SCHOOLS IN DUBAI FOR KIDS WITH DEVELOPMENT DELAY, MILD AUTISM, AND SPEECH DELAY

HELLO ALL

My son is 4 years old. back in 2013 he was diagnosed with a very mild form of autism or developmental delay.
His language is very poor but its improving with the help of a center called ReachOut where he takes extra support sessions in speech, OT and ABA. I suggest this center for everybody… they are very professional.

Academically my son is advanced but his social skills and language are behind, his receptive language is poor too so he doesn’t understand everything I say and he doesn’t follow complex orders…

I am writing this to help every family how has a slimier child to find the right school... finding the right school is very very very difficult.. it took me and my husband months of calling and visiting schools to finally come up with the following list...the following schools have very good supporting units and they have teams dedicated for kids with special needs, but the seats are very limited, some of them take two students in every class and some take only one student. that is why you really need to apply as early as possible.

- Victory Heights school
- Metropol school
- Uptown school/ mirdif
- Colligate School
- Star international school
- Deira private school
- Deira International school
- Greenfields community school
- GEMS wellington primary school

My advice to you is to send your child medical report by email once you apply to any school and please make sure to mention your child's case clearly in the application, don’t hide anything.. just to make sure that the school fully understand the kind of support your child needs... at the end of the day all schools are expensive so make sure you take full advantage of every penny you paid. All kids even the special ones deserve to get the write education at their capacity.

I have applied to each and every school in the list but still waiting for their decision… for now he has an assessment at metropol on Tuesday 28/01/2015.. all fingers are crossed… I wish he gets accepted at a good school where he gets all the support needed for him to improve in all areas.

I really hope this list will help you guys

Good luck and if you need anyyyyy thing don’t hesitate to contact me