Prayatna Child Development Center UAE

Picky eating can be more than simply refusing food. 🍎🥦

Some children may avoid foods because of texture, smell, taste, temperature, or sensory sensitivities. Others may find chewing, swallowing, or trying unfamiliar foods challenging.

Feeding therapy helps us understand why eating is difficult and gently supports children to explore new foods, develop feeding skills, and feel more comfortable and confident during mealtimes. 💚

The goal is not to force a child to eat, but to build a safe and positive relationship with food, one small step at a time.

📍 Prayatna Healthcare, Al Qusais, Dubai
📞 (04) 370 0459
📱 056 940 1489

🗣️ Why is a comprehensive assessment so important before starting speech therapy?

Because therapy should never be one-size-fits-all. 💛

A comprehensive speech and language assessment helps us understand how a child communicates, their strengths, and where they may need support.

It helps us look at:
✨ Understanding and using language
✨ Speech sounds and clarity
✨ Social communication
✨ Play and interaction skills
✨ Oral-motor and feeding-related skills, when needed

A good assessment helps us set meaningful, individualized goals and plan therapy based on what the child actually needs.

Assess first. Understand the child. Plan the right support. 🌱

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Ground Floor, Shop 11, Bin Shabib Mall, Al Qusais Industrial Area 1, Dubai, UAE
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A ball pit is more than just play. 💙

Every jump, crawl, reach, and search builds important skills. In occupational therapy, a ball pit can support sensory regulation, body awareness, motor planning, core strength, coordination, and attention—all through meaningful play.

When therapy feels like fun, children are often learning the most.

📍 Prayatna Healthcare LLC – Shaping Future Minds
Ground Floor, Shop 11, Bin Shabib Mall, Al Qusais Industrial Area 1, Dubai, UAE
📞 +971 50 299 7415

Handwriting struggles aren’t always about holding a pencil. ✏️

If your child avoids writing, has messy handwriting, presses too hard or too lightly, gets tired quickly, or struggles to stay on the line, the challenge may be more than just handwriting practice.

Strong handwriting depends on a combination of:
• Core and postural stability
• Fine motor control
• Visual perception
• Bilateral coordination
• Motor planning
• Attention and endurance

At Prayatna Healthcare, our Occupational Therapists assess the underlying skills that support handwriting and create individualized intervention plans to help children write with greater confidence and independence.

📍 Prayatna Healthcare LLC
Ground Floor, Shop 11, Bin Shabib Mall,
Al Qusais Industrial Area 1, Dubai, UAE

📞 +971 50 299 7415

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Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) isn’t just a speech delay.

A child with CAS knows what they want to say, but their brain has difficulty planning and coordinating the precise movements needed for clear speech.

Signs may include:
• Inconsistent speech errors
• Difficulty imitating words
• Limited clear words despite good understanding
• Speech that is hard to understand

With early assessment and evidence-based speech therapy, children with CAS can make meaningful progress.

📍 Prayatna Healthcare Centre
Al Qusais, Dubai
📞 056 940 1489

The real goal of Occupational Therapy is FUNCTION. 💚

It’s not about mastering one activity or technique—it’s about helping a child use their skills where they truly matter: in everyday life.

Playing, learning, dressing, eating, writing, moving, communicating needs, participating at school and becoming more independent.

Because ultimately, progress should translate into better participation and independence in daily life.

📍 Prayatna Healthcare LLC, Bin Shabib Mall, Al Qusais, Dubai
📞 056 940 1489

Does your child know hundreds of words but still struggle to communicate? 💬

Knowing many words doesn’t always mean a child knows how to use those words functionally.

They may be able to name colors, animals, numbers, or objects—but find it difficult to:
✨ Ask for what they need
✨ Answer questions
✨ Start or continue a conversation
✨ Express their thoughts and feelings
✨ Use language naturally during everyday interactions

Communication is more than vocabulary. It’s about using language meaningfully to connect with others.

If your child has lots of words but struggles to use them effectively, a speech and language assessment can help identify what’s getting in the way.

📍 Prayatna Healthcare LLC, Al Qusais, Dubai
📞 056 940 1489