Recognising Third Culture Kids with SpLD
Children from Europe, the US, Canada, India and more can spend part of their school years in International Schools in SE Asia. Mostly the schools are very good and offer a wide range of extracurricular and after school activities. Their broader varied experience and a developed or otherwise learned bilingualism, mould them to attain citizenship […]
Understanding Dyslexia: How Parents Can Support Their Kids
WHAT IS DYSLEXIA? Dyslexia is a type of specific learning difficulty identifiable as a developmental difficulty of language learning and cognition1. It is a learning difficulty that primarily affects the skills involved in accurate and fluent word reading and spelling. Characteristic features of dyslexia are difficulties in phonological awareness, verbal memory and processing speed. Co-occurring […]
Improving English Exam Skills For Dyslexics In Primary Education
By Edmen Leong Director – Specialised Educational Services A summary of the presentation by Edmen Leong at the UNITE SPLD 2016 Conference. As DAS teachers, we are encouraged at how our students progress in literacy, however, we noticed that some of our students struggled to progress in school situations, especially exams. Our students were coming to us demoralised […]
What is Verbal Ability?
Verbal ability is the cognitive ability to use and understand language. This ability develops largely as a function of both formal and informal educational opportunities and experiences, and is highly dependent on the individual’s exposure to the standard English-speaking environment. An individual’s verbal ability can be assessed using a variety of tests, or subtests within […]
CEO Thoughts – DAS is a Research Organisation
In the past five years, the DAS has become a “research organisation” with every team and every programme involved in the evaluation of their programmes and services and publishing research papers. This research is published in our DAS publications and synchronises with our emphasis on scope, expertise and reliability! The research examines our programmes, services and the students we serve and […]
BRINA LIM – Embrace IT!
Brina Lim, a final year graphics design student and DAS Alumna, wants to help inspire people with dyslexia embrace their differences and encourage them to find their passion in life with her digital animation video, Embrace it! “When I found out I was dyslexic in primary school, I struggled with finding confidence in the […]
ADHD from the Eye of an Educational Therapist
By Sng Sze Ying – Educational Therapist Download this article in pdf “ARE YOUR ADHD STUDENTS VERY ACTIVE?” “HOW DO YOU GET THEM TO SIT STILL?” These are the first few questions people usually ask me when I tell them that I deal with a variety of profiles in my classroom – dyslexia, ADHD, Global Developmental Delay (GDD). […]
Transitioning From Primary To Secondary School
By Nithya V, Melcher Tan and Tuty Elfira Nithya V. and Melcher Tan, Educational Therapists from the PREP 2 PSLE Programme, share their experience teaching our first batch of students on the newly launched pre-secondary bridging course in Term 4 2018. Tuty Elfira is the Programme Manager for the PREP 2 PSLE Programme and a Lead Educational Therapist at Parkway Parade Learning […]
Helping Youths Develop Healthy Identities
By Nur Ashabiena Mohd Ashraf DAS Educational Advisor Download this article in pdf Michael Ungar suggests that there are three identities (three survival strategies) which help to describe young people’s patterns of coping and surviving. These three identities include the panda, the chameleon and the leopard. Firstly, youths with the panda identity will stick with one identity no […]
What is Non-verbal Reasoning?
Non-verbal reasoning ability, as its name suggests, is a type of reasoning ability that does not involve the use of language. As such, all else being equal, individuals with language-related impairments should not be disadvantaged in this area as compared to their non-language impaired peers. To some, non-verbal reasoning ability is believed to be the […]