Some but not all children have a diagnosis for specific learning differences. However, their symptoms and difficulties in learning are similar to a typical child with learning differences. Many children struggle to cope with academic requirements and need specialised intervention. With established strategies and experience, DAS Educational Therapists and Speech & Language Therapists can provide specialist intervention for children with various specific learning differences.
Onsite programmes in schools aim to uncover the true strengths of students with learning differences and empower them with the necessary skills and strategies to succeed.
Over the past 3 years the DAS has been actively providing schools with our Onsite Programmes On-site Teaching is a specialist intervention service for MOE or International schools.
On-site Teaching provides support for the following:
On-site Teaching provides support for the following:
On-site Teaching allows you to customise your programme based on your student's needs.
Second run after the successful remediation conducted in 2020 at a secondary school.
The Secondary 1NT (Sec 1NT) Short Term Programme is designed specifically for Secondary 1 students taking Normal Technical Maths, to support them in the transition to secondary school maths. The Sec 1NT remediation programme provides support to students who have been diagnosed with dyslexia and /or other learning needs with relevant skill-sets that are essential for effective learning of numeracy.
The programme aims to help students to acquire mathematical concepts, vocabulary and skills covered in the Sec 1NT maths syllabus.
Delivered by DAS Speech and Drama Teachers and Educational Therapists
Speech and Language Therapy is a skills-based intervention. Our speech and language therapists aim to build up the student’s fundamental speech and language skills to support his or her development and learning.
Our programmes are delivered by experienced DAS Educational Therapists.
All our on-site programmes come with the following inclusions as part of a standard package:
Lessons are structured and cumulative to align with the Orton-Gillingham Principles taught at the DAS, thereby giving time for students to internalise, understand, review and retain concepts, strategies and skills taught.
Surjati Soekraman
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Lessons are structured and cumulative to align with the Orton- Gillingham Principles taught at the DAS, thereby giving time for students to internalise, understand, review and retain concepts, strategies and skills taught.
Our programmes are consistently evaluated to ensure that it caters to the needs of the students and the school curriculum.
Qualified and experienced with established strategies and experienced, DAS Educational Therapists and Speech & Language Therapists provide school-based remediation, enrichment programmes, and workshops for students.
Feedback on Speech & Drama Arts Workshops (School Projects)
“Students are actively engaged.”
“Students are able to follow and understand the instructions. Students can understand the Literature text.”
“The students were engaged and stepped out of their comfort zone.”
“Fun and enjoyable. Good head start for Literature next year.”
For Educational Therapist Muzdalifah Hamzah
“Instructors are friendly and approachable. Students responded well to Instructor Lifah.”
“Warm up activities to energize the students before the actual workshop. Awesome job, Teacher Lifah.’’
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For Educational Therapist Mathew Wong
“Mr Matthew has been very patient with the pupils despite some of the pupils being a little disobedient at times, probably because they are now more familiar with the group and with Mr Matthew."
For Speech and Language Therapist Shuet Lian
“Very thankful for her help with our students and always giving us a very detailed report so that we could follow up. Shuet Lian is also accomodating, knowing our students' difficulties and could see improvement within a few sessions."
For Speech and Language Therapist Ms Tammy Wong
"Tammy's current students really enjoy the sessions and look forward to them. She also mentioned that she was surprised at the student attendance which was almost always attended.”
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Has the remediation been beneficial to the selected students in Maths and Literacy?
Yes, most boys felt more confident with basic in literacy such as sentence forming & grammar. Their confidence in maths has also risen.
Did the students enjoy the programme?
Yes, positive feedback has been received from the boys regarding their learning from DAS trainer. Most boys appreciate the positive classroom learning climate, the care shown by the trainer and the patience the train has given in guiding the boys.