Online speech and development coaching for Pakistani families in Dubai
From our centre in Multan, we coach parents across Bur Dubai, Karama and International City in Urdu and English, only an hour off Pakistan time, so your child hears the same steady cues at home and at their KHDA school.
Our centre is in Multan, Pakistan — we don’t have a branch in Dubai. For families in Dubai we work entirely online, in English or Urdu, and we point you to your own country’s services too.
Dubai holds one of the largest Pakistani communities in the Gulf, and the families we work with often live around Bur Dubai, Karama, Al Nahda and International City. In many of these homes Urdu is the language of dinner and bedtime while the child switches to English the moment they walk into nursery. That split is a real gift, but it makes an ordinary worry harder to read: is a two-year-old genuinely delayed, or just a bilingual child sorting two systems at once?
Our home is a single physical centre in Multan, led by speech and language therapist Mahnoor Baloch. For Dubai families we do not open a branch and we hold no UAE licence — we connect over video and coach parents directly. What pulls people to us is almost always the language: talking through late words, a meltdown at the school gate or a handwriting struggle in their own Urdu, without translating feelings into a second tongue first.
Dubai schools sit under KHDA, which expects mainstream schools to run inclusion support, and the city's clinics and child-development centres are licensed by the Dubai Health Authority. We are neither of those things; we sit quietly alongside them, doing the between-appointments coaching that a busy DHA clinic rarely has hours for.
Working with families in Dubai
We start by listening. On the first call we ask what a normal Dubai weekday actually looks like — the school run, the long office hours, who speaks which language in the flat — and what worries you most. From there we build a small, doable plan: a handful of speech targets, one behaviour routine, or a handwriting and sensory-regulation idea you can fold into life between Karama and the office.
Between calls, you are the therapist. We show you how to model words on a trip to the mall, how to hold a calm boundary when a child melts down after a long day at their KHDA school, and how to turn dressing or spoon-feeding into small daily wins. Our free Grow tools hand you checklists and activity ideas in Urdu and English so you are never guessing between sessions.
Our team covers speech therapy, ABA and behavioural support, special education, child psychology, developmental assessments and motor, handwriting and sensory-regulation skills. We do not have a licensed occupational therapist, so we describe that last strand honestly as practical motor and daily-living coaching, and we point you to a DHA-licensed centre when a child needs clinical OT.
Fitting coaching around a Dubai working week
Dubai runs on long commercial hours, and many of the fathers we speak to are still at a desk in Business Bay or Deira well into the evening. Because we are only an hour ahead in Multan, we can hold a session after Maghrib that still lands inside our working evening, so both parents can be on the call rather than just one exhausted half of the household.
We keep the plan light on purpose. A family juggling Dubai rents and a full working week does not need therapy homework that feels like a second job; they need three or four things to try this week and a short check-in the next. That rhythm tends to survive a real Dubai schedule far better than a long printed programme that ends up on the fridge, unread.
Bilingual homes: Urdu at home, English at a KHDA school
A recurring Dubai question is whether speaking Urdu at home is holding a child back at an English-medium KHDA school. Our honest answer is that a strong home language usually helps rather than hurts; children who are secure in Urdu tend to carry that structure into English. We help you keep Urdu rich and warm at home while the school does the English lifting, instead of dropping the mother tongue in a panic.
When a child is already getting support through the school's inclusion team or a DHA clinic, we ask what targets they are working on and line our coaching up behind them, so a child is not pulled in two directions. We are the Urdu-speaking voice that helps a parent understand and repeat, at home, what the licensed team is doing in the clinic.
What we can do with your child online from Dubai
What we help children with in Dubai
Whether your child has a diagnosis or you’ve just started to worry, these are the areas we work with online. Tap any one to understand the signs and how we help.
Not sure where your child fits? Try our free 2-minute development check or which therapy does my child need?
Getting started from Dubai is simple
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Message us on WhatsApp
Tell us your child’s age and what’s worrying you — a short message is enough. We reply in English or Urdu.
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A free first consultation
We listen properly, ask a few questions, and give you an honest read on what your child needs — all over video. No pressure, no jargon.
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A clear plan you can act on
You leave with a plan: online sessions where they help, plus a home program you can start the same week.
Questions from families in Dubai
Are you a licensed clinic in Dubai?
No. We are not licensed by the DHA and we have no branch or KHDA role in Dubai. We work with Dubai families online only, as Urdu and English parent coaching and support. For a formal diagnosis or hands-on therapy you should use a DHA-licensed local clinic, which we are glad to help you look for.
Which languages do you coach in?
Urdu and English. Most Dubai families choose Urdu so they can talk about their child's speech and behaviour without translating their worries first, but we switch freely if English is easier for you.
Will speaking Urdu at home hurt my child's English at school?
Usually not. A secure home language tends to support English rather than compete with it, so we help you keep Urdu warm and rich at home while your child's KHDA school leads on English.
Do you offer occupational therapy?
We do not have a licensed occupational therapist. We coach practical motor, handwriting and daily-living skills, and for clinical OT we point you to a DHA-licensed centre in Dubai.
How does the time difference work?
Dubai is only one hour behind Pakistan, so an evening session after your working day still falls inside our working evening in Multan. That makes weekday slots easy for both parents to join.
Can you replace our DHA clinic or school inclusion support?
No, and we would not try to. We sit alongside your licensed Dubai care, doing the between-appointments coaching in Urdu, and we ask what your clinic or school inclusion team is working on so we reinforce it rather than pull against it.
What if we visit Pakistan on holiday?
Many Dubai families travel home each year. If you are near Multan, you are welcome to visit our centre in person while you are in Pakistan, and then we simply pick the coaching back up online once you are back in Dubai.
Other areas we support
Written by the Inclusive Developmental and Therapy Center therapy team · medically reviewed by Dr Muhammad Suffyan, MB BS (GMC 8023727) · Last reviewed July 2026
Let’s talk about your child — wherever you are in Dubai
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