Communication Issues
Introducing our Weekly Topic Series! 🌟 Join us as we uncover the major reasons behind a child’s communication issues. Exploring a different aspect and providing insights to help you support your child’s communication journey. Stay tuned for valuable tips and strategies!
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Transform your home into a nurturing sanctuary for your child’s growth
Transform your home into a nurturing sanctuary for your child’s growth. 🏡 Here are 5 tips to create a supportive environment
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Spot the Early Signs of Autism
Recognize the early signs of autism. 🚩 Look out for lack of eye contact, delayed speech, and repetitive behaviors.
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How to help my child with autism get into Mainstream School with ABA Therapy!
Navigating the education system with a child on the spectrum can be overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be! Our ABA therapy services focus on individualized support and early intervention to help children with autism thrive in mainstream schools. Let’s break down barriers and pave the way for inclusion together. 💙📚
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First Ever Visit from Representative of QABA to Singapore! – AutismSTEP
AutismSTEP is honoured to be the first organization in Singapore that the board of QABA has ever visited.
The Qualified Applied Behavior Analysis Credentialing Board (QABA®) is an internationally-accredited credentialing agency dedicated to ensuring the highest standard of care among professionals providing applied behavioral analysis (ABA) services.
AutismSTEP is the only ABA therapy centre in the whole of Singapore to ensures that all our therapists are certified ABA therapist (RBT or ABAT). This is to ensure the standards of our therapists and quality of therapy that we are providing for all the families that we are helping!
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Skills upgrading, special education among 8 key announcements from MOE’s budget – AutismSTEP
SINGAPORE – A wide range of measures covering skills upgrading, special education and arts appreciation were announced in Parliament on March 4. They were unveiled during the second day of the debate on the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) budget.
For students, parents and teachers:
1. More arts and cultural appreciation opportunities
More students will get to attend live music performances at professional concert venues, with the nationwide roll-out of the Performing Arts-Based Learning scheme for secondary schools, following a successful pilot.
Minister of State for Education Gan Siow Huang said the scheme was trialled in 2023 at 22 secondary schools, allowing students to experience such performances that were specially produced and staged at a professional concert venue.
They also had pre- and post-concert music lessons held in class.
MOE and the National Arts Council partnered key cultural institutions and local performing arts groups to make the scheme possible, added Ms Gan.
The scheme will be progressively rolled out to all secondary schools from 2024 to 2027.
2. More sharing between parent support groups
Almost every school today has a parent support group, which has unique and useful experiences that other groups can learn from, noted Ms Gan.
To encourage sharing of these experiences across groups, every parent support group will be part of a Support Circle from 2024, said Ms Gan.
These circles will be made up of parent support group representatives from around 10 schools.
They can decide on the topics to collaborate on, such as supporting parents of children with special education needs or strengthening student mental well-being.
3. Higher salaries for Sped teachers
Special education (Sped) teachers will receive higher salaries in the next few years, as part of broader moves to raise the quality of education in the sector and strengthen support for students with special needs.
Second Minister for Education Maliki Osman said that between 2024 and 2026, Sped classroom teachers can receive salary increases of up to 12 per cent, while teacher aides can receive increases of up to 15 per cent.
From 2024, starting salaries for Sped classroom teachers and teacher aides will increase by up to 15 per cent and 17 per cent, respectively, he said in Parliament on March 4.
There are currently close to 1,700 Sped teachers and about 800 teacher aides.
4. Lower fees for Sped students
Nine Sped schools are expected to further reduce fees by up to 60 per cent, said Dr Maliki. This comes after six Sped schools with higher fees lowered their fees by at least 25 per cent in 2020.
The latest move means the maximum monthly fees chargeable for Singaporean students will be reduced from $150 to $90, he said.
The nine schools are Awwa School @ Napiri, both Eden School campuses, Pathlight School, Rainbow Centre at Margaret Drive, Yishun Park and Admiral Hill, as well as St Andrew’s Autism School and St Andrew’s Mission School. They serve students with autism spectrum disorder and multiple disabilities.
About 3,500 students will benefit from this shift, which will take effect by mid-2025, said Dr Maliki. There are currently about 8,000 students in 25 Sped schools here.
For full article, please visit: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/skills-upgrading-special-education-among-8-key-announcements-from-moe-s-budget
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Minds launching financial planning modules for caregivers of people with special needs – AutismSTEP
SINGAPORE – Mr and Mrs Choo are in their 70s, but unlike their friends who have grown children supporting them, their only child is intellectually disabled and still requires care.
Mr Choo, who declined to reveal his full name, has discussed his son’s future care with his 35-year-old niece, but is mindful that she may want to start her own family in future.
The couple will get some guidance when a series of six modules on life plans, living arrangements, and support networks and services comes out later in 2024.
The modules are part of Minds’ beefed-up online portal on future care planning options for caregivers, called FutureReady.
Other new modules will cover topics such as insurance, schemes and grants as well as health services and medical screening.
This came after Minds saw an uptick in inquiries from caregivers on making future care arrangements, after the first six FutureReady modules on legal issues, finances, health and accommodation were launched in 2023.
For full article, please visit: https://www.straitstimes.com/…/minds-launching…
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Hafidz’s son is 3 years old and is having speech delay. He also need to improve his attention span and is picky with food. We recommended therapy for his son and they decide to come on board with our programme.
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Budget Singapore 2024: Cheaper pre-school, special needs school fees in enhanced social support efforts
AS PART of its efforts to boost social support, Singapore will make pre-schools more affordable, provide more support to lower-income families, and do more for families of persons with special needs, said Finance Minister Lawrence Wong in his Budget speech on Friday (Feb 16).
To make pre-schools more affordable, Singapore will cut full-day monthly childcare fee caps for government-supported pre-schools in 2025.
Fee caps will be cut by S$40 to S$640 for anchor operators and S$680 for partner operators. These figures are before childcare subsidies are applied.
The government will further reduce fee caps in 2026, with details to be announced later, said Wong, who is also deputy prime minister.
Lower-income families will also receive enhanced pre-school subsidies.
Currently, higher subsidies are given to children with working mothers. They will be extended to all children from lower-income families, including those with non-working mothers.
To support social mobility, Singapore will introduce ComLink+ progress packages for eligible lower-income families with young children. These improvements will focus on supporting and encouraging actions that these families take to improve pre-school education, employment, financial stability and saving for home ownership.
Under the pre-school education package, if families ensure their child is enrolled in pre-school when he or she turns three, they will get a one-off top-up of S$500 to his or her Child Development Account.
Families that ensure their child attends pre-school regularly from ages three to six will receive a top-up of S$200 to the account for every quarter of good attendance.
Under the employment package, families must secure and sustain a job that contributes to Central Provident Fund (CPF) accounts and pays a gross monthly salary of more than S$1,400.
Up to two working adults will receive a combination of cash and CPF payouts amounting to S$450 to S$550, for every three consecutive months of employment. If two adults are working, each will receive S$50 more per quarter.
For full article, please visit: https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/singapore/budget-2024-cheaper-pre-school-special-needs-school-fees-enhanced-social-support-efforts
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