of Occupational Therapy. 5. Younes, Celeste & Matta-Abizeid, C & Albaret, Jean-Michel & Velay, jean-luc. (2018). Studying handwriting in a bilingual and bigraphic Arabic-French setting. ANAE - Approche Neuropsychologique des Apprentissages chez l'Enfant. 30. 209-216. 6. Ghantous S., & Matta Abizeid C., & Albaret, J.-M (2017). Psychomotor Aging in Lebanon: Reliability and Validity of the Geriatric Psychomotor Examination. Journal of Alzheimer’s disease & Parkinsonism. DOI:10.4172/2161-0460.1000372 7. Matta Abizeid C., & Tabsh Naib A, & Younès Harb C, & Ghantous S., & Albaret, J.-M (2017). Handwriting in Lebanese bigraphic children: standardization of the BHK scale. Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, & Early Intervention. DOI: 10.1080/19411243.2017.1335260