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Lebanese Arabic Speech Therapy Online for Families in France

One-to-one speech and language therapy in Lebanese Arabic — or in English where that serves your child better — for Lebanese families in Paris, Lyon, Marseille and across France. Delivered from Beirut by an orthophoniste trained in the francophone tradition at Université Saint-Joseph.

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The Lebanese community in France is large, long-established and thoroughly francophone, which makes it the market where Ghinwa's training transfers most directly. Université Saint-Joseph teaches orthophonie in the French tradition, with the same theoretical frameworks and much of the same clinical vocabulary used in France — so reports translate directly and coordinating with a French orthophoniste is straightforward. What French orthophonie does not offer, however well-resourced it is, is a session in Lebanese Arabic.

How Sessions Work From Abroad

How this fits with French orthophonie

In France, orthophonie is prescribed by a physician and reimbursed by l'Assurance Maladie, delivered by an orthophoniste holding the Certificat de Capacité d'Orthophoniste. Ghinwa holds a degree in speech therapy from Université Saint-Joseph in Beirut and practises in Lebanon; she is not registered as an orthophoniste in France, and these sessions are private and not reimbursed by l'Assurance Maladie or a mutuelle. Waiting lists for reimbursed orthophonie are long in much of France — if you have a place, keep it. These sessions cover the Arabic side alongside it.

Trilingual by default, and the Arabic goes first

Lebanese families in France frequently reproduce the language pattern of Beirut itself: French at school, Arabic at home, English somewhere in the background. It is a familiar arrangement, and it usually works — until the child starts school full-time and French takes over the parts of the day where language actually develops. The Arabic then narrows to the household and, without deliberate use, keeps narrowing. Assessing it matters for a second reason too: a bilingual child can look delayed in French while being perfectly typical in Arabic, and only a bilingual assessment separates those.

Timing from Beirut

France runs one hour behind Beirut year-round. A 5pm session in Paris is 6pm in Beirut, so weekday after-school appointments are comfortable for both sides with no compromise on either end. France is the easiest of these markets to schedule; sessions run Monday to Saturday.

Paying from France

Session fees can be paid by card, or through Whish Money and OMT — the channels Lebanese families in France already use for transfers home. Fees are private, not reimbursed by l'Assurance Maladie or a mutuelle, and agreed in writing before the first session.

Questions From Lebanese Families Abroad

No. Sessions run in Lebanese Arabic, or in English where that serves the child better. What Ghinwa's francophone training at Université Saint-Joseph does give you is compatibility: the frameworks and clinical vocabulary match what a French orthophoniste uses, so coordinating with a reimbursed practitioner or with the school is straightforward. The assessment establishes which language carries the difficulty, and the Arabic work is planned around that.

Not if the difficulty involves Arabic. A French orthophoniste can only assess and treat in French; if your child's Arabic is also affected, that side goes unaddressed. Because the theoretical frameworks are shared between USJ and French orthophonie, coordinating goals between the two is unusually straightforward — we can send a written summary in French.

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