Rosalyn Wee joined the Dyslexia Association of Singapore (DAS) in 2010 and is an educator with over ten years of experience working with children and young adults at DAS and is a Fellow of the Register of Educational Therapists – Asia. She has a Masters of Arts in Applied Linguistics from the National Institute of Education, a Post Graduate Certificate in Specific Learning Differences from London Metropolitan University, a Certificate in Gifted Education from the University of New South Wales, and a Cambridge CELTA. Other than being a Curriculum Specialist, and Lead Educational Therapist, she is also a certified trainer with a WSQ Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment and she mentors lectures as an Adjunct Lecturer. She is currently the project lead and develops the content of iStudySmart which is a programme to help struggling learners from upper secondary transition to tertiary institutions and those who are already in tertiary institutions gain crucial executive functioning and study skills to achieve success and beyond.
QUALIFICATIONS
- WSQ Design Thinking Course for Businesses (2022)
- Supporting SpLD Learners in Executive Function Skills (2021)
- Coaching for Professional Effectiveness and Personal Success (2021)
- Supporting SpLD Learners in Further Education Higher Education (2021)
- Creating Graphics with Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator (2020)
- Project Management Professional Certificate (2019)
- Masters of Arts in Applied Linguistics (2019)
- Cambridge Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA) (2016)
- WSQ Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA) (2014)
- Post Graduate Certificate in Specific Learning Differences (2013)
- DAS Orton-Gillingham Certificate (2010)
- Bachelor of Arts in Communications (Magna Cum Laude) (2009)
PUBLICATIONS
- Wee, R. (2023). Executive functioning, study skills, and dyslexia: Examining the effectiveness of an online programme for upper secondary and post-secondary students, Asia Pacific Journal of Developmental Differences, 10(1), 65-97. https://DAS.org.sg/publications/317-research-journal/apjdd-vol-10-no-1-jan-2023/381-4-executive-functioning-study-skills-and-dyslexia.html
- Wee, R. (2022, February 6). Creating a supportive and more inclusive learning environment for tertiary students with dyslexia. https://DAS.org.sg/news-events/blogs/297-higher-learning/1381-inclusive-learning-environment-for-tertiary-students-with-dyslexia.html Wee, R. (2022, January 25). 5 strategies to coach your teenager. https://DAS.org.sg/news-events/blogs/35-parenting-tips/1379-5-strategies-to-coach-your-teenager.html
- Wee, R. (2021, January 14). what I gained from attending a graphic design course…As an English teacher. https://DAS.org.sg/news-events/blogs/1204-what-i-gained-from-attending-a-graphic-design-course-as-an-english-teacher.html
- Tan, M., Wee, R., See, E., Hassan, S., Amin, J., Abdullah, S., Salim, N. A. B. (2020, May 21). MLP Online Learning Reflections. https://DAS.org.sg/news-events/blogs/262-main-literacy-programme/1033-mlp-online-learning-reflections.html
- Wee, R. (2018). 5 things to know when you are teaching a child with Dyslexia. FACETS, 3, 94-95. https://dyslexia.org.sg/images/blog/Dyslexia_and_SpLDs/195THINGSTOKNOWWHENTEACHINGDYSLEXICS.pdf
- Wee, R. (2017, October, 3). No two children are the same. https://DAS.org.sg/news-events/blogs/36-dyslexia-and-other-splds/474-no-two-children-are-the-same.html
- Abdullah, S., Wee, R., & Salim, N. A. B. (2017). Do Structured Writing Instruction and Writing Checklist aid Learners with Dyslexia in their Narrative Writing?: An exploratory case study. Asia Pacific Journal of Developmental Differences, 4(2), 213-246. https://DAS.org.sg/publications/85-research-journal/apjdd-vol-4-no-2-july-2017/14-do-structured-writing-instruction-and-writing-checklist-aid-learners-with-dyslexia-in-their-narrative-writing-an-exploratory-case-study.html
CONFERENCES
- Wee, R. & Abdullah, S. (2023, March). 57th RELC International Conference 2023, CONFERENCE SESSION, Executive functioning, study skills, and dyslexia: Examining the effectiveness of an online programme for upper secondary and post-secondary students, Singapore, Singapore.
- Wee, R. & Abdullah, S. (2022, June). UNITE SpLD 2022, CONFERENCE SESSION, Effectiveness of an online learning model that delivers executive functioning and study skills curriculum to Upper secondary and Tertiary students with specific learning differences, Singapore, Singapore.
- Wee, R. & Mohd Asyraff, N. A. B. (2018, June). UNITE SpLD 2018, CONFERENCE SESSION, Understanding DAS: Helping Upper Primary Learners of Lower Abilities Learn, Singapore, Singapore.
- Abdullah, S., Wee, R., & Salim, N. A. B. (2017). British Dyslexia Association Conference 2017, POSTER PRESENTATION, Do Structured Writing Instruction and Writing Checklist aid Learners with Dyslexia in their Narrative Writing?: An exploratory case study.
- Abdullah, S. & Wee, R. (2017, June). UNITE SpLD 2017, CONFERENCE SESSION, Do Structured Writing Instruction and Writing Checklist aid Learners with Dyslexia in their Narrative Writing?: An exploratory case study, Singapore, Singapore.
- Abdullah, S., Wee, R., & Salim, N. A. B. (2017, June). NIE Redesigning Pedagogy Conference 2017, WORKSHOP, Do Structured Writing Instruction and Writing Checklist aid Learners with Dyslexia in their Narrative Writing?: An exploratory case study, Singapore, Singapore.
- Goh, M. & Wee, R. (2017, May). Asian Festival of Children’s Content 2017. CONFERENCE SESSION, Understanding Dyslexia and Reading Comprehension Skills, Singapore, Singapore.
- Salim, N. A. B. & Wee, R. (2016, March). 51st RELC International Conference 2016, CONFERENCE SESSION, Do Structured Writing Instruction and Writing Checklist aid Learners with Dyslexia in their Narrative Writing?: An exploratory case study, Singapore, Singapore.
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”
– Nelson Mandela.
