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AGAISTEEN REBECCA SHALINAH

  • Assistant Director
  • DAS Academy Lecturer
  • Lead Educational Therapist
  • RETA Associate Fellow
  • Rex House Learning Centre

Rebecca has been with the Dyslexia Association of Singapore (DAS) since 2014. She is a Lead Educational Therapist at DAS, an Assistant Director of DAS International and an Associate Lecturer with DAS Academy where she hopes to share her experiences and insights with educators and parents. She believes that every child has potential regardless of their difficulties and she hopes to provide a safe learning environment for her students to discover their potential. She also provides intervention in Literacy skills as well as in Mathematics. Rebecca has completed her Post Graduate Certificate in Special Educational Needs and Specialist Diploma in Specific Learning Differences. She has completed her Master of Education in Curriculum and Teaching at National Technological University (NTU-NIE). She is also trained by Marshall Cavendish Institute to teach Primary Mathematics. Rebecca is an Associate Fellow of the Register of Educational Therapists Asia (RETA)

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Master of Education in Curriculum and Teaching (NTU-NIE)
  • Post Graduate Certificate in Special Educational Needs (University of South Wales, UK)
  • Bachelor of Science in Business (Singapore University of Social Sciences)
  • Specialist Diploma in Specific Learning Differences
  • Professional Certificate Course in Numeracy Support


CONFERENCES

  • UNITE SpLD 2018 – RETA Case Management Presentation: Supporting Challenging Learners
  • UNITE SpLD 2020 –  Singapore Math: Supporting Students with Dyslexia in Math
  • UNITE SpLD 2021 –  Multisensory Grammar Instruction

PUBLICATIONS

FACETS VOL 2 – 2018 Teaching can be tough and so are you

 

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop

– Mother Teresa