Speech, behaviour and learning support for Pakistani children being raised in Riyadh
Raising a child who needs extra help is hard enough; doing it on the long office and site hours the capital is known for is harder still. Our therapists work out of Multan and meet your family by video, so a parent in Al Malaz or Al Batha can begin without adding another commute to a full week.
Our centre is in Multan, Pakistan — we don’t have a branch in Riyadh. For families in Riyadh we work entirely online, in English or Urdu, and we point you to your own country’s services too.
Riyadh draws in an enormous Pakistani workforce — engineers, accountants, teachers, drivers, tradesmen — and many are raising young children far from the grandparents and cousins who would once have caught a speech delay early. When a two-year-old is not yet talking, or a four-year-old comes apart at every change of plan, parents here often carry the worry alone for months.
Closing that gap is the whole reason we exist. Our team sits in a therapy centre in Multan, in southern Punjab, and works with your family purely over video — no clinic to drive to and no waiting room to endure after a twelve-hour day.
Leading the work is Mahnoor Baloch, a speech and language therapist, supported by colleagues across behaviour and ABA, special education, child psychology and developmental assessment. Most of our Riyadh families talk to us in Urdu, though we are just as at home in English when that is the language a child lives in most.
Working with families in Riyadh
We usually open with an unhurried developmental conversation and a look at your child on screen — how they play, point, answer to their name, ride out a small frustration. From there we shape a plan you can run at home between sessions, because a parent in Riyadh sees far more of their child than any therapist ever will.
Depending on need, that might mean speech and language work, help shaping behaviour and daily routines, early learning and readiness for school, or coaching on motor, handwriting and self-care skills like dressing and feeding. We are honest about our edge: there is no licensed occupational therapist on the team, so we never dress our motor-skills coaching up as occupational therapy, and if a child clearly needs a hands-on OT assessment we say so plainly.
Between appointments you are not left empty-handed. Our free Grow tools — activity sheets, milestone checklists and short home routines — give you something concrete for the days you cannot get to a session, and they never cost anything.
Fitting a plan around a capital that works late
Riyadh runs on long days. A father might leave for an office in Olaya before his child wakes and get home after Isha; a mother may be balancing her own job and a household with no family nearby. We schedule with that reality rather than against it — appointments land in the evening or on a Friday, and because the capital is two hours behind Pakistan, a slot that feels late in Riyadh sits comfortably inside our working day.
We also draw the whole household into the plan, not only the parent who books. A grandparent over for the season, an older sibling, the helper who spends hours with the child — the more people using the same simple cues, the quicker things tend to move, and none of it asks anyone to leave the flat.
Summer in Pakistan, and the door that stays open
Most Riyadh families we meet head home to Pakistan for a stretch each summer, often for weeks at a time. That break is an opportunity, not an interruption. If your travels bring you near Multan, we can see your child in person at our centre — a rare chance to work face-to-face and reset the plan before you fly back to Saudi Arabia.
And when you return to Riyadh, nothing has to start from scratch. The same team picks the coaching back up on video, using notes from the in-person visit. Because we hold no registration with Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health and keep no clinic in the Kingdom, everything you do with us is remote support that sits beside your local paediatrician or school — worth a mention to them as you go.
What we can do with your child online from Riyadh
What we help children with in Riyadh
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 Riyadh 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 Riyadh
Are you a licensed clinic in Saudi Arabia?
No. We are not registered with the Ministry of Health and do not see children in the Kingdom in person. We offer remote coaching that works alongside your local doctors, clinics and schools — never a replacement for them.
Our evenings are the only free time we have. Does that work for you?
It works well. Most Riyadh sessions are booked after work or on rest days, and with Riyadh two hours behind Multan, a slot that feels late for you often falls mid-evening for us.
Which language will the sessions be in?
Whatever suits your family. We work most often in Urdu and switch to English easily for children who hear more English at home or at school.
Can you provide occupational therapy?
Not in the formal sense. We have no licensed occupational therapist, so we do not offer occupational therapy. We do coach motor, handwriting and daily-living skills, and will tell you honestly if your child needs a hands-on OT we cannot provide.
Can we meet you in person when we visit Pakistan in summer?
Yes, and many families do. If your trip home takes you near Multan, we can see your child at our centre and use the visit to sharpen the plan before you head back to Riyadh.
Do we have to pay for the home activities between sessions?
No. Our Grow tools — checklists, activity sheets and short routines — are free to use whenever you like.
My child hears Urdu at home, Arabic outside and English at nursery. Is that too much?
Growing up with several languages is normal and rarely the cause of a delay on its own. We factor in your child's whole language world and build the plan around it rather than asking you to drop a language.
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 Riyadh
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