Online early intervention and parent coaching
For under-threes, online is coaching you on the floor of your own house. The toddler does not sit an exam on camera. You stay. That is the work.
Written by the Inclusive Developmental and Therapy Center therapy team — our Speech & Language Therapist, psychology and ABA staff. This page is awaiting its clinical review.
What video is genuinely good for
Looking. Requesting. A pause. One routine — snack or bath. Urdu or English. Early intervention, Mahnoor on the first years.
A consultation is Rs 1,500 and lasts up to 50 minutes. Keep your local health visitor or paediatrician. Hearing still belongs in the room where you live.
What we will not pretend
Lost skills, no response to name after a hearing check, feeding safety. Those are local and medical. We will not stretch a video past that.
How to start from another city or country
WhatsApp the child’s age, the worry, and your city. We reply in Urdu or English. Keep any local waiting-list place you already have. A consultation is Rs 1,500 and lasts up to 50 minutes. One centre: Model Town, Multan. No branch in your city.
What the camera cannot do
Hearing. Hands-on motor. A child who must be seen. We say so that day. One centre: Model Town, Multan. Online therapy.
The idea behind the work (in the books)
Video coaching for under-3s watches the parent, not the toddler on camera.
Oono Cochrane — parent-mediated
The strong finding is that the way you and your child interact changes. The child’s own scores are less certain. Online coaching targets that interaction.
Hanen — OWL on a call
We watch you pause. The child does not have to sit on screen. We are not a certified Hanen centre.
What the research tells us
This isn’t just our opinion — it’s grounded in published research. Here are a few findings from trusted, independent sources:
A Cochrane review of parent-mediated early intervention (17 trials, 919 children) found strong evidence that parent–child interaction changes — more shared attention, more parent synchrony. Evidence that the child’s own language and adaptive skills change was smaller and less certain.
— Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews — Oono, Honey and McConachie (2013), CD009774. View sourceCheng and colleagues (2023) meta-analysed parent-implemented interventions. Overall benefits were moderate; adaptive behaviour and life-skills effects were the smallest. Coaching helps. It is not a guarantee of independence.
— Cheng et al., Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2023). View source
Take a worksheet home
Print one sheet. Fill it in this week. Bring it to the consultation — a consultation is Rs 1,500 and lasts up to 50 minutes.
First-words picture cards
Cut-out cards for late talkers. Name, wait, celebrate any try.
Requesting cards
Help, more, finished, stop, my turn, can I play — a faster ask than screaming.
Home practice log
One skill, a few minutes, one line of what happened. Bring it next time.
Talking home program (PDF)
Pauses at snack and bath.
Book a consultation
Contact owner Muhammad Salman Afzal first. No referral needed. A consultation is Rs 1,500 and lasts up to 50 minutes.
Online — questions parents ask
Do you have a clinic in my city?
No. One centre, MPS Road, Model Town, Multan. Online is the same team on video.
What do I need on the call?
A phone, a quiet-enough room, and the toy, snack or routine that usually fails. The child does not always have to sit on camera.
Will this replace local services?
No. Complementary. Not an EHCP, IEP or NDIS assessment, and not a licence in your country.
How much?
A consultation is Rs 1,500 and lasts up to 50 minutes, wherever you are. Ongoing fees are explained after we understand the plan.
Do you have a clinic in my city?
No. One centre, MPS Road, Model Town, Multan. Online is the same team on video.
Ask about online
A short, friendly conversation is the best first step. Call, text or WhatsApp us — we’ll listen and guide you, with no pressure.
MPS Road, Block A Model Town, Multan (near Bloomfield Hall School, Street No. 2) · Mon–Fri, 2 PM – 6 PM