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Information on education, support and services available to children with disabilities living in Singapore.
ADD & ADHDADD is Attention Deficit Disorder and ADHD is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Its aim of the Society for the Promotion of ADHD Research & Knowledge (SPARK) is to: Create public awareness of ADD/ADHD, help children with ADD/ADHD and their parents and families cope with the disorder, promote understanding and research on ADD/ADHD, and support ADD/ADHD adults.
AutismThe Autism Association (Singapore) (AAS) centre runs an Early Intervention Programme (EIP), the Autism Youth Centre, Star Kid Programme, Star Club (Art) Programme as well as support groups (English and Chinese).
The Autism Resource Centre (ARC) conducts assessments and training workshops for parents and educators. It has an online catalogue and provides book loans. It runs the Pathlight School and early intervention programmes. Pathlight School is the first autism-focused school offering the Singapore mainstream curriculum with special accommodation and support to students with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD). It also runs an Autism Outreach Support programme which offers help for children in mainstream primary and secondary schools. Their advisors focus on educational support and modification in classrooms as well as skills training in problem solving and understanding of social events.
Christian Outreach for The Handicapped (COH) runs programmes for autistic teenagers.
The Rainbow Centre offers an individualised programme, Structured Teaching for Exceptional Pupils (STEP), for children between the ages of two and twelve years with autism or associated problems. Asperger’s SyndromeThe International Asperger’s Parents Support Group of Singapore (IAPS) is a support group of parents who meet monthly to discuss issues involved in raising Asperger children in Singapore, particularly, but not exclusively, children of expatriate parents in Singapore. Members exchange ideas and resources and share knowledge about a range of issues such as social skills, schools, dietary options, physical therapies and therapists. Cerebral PalsyThe association runs an EIP, educational and vocational programmes for members, from birth through adulthood.
Down SyndromeThe Down Syndrome Association (Singapore) (DSA) runs support groups and holds quarterly talks and meetings. It also has a toy and resource library. Its Youth Wing runs social and recreational activities for members aged ten years and older.
DyslexiaThe Dyslexia Association of Singapore (DAS) has children attend classes twice a week at one of the three DAS centres. Children with similar needs will be placed in small groups where they are taught by experienced and qualified teachers.
The "D" Program caters for dyslexic students. It aims to help them recognise and dictate alphabets and their phonemes.
DyspraxiaThis is a message forum where parents of children diagnosed with Dyspraxia can share their experience. Hearing Impairment & DeafnessThis Singapore Association for the Deaf (SAD) provides services for adults.
This Singapore School for the Deaf (SSD) offers EI and primary education.
The Singapore General Hospital (SGH) Listen and Talk Programme was launched in July 2001 to help children with various degrees of hearing impairment develop their ability to listen and use spoken language to communicate.
City Harvest Hearing Impaired Services runs the Touch Silent Club.
The Canossian School for the Hearing Impaired has a Special Class Programme, in which a modified mainstream curriculum is provided for pupils with hearing impairment and mild intellectual disabilities.
Vocational School for the Handicapped (VSH) provides vocational training to youths with hearing-impairment and/or mild intellectual disability. The Certificate of Vocational Training is awarded on successful completion of the two-year course. The school is an approved Training Centre of the Institute of Technical Education (ITE).
Muscular DystrophyMuscular Dystrophy Association (Singapore) (MDAS) aims to provide care and support for people with Muscular Dystrophy, as well as education and research on the condition.
Speech & Language ImpairmentThe Speech Language and Hearing Association Singapore (SHAS) is the professional association for speech therapists (also called speech pathologists or SLTs) working in Singapore. They are a small, active group of health professionals who work with people who have difficulty with communication and/or swallowing.
Tourette SyndromeThe Singapore TS Care Group website hopes to create and promote public understanding of TS. They also run a support group to help children with TS and their parents and families cope with the disorder and give support to TS adults.
Visual impairmentThe Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH) school offers EI (Early Intervention) and primary education.
Intellectual DisabilitiesTOUCH Learning Support Services provides one-to-one intervention programmes for children aged from two-and-a-half to twelve years with special needs such as autism, speech and communication delay, intellectual disability, Down syndrome and other learning disabilities.
This Association for Persons with Special Needs (APSN) runs the following schools for students aged six to sixteen years with mild mental retardation.
Learning disabilitiesMetta School & Grace Orchard School: Both schools cater to pupils with mild to moderate intellectual disability. Metta School takes in children living in the east while Grace Orchard School takes in children living in the west (Boon Lay). Grace Orchard School also runs programmes for children with autism.
The Student Care Service has a team of trained Social Workers, Educational Psychologists, Learning Support Specialists and Project Executives/Programme Co-ordinators providing professional help to students through family casework, counselling, groupwork, educational assistance and special learning support. There are three centres: Hougang, Clementi and Yishun. Their WINGS program is a project designed for upper primary students with learning difficulties. Multiple DisabilitiesBoth AWWA Special School and Rainbow Centre school run EI programmes (from birth to four) and programmes for children with multiple disabilities. AWWA also provides an integration programme, TEACHME, that caters for the educational, rehabilitative and social needs of children with physical disabilities or autism. Rainbow Centre operates two schools - Margaret Drive Special School (MDSS) and Balestier Special School (BSS). Physical disabilitiesThe Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD) is committed to working in partnership with people with physical disabilities to develop their potential to the fullest so that they can be self-reliant and independent. SPD provides various programmes and services for children and youths.
Handicaps Welfare Association (HWA) was formed to enhance the participation, welfare and integration of the disabled into the community. Membership is open to all persons aged between 16 and 60 years with physical disabilities.
Touch Community Services (TCS) is a non-profit voluntary welfare organisation, set up in 1992. It runs programmes for people with developmental disabilities and hearing impairment.
Presbyterian Community Services (PCS) runs Grace Orchard School at Boon Lay Avenue which caters to children with autism and mild intellectual disabilities. It also runs an integrated programme for preschool children with special needs at five of its childcare centres.
Christian Outreach for The Handicapped (COH) is an independent, inter-denominational Christian organisation which caters to autistic teenagers and adults with intellectual disabilities.
LifeWorks runs a day activity centre for persons with intellectual disabilities. The centre conducts music appreciation, computer assisted learning, creative arts, craftwork and recreational programs. It also provides respite care for parents.
Many of the above mentioned associations also run support groups. Further Information
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