FELICIA POH

Felicia is a Senior Speech-Language Therapist registered with the Allied Health Professions Council (AHPC). She provides assessment and intervention for learners with speech, language and/or social communication needs. Her clinical experience primarily involves working with children aged 5 to 16 years in mainstream schools but also included clients with hearing impairment, voice disorders, communication difficulties and swallowing disorders. In addition, she is involved in conducting lectures at the DAS Academy to help parents, educators and DAS Educational Therapists understand and support speech, language and communication needs in children.

Felicia is an effective bilingual. Prior to being a Speech-Language Therapist, she was a qualified Chinese Educational Therapist with DAS, specializing in supporting children with dyslexia in the Chinese language. She holds an interest in early language acquisition and development and aims to extend professional support to learners with speech, language and social communication difficulties.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master of Science (Speech and Language Pathology), National University of Singapore
• Diploma in Teaching the Chinese Language, Confucius Institute, Nanyang Technological University
• Postgraduate Certificate in Special Educational Needs, University of South Wales
• Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Psychology, National University of Singapore

 PUBLICATIONS

“Singh, L., Poh, F. L., & Fu, C. S. (2016). Limits on monolingualism? A comparison of monolingual and bilingual infants’ abilities to integrate lexical tone in novel word learning. Frontiers in psychology, 7, 667.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
– Albert Einstein