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Almost everyone is affected by the announcement on workplace and school closures. There is additional stress with the extended circuit breaker. A group of highly stressed population to look out for is the caregivers who work in the day, but with the disruption, have had to telecommute from home. Caregivers of children with special needs […]

The circuit breaker measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 meant that SPD’s four Building Bridges EIPIC Centres had to be closed and early intervention sessions were temporarily suspended since 8 April 2020. SPD EIPIC’s cluster head and senior speech therapist Shruti Pandit shares how teachers and therapists in the programme have been supporting the

When children are actively engaged with their environment, they interact with others more, handle materials more, and therefore learn more. SPD’s early intervention teacher, Hoo Lee Pin, shares some tips on how to engage more with your child at home. What is Engagement? Engagement refers to the amount of time children spend interacting with their

Starting school could be an exciting time for children to learn new things and make new friends. However, it could also be an unusually anxious period, especially if they are starting in a new school or class. Here are a few tips from our teachers at SPD Ability Centre to help parents prepare their child

Working on your child’s gross motor skills at an early stage helps to set the foundation for developing more complex skills as they grow. SPD’s physiotherapists, Natalia Szukalska and La Min Maung, share some activities that you can do with your child to help develop or improve their gross motor skills.   Gross Motor Skills

SPD’s speech therapist, Ridhima Batra, provides some useful tips to help you engage your child in conversation.

SPD’s early intervention psychologist Jacelyn Loh shares more strategies that caregivers can use to manage their children’s challenging behaviours.

Some caregivers may be at a loss of what to do when their child displays challenging behaviours. There are strategies that caregivers can make use of to manage their child’s emotions. In this first of the two-part series, SPD’s early intervention psychologist, Jacelyn Loh, shares how.

Reading stories is a great way to engage and spend time with your child at home. In this article, we invite SPD’s senior EIPIC teacher, Hasliah Hashim, to share some tips to help you get started.