Julia Chahine

Ms. Julia Chahine is an experienced Speech and Language Therapist at Maudsley Health. She completed a Master’s degree in Speech, Language and Communication Needs in Schools with a focus on Inclusive Practices from City University London in 2019. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Saint-Joseph University, in Beirut Lebanon, in 2015.

Ms. Chahine is a skilled speech and language therapist, with more than 10 years’ experience working in different settings and with a diverse population. Ms. Julia worked in Lebanon as an SLT covering a range of speech and language disorders in clinical and school settings. With a keen interest in inclusive education, she led clinical interventions as well as consultancy, training and education for families, caregivers, educators, and health professionals. Ms. Julia is working in the UAE since 2021 and she has been a great advocate for multidisciplinary work, including schools, parents, and other professionals.

Ms. Julia is a trilingual SLT (Arabic, English, French), skilled in providing assessment and intervention sessions for children with swallowing and feeding difficulties, speech sound disorders, oral and written language difficulties and disorders, fluency disorders, and social-communication differences. 

She is a certified Hanen provider, passionate about parents’ empowerment and involvement in their children’s developmental journey. She uses child-led, play-based approach during her sessions in addition to evidence-based techniques and strategies. She is trained in Makaton, and in Lidcombe, an approach targeting children with fluency disorders (e.g. Stuttering) and their parents.