Gaelle Semaan

Gaelle Semaan

Speech & Language Therapist
DHA License Number: 46577894-002

Qualifications:

  • Master’s in Speech and Language Therapy (Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Lebanon, 2019)
  • Bachelor’s in Speech and Language Therapy (Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Lebanon, 2017)

Languages spoken:

  • Arabic
  • English
  • French

Areas of special interest:

  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Parental coaching for language development
  • Multicultural therapy approaches

Affiliations:

Gaëlle Semaan is a Speech and Language Therapist at Q Enrichment Center.  Ms. Semaan is from Lebanon and is trilingual, fluent in Arabic, English and French.

Ms. Semaan has over seven (7) years of diverse experience in the field, including roles in Dubai and Lebanon.  Her expertise includes assessing and treating neurodevelopmental disorders, coaching parents for effective communication with their children and conducting interventions for patients from various socio-economic and cultural backgrounds.

Ms. Semaan possesses specialist knowledge and clinical experience in the following:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Articulation/Phonological Disorders
  • Language Delays
  • Neurological Disorders
  • Developmental Delays
  • Feeding Disorders
  • Dysphagia/Swallowing Disorder
  • Fluency disorders
  • Learning Disabilities/Dyslexia
  • Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Stroke-induced Aphasia
  • Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases

 

Prior to joining Q Enrichment Center in January 2025, Ms. Semaan was employed as a Speech and Language Therapist most recently by Little Kids Rehabilitation Center in Dubai, UAE for over two (2) years.  Her professional journey includes research assistance at Saint Joseph University of Beirut, where she contributed to a multi-national project funded by Newcastle University and published scholarly work.  Additionally, Ms. Semaan has worked in Lebanon in various capacities, including part-time roles at private clinics, NGOs and special needs schools, where she supervised undergraduate interns and implemented classroom interventions.

Ms. Semaan continues to attend multiple conferences and webinars focused on educating and addressing ongoing evidence-based treatments in the field of Speech Pathology.  Ms. Semaan also has certificates from:

  • It Takes Two to Talk, The Hanen program for parents of children with language delays (2022)
  • Traumatic brain injury and stroke, Aviv Clinics (2022)
  • Healthcare Quality Management, Edraak (2021)
  • Supporting children with difficulties in reading and writing, University of London (2021)
  • Autism, News and perspectives, Quality of Life, Health and Autonomy, ARAPI (2019)
  • Neuropsychological intervention across the adult life span, GMRC-Liban (2018)

 

Ms. Semaan received her Masters in Speech and Language Therapy from the Saint Joseph University of Beirut in 2019.  Ms. Semaan received her Bachelors in Speech and Language Therapy from the Saint Joseph University of Beirut in 2017.

Testimonials

“What a fantastic team at Q Enrichment Center. I 100% recommend them for any family. They conduct themselves in the most professional attitude all around, they are welcoming and my son enjoyed the service thoroughly. Thanks again.”
– Jean (Mother of child client)

“Q Enrichment Center has “A brilliant speech therapist she single handily helped me overcome the difficulties of dysphagia. Her work truly is a vocation, her desire for me to make a full recovery was just as strong if not stronger than my own. By far the best therapist I was fortunate enough to deal with.”
– Chris (Male adult client)

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