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Learning Support in Bangkok
Assessment, therapy, specialist schools and parent support, all in one place. 32 providers, checked and described honestly.
Something is not right. Maybe reading has stalled while everyone else in the class moved on. Maybe the teacher keeps using the word “focus”. Maybe your three-year-old still is not talking and your mother-in-law keeps telling you that boys are slow. Maybe you already know exactly what you are dealing with and you have just arrived in a city where you do not know a single phone number.
Finding help in Bangkok is harder than it should be. The good providers do not advertise much, the directories that exist are mostly paid listings, and the difference between a speech therapist and a speech and drama class is not obvious until you have wasted a term on the wrong one. So we built this: every learning support provider we could verify, described in plain language, with the caveats included rather than removed.
Nobody pays to be on this page. Where we could not confirm something, we say so. Where a provider looks miscategorised or their website has gone bad, we say that too.
Where to start, in order
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Write down what you are actually seeing
Specific, dated examples beat impressions. Reads a line, then loses the place. Meltdown after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Cannot copy from the board. This list is what a good assessor will ask for first, and it is what makes a school take you seriously.
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Talk to the school, and ask for it in writing
Most international schools in Bangkok have some learning support. Ask what they have already noticed, what support they can provide in class, and who coordinates it. Ask for their response by email so there is a record.
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Get an assessment if the picture is unclear
A paediatrician or child psychiatrist for a medical opinion, an educational psychologist or specialist assessor for a learning profile. This is the step families most often skip, and it is the one that saves the most money in the long run.
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Then choose the intervention, not before
Therapy, specialist teaching, a different school, or simply better accommodations in the current one. The assessment tells you which. Choosing first and assessing later is how families end up two years and several hundred thousand baht down the wrong road.
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Find other parents
The Rainbow Room and LEAP Bangkok both exist for this, both are free, and both will save you more time than any amount of searching. So will asking in our Facebook group, where a lot of families have already been where you are.
The directory
Filter by the kind of support you need, by area, or by specialism. Every listing has its own page with contact details and an honest description of what the provider does and does not do.
Showing 32 of 32 providers
Australian Therapy Services
Therapy clinic
Online · Ages Children and teenagers
Bangkok Hospital Child Development Neuropsychiatric Clinic
Hospital clinic
Huai Khwang · Ages Children and adolescents
BrainFit Thailand
Enrichment & general learning
Khlong Toei · Ages 3 to 18
Building Bridges Behavior Consulting
ABA & behaviour support
Watthana · Ages 2 through high school
CARE Child Professional School (CARE Thailand)
ABA & behaviour support
Bang Kho Laem · Ages 0 to 26
CLUE EI Centre
Therapy clinic
Bangkok · Ages Children, teenagers and adults
English Speech Therapy BKK
Therapy clinic
Bangkok · Ages Children through adults
HOPE Center for Learning
Tutoring & mentoring
Phra Khanong (Bang Chak) · Ages 5 and above
ISB Intensive Learning Center
School learning support
Nonthaburi (Pak Kret) · Ages School age, enrolled students
Julia Gabriel Centre Bangkok
Enrichment & general learning
Huai Khwang (Mengjai) · Ages 6 months to primary
Kensington Learning Space
Enrichment & general learning
Taling Chan · Ages 4 months to 11, plus adult classes
LEAP Bangkok
Parent support
Bangkok · Ages Parents and families
Little Sprouts Children's Centre
Therapy clinic
Watthana (Thong Lo) · Ages 12 months to 11, some specialists see teenagers
Manarom Hospital, Child and Adolescent Services
Hospital clinic
Bang Na · Ages Infancy to 18
Merak Clinic
Therapy clinic
Nonthaburi · Ages Children through adults
New Day Learning & Therapy Clinic (NDL)
Specialist school
Bangkok · Ages Early years through teenagers
No Limits
ABA & behaviour support
Watthana · Ages Early years through school age
North Light Center for Special Needs Children
Therapy clinic
Phaya Thai · Ages Newborn through school age
Rajanukul Institute
Government service
Din Daeng · Ages Birth to 18
RIS Ruamrudee Learning Support
School learning support
Min Buri · Ages Pre-K to Grade 12, enrolled students
Samitivej Special Needs Child Center
Hospital clinic
Watthana and Suan Luang · Ages Infancy through adolescence
SEN Tutors
Tutoring & mentoring
Bangkok · Ages Children and young people
Spark Centre
Therapy clinic
Bangkok and Nakhon Nayok · Ages Children and young people
Speech Station
Therapy clinic
Bang Khae · Ages Children through adults
St Andrews International School Sukhumvit 107
Vocational & transition
Bang Na · Ages Secondary and post-16
St Andrews Learning Support Services Centre (STA-LSSC)
School learning support
Sathorn and Watthana · Ages Primary and high school, enrolled students
Steps (Steps with Theera)
Vocational & transition
Watthana (Ekkamai) · Ages Teenagers and young adults
SunShine Child and Family Development Center
Therapy clinic
Bangkok · Ages Children and families
The Dove Programme at ELC International Schools
Specialist school
Bangkok · Ages 3 to 11
The Dyslexia Hub
Assessment & diagnosis
Watthana (Asok) · Ages 8 to 16
The Rainbow Room
Parent support
Bangkok · Ages Families, siblings and individuals of all ages
The Village International Education Centre
Specialist school
Khlong Toei (Phra Khanong) · Ages 2 to 19 and above
Questions parents actually ask
My child's school says they are fine. I am not convinced. What do I do?
Schools see one version of your child. You see another, usually the one that comes home exhausted. You do not need the school's permission to seek an independent assessment, and you do not need to tell them you are doing it. If the assessment confirms a need, the report gives you something the school has to respond to.
Assessment, therapy, tutoring. What is the difference?
An assessment tells you what is going on and produces a report. Therapy works on an underlying skill, such as speech, motor control, regulation or behaviour, and is usually delivered by a licensed clinician. Tutoring teaches the subject content your child is behind on. They are not substitutes for each other, and paying for tutoring when the problem is a language disorder wastes years.
How much should I expect to pay?
Private assessment in Bangkok typically runs into the tens of thousands of baht, and ongoing weekly therapy adds up quickly. Most expat health policies exclude developmental assessment and therapy even when the hospital is in network, so check the policy wording before you book. Rajanukul Institute is the public route and is far cheaper, though services are in Thai and waits are longer.
Does my child need a diagnosis?
Not always for support, but usually for anything formal. Exam access arrangements such as extra time, a place in a specialist programme, and an insurance claim all generally require a report from a properly qualified assessor. If your child is approaching IGCSEs or A Levels, get the assessment done well before the exam series, not in the term before.
What should I ask a provider before booking?
What are your staff's qualifications and who registers them. How many children with my child's profile have you worked with. What will you measure, and how will we know if it is working. Will you talk to my child's school. What happens if it is not working after three months. Any provider worth using will answer all five without hesitating.
Is it too late? My child is already a teenager.
No, but the goal shifts. For older teenagers the highest value work is often executive function coaching, exam access arrangements and transition planning toward work or further study rather than remediation of early skills. Steps and CARE both run programmes for young adults, which is unusual in Bangkok.
Other places worth looking
- Bangkok Community Resources, a free public directory maintained by International School Bangkok covering counselling, psychiatry, allied health and learning needs. Open to anyone, not just ISB families.
- Our schools directory, if the answer turns out to be a different school rather than a different therapist.
- Bangkok Expat Families on Facebook, where you can ask parents who have already used most of the providers on this page.
Something wrong, or something missing?
Details change, centres move, people move on. If you spot an error, know a provider we have missed, or you run one of these services and want your entry updated, tell us and we will fix it. This page is only useful if it is accurate.
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