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Workshop for parents at Chaoyang School — Our Nurturepods team conducted a workshop for the parents of children with special needs at Chaoyang School. During the workshop, Alex shared with the parents about the strategies they can use to deal with issues such as hygiene, puberty and self-stimulatory behaviour. The parents were also taught how to make […]

Workshop for parents at Chaoyang School

Cost of Child Autism — Raising a child with autism can take a tremendous financial toll, even when insurance helps cover some of the costs. The cost of providing care for a person with autism in the U.S. is an estimated $1.4 million over their lifetime, according to a study funded by advocacy group Autism […]

Cost of Raising a Child With Autism

SCERTS advanced course — Clinical Director, Alex Liau is the first Singaporean and personnel in the Asia Pacific region to be trained in the introduction and advanced course of the SCERTS program. He received training by Emily Rubin, MS, CCC-SLP, who is the co-author of the SCERTS Assessment Process. His training was held at […]

SCERTS advanced course at Kettering, United Kingdom.

TEACCH advanced topics seminar — Yong Hao attended the TEACCH advanced topics seminar at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The course will help professionals further develop their skills as TEACCH practitioner in working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their families. Strategies were also taught to help professionals move beyond the basic implementation of the […]

TEACCH advanced topics seminar at Chapel Hill, North Carolina (USA)

Alex and Dr Sheely — Clinical Director Alex went through the RDI program for Autism Spectrum Disorder at Houston, Texas. The program targets the core deficits of individuals with ASD by re-building the Guided Participation Relationship.

Relationship Development Intervention (RDI) Course

Workshops For Educators — A series of workshops were held at EDUCA learning centre, to educate the teachers and principal on working with children with special needs. Teachers were taught how to identify common developmental disorders as well as various strategies to handle the children in the classroom setting. Hands on experience on deriving […]

Workshops For Educators

Talk at Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School — A talk was conducted at Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School by the Nurture Pods team to raise awareness about developmental disorders and also to share with the teachers about how children with special needs who make it to mainstream school setting will benefit fully from the education.

Talk at Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School

Workshops For Parents — An introductory workshop for parents and teachers were conducted at Yio Chu Kang Chapel Children Ministry. The workshop was aimed at helping parents and teachers to identify possible signs of a child with developmental disorder. Basic strategies on management of children with special needs and an introduction to school shadowing […]

Workshops For Parents

Guest Lecture at Ngee Ann Polytechnic — Clinical Director Alex was invited to be the guest lecturer at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. He shared with the students various techniques commonly used in intervention program for special needs children. The techniques include applied behavioral analysis (ABA) methods used in home programs as well as school shadowing interventions.

Guest Lecture at Ngee Ann Polytechnic

Clinical Director Alex — Clinical Director Alex flew to New Jersey, USA, for training under Dr Jed Baker. He is the first in the Asia Pacific region to be personally trained by the world renowned director of the Social Skills Training Project, a private organization serving individuals with autism and social communication problems. Dr […]

Training with Dr Jed Baker