Rushda Hussain

Rushda Hussain is a DHA-licensed Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist with seven years of clinical experience, currently practicing at ABLE UK, Dubai Healthcare City. For her, pediatric therapy is about more than speech; it's about helping every child find their own way to be understood, through a child-centered, individualized approach to communication, motor-speech, feeding, and developmental challenges. Her clinical focus includes early intervention, childhood apraxia of speech, oral-motor development, pediatric feeding, and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). She has particular experience supporting children who are minimally verbal or non-speaking, alongside those with speech sound disorders, language delays, and sensory or feeding difficulties. To sharpen her clinical toolkit, Rushda has completed advanced training in some of the field's most respected approaches including OPT Level 3 and Sensory Motor Approach to Apraxia (TalkTools®), PROMPT Level 3, the Kaleidoscope Model for Feeding (TalkTools®), Makaton Level 2, More Than Words® (Hanen Centre), along with training in AAC assessment, food chaining, and oral-motor intervention. What drives her most is early intervention and family empowerment. Rushda believes therapy works best when it moves beyond the clinic partnering closely with parents, teachers, and multidisciplinary teams so progress becomes part of everyday life. As she puts it: every child deserves to be understood, every form of communication deserves to be valued, and every small step forward is meaningful progress.