Our Therapists

Masters in Speech Pathology, La Trobe University Australia

Bachelor of Health Sciences

Diploma with Merit in Early Childhood Education

The Allied Health Professions Council- full registration

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Learning happens best when children are having fun. As a Speech Language Therapist, Daniel strongly believes in conducting therapy in a dynamic and holistic manner. Throughout the process of therapy, Daniel actively considers their individual development, innate abilities, interests, home and school environments, and past experiences to help the child grow holistically. He strongly believes in the continuity of therapy at home and at school. Thus, he works very closely with the child’s parents and teachers to ensure optimal and effective therapy that would generalise into the child’s day to day interactions.

 

Through his years of experience, Daniel has provided therapy across a variety of settings. This includes pre-schools, Primary and Secondary schools, private clinics and in the hospital setting. Daniel has also worked with NTUC First Campus to provide supervision for their Learning Support Educators. As such, Daniel has seen a wide variety of cases and understands that each child is different and is able to adapt different styles to cater to the needs of each child. His vast experience working with children allows him to identify their root difficulties to effectively tackle their areas of difficulty. 

 

Being exposed and trained in a variety of approaches, Daniel is well-equipped to manage children with behaviours and regulation needs. Daniel places great value in developing a good rapport with his clients. He is very popular amongst the children and is known for his magic tricks, balloon sculpting and creative play. His clients always look forward to his sessions.

 

Certification:

•  Picture Exchange Communication system (PECs)

• DIR Floortime

• Hanen (It takes two to talk)

• Cued Articulation

• Mediated Learning Experience (MLE)

• Speech Sound Disorders 

• The Lidcombe Program for stuttering

 

Daniel’s areas of clinical specialisation include:

• Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

• Receptive and Expressive Language Development

• Articulation/ Phonology/ Speech Development

• Dyspraxia and Apraxia of Speech

• Global Developmental Delay (GDD)

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Masters in Speech and Language Pathology, National University of Singapore (NUS)

Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons)- Pyschology

The Allied Health Professions Council- full registration

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Freda graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with a Masters in Speech and Language Pathology in 2015. She has since been working with children and teenagers with special needs.

Freda specializes and has years of experience in the area of paediatrics, in particular, children and teenagers with Global Developmental Delay (GDD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Down’s Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, and other multiple disabilities. She is knowledgeable and skilled in a wide range of communication, speech and language delays/disorders, and complex feeding and swallowing difficulties.

She is particularly interested in paediatric speech, augmentative and alternative communication, and feeding.

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Freda is passionate in her work with children. She believes that children learn best through meaningful and enjoyable engagement. She also strongly believes that it takes a village to raise a child and that parent/caregiver and other stakeholders’ involvement is key to any child’s ability to reach their utmost potential. She advocates a holistic and multidisciplinary approach to therapy by working in close collaboration with individuals in the child’s social network to enskill and empower them to feel confident in helping the child to progress.

Her endearing nature helps her to build good and strong rapport with her client and their families.

Freda has also provided training/sharing sessions for teachers and parent education through various workshops. She has also been involved in professional outreach projects in Vietnam, where she conducted workshops for special needs teachers in the area of speech, language and communication. She is also licensed under AHPC to clinically supervise new speech therapists.

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Certification in:

Communication

• Pragmatically Organized Dynamic Display (PODD),

• Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), Assistive Technology for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

Language Therapy

• Hanen More Than Words

Oral Placement Therapy

• TalkTools

Feeding Therapy

• Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) Approach to Feeding

Master of Science (Speech & Language Pathology), National University of Singapore (NUS)

Bachelor of Social Sciences (Psychology)

Recipient of Rainbow Centre Study Award

The Allied Health Professions Council- full registration

 

Nicole has been serving the special education sector for more than 9 years. Starting of her career as a special education teacher, she saw the importance of language and communication, which led her to pursue a Master in Science (Speech and language pathology) in the National University of Singapore. 

 

Having the passion to work with children through the main stakeholders in their lives (i.e., caregivers, teachers), Nicole chose to complete her studies through a full scholarship from an education setting. She then served children and their families in the special education school, specializing in areas of speech, language, feeding and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). She has experience with a myriad of augmentative communication options to assist children to acquire a mode of communication, including iGaze and high technological options (e.g. proloquo2go). In addition, Nicole has worked closely with parents and teachers to support children with chewing, swallowing, and accepting a wider range of food items.

 

Being a mother of 2, Nicole always seen the importance of family involvement in supporting each child’s development. She strongly believes in parental empowerment and sought to provide families with the resources they need to support their children through intervention and beyond. Having a special interest and craft and dance, she enjoys including a dabble of creativity in her sessions with her young clients.

 

She has seen and worked with clients ranging from 3 to 15 years of age, with the following conditions:

• Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

• Global Developmental Delay

• Cerebral Palsy 

• Children with physical and multiple disabilities 

• Down Syndrome 

• Intellectual disability

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Certification​

•  Hanen © It takes two to talk 

•  Social thinking © by Michelle Garcia 

•  M.O.R.E. Integrating the mouth with sensory and postural functions by Eileen Ritcher 

•  Multimodal Communication and Learning strategies for child who face significant challenges by Linda Burkhart

•  Pragmatic Organization Dynamic Display (PODD) by Linda Burhart 

•  Sign language level 1 - Singapore Association for the Deaf 

•  National University of Singapore (NUS)  Clinical Educators Workshop

•  AHPC Supervision training workshop 

•  KKH PINS workshop - Paediatric feeding in a neurological compromised child

Bachelor of Science (Speech and Language Pathology)

The Allied Health Professions Council- full registration

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Isabel is a creative pediatric Speech and Language Therapist from Singapore. She attended the University of Queensland in Australia where she completed a Bachelor of Speech Pathology in 1999.

In the earlier part of her career, Isabel worked in NUH, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and Child Guidance Clinic. After that, she then transitioned to work in a local school for children with special needs for ten years.

 

Isabel aims to help children to be better communicators and to enable children to have sufficient language skills to meet their communication and academic needs.

 

Isabel has a special interest in working with school-aged children and guiding them in closing the gaps they may have in their language and communication. She believes that rapport is crucial between a therapist and a child and does her utmost to ensure there is a lot of laughter in her sessions!

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Certification:

• Speech Sound Disorders:The Basics and Beyond by Caroline Bowen

• PROMPT therapy (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets)

• Social Thinking by Michelle Garcia Winner

• Lindamood Bell’s Visualizing and Verbalizing for Language Comprehension and Thinking

Master of Science (Speech & Language Pathology), University of Melbourne

The Allied Health Professions Council- full registration

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With almost 10 years of experience, Charmaine has had opportunities to work with children and young adults in several settings including a special needs school, a public hospital outpatient clinic, and a private practice.

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Charmaine has a keen interest with working with children who have developmental conditions (e.g. Autism Spectrum Disorder, Global Developmental Delay), speech and language delays, and social communication difficulties.

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As a mother, Charmaine values the importance of parental involvement. As such, she finds joy in partnering parents and caregivers to feel confident in supporting their child's development. Charmaine believes that every child deserves the opportunity to communicate and create meaningful relationships within the wider community.

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Certification

• Hanen Program – It Takes Two to Talk

• Hanen Program – More Than Words

• Hanen Program – Talkability

• Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)

• Talk Tools: Feeding Therapy: A Sensory-Motor Approach

• Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) Approach to Feeding

• Introduction to DIR Floortime

• Early Start Denver Model Advanced (ESDM) 

• Visualising and Verbalising 

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Master of Science (Speech and Language Pathology), National University of Singapore (NUS)

The Allied Health Professions Council- full registration

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With more than a decade of experience, Xian Hui brings a wealth of expertise in helping children from infancy to 17 years old overcome a range of communication, learning, voice, and feeding challenges, including Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), dyslexia, Cerebral Palsy, and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Xian Hui is also certified in parent-training programs and has delivered lectures and webinars to educators, therapists, and parents. Her innovative work, including the development of a language assessment tool, has been presented at major conferences locally and internationally. In recognition of her clinical expertise, Xian Hui has been invited by NUS to be an External Lecturer, External Supervisor, and an External Examiner to students of the NUS Master of Science (Speech and Language Pathology) programme. 

A quote that strongly resonates with Xian Hui is - ‘The secret to education lies in respecting the student’ by Ralph Waldo Emerson. A priority in Xian Hui’s interaction with children is to create a supportive and safe environment where the children feel respected and valued. She believes that such an environment is the key to building self-confidence and encouraging expression. With a passion for nurturing children’s communication abilities, Xian Hui is devoted to helping children bridge the gap between their thoughts and the world, fostering clearer and more meaningful connections.  

 

Xian Hui’s areas of clinical specialisation include:

• Receptive and Expressive Language Development

• Articulation/ Phonology/ Speech Development

• Dyslexia

• Literacy and educational therapy
   

Certification:

• Hanen© (It Takes Two To Talk, More Than Words, Learning Language and Loving It)

• Introduction to PROMPT: Technique

• Inside Out Sensory Certificate Course (Jessie Ginsburg)

• The Meaningful Speech® Course

• Treatment Strategies for Suspected Childhood Apraxia of Speech (Cari Ebert Seminars)

• Creating Communication Risk Takers in Children with Suspected CAS (Cari Ebert Seminars)

Bachelor of Occupational Therapy, La Trobe University, Australia

The Allied Health Professions Council- full registration

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Nanthida is a passionate Occupational Therapist who has a rich experience in working with children with various diagnoses (Autism Spectrum Disorder, Down’s syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Global Development Delay etc.).

 

She has worked in different educational settings in Singapore.

She also made positive contribution to the development of Asian communities as a SIF Specialist Volunteer for the Special Education Project in Hanoi, Vietnam. She was part of the team to conduct on-site assessment in inclusive educational settings and conducted workshops related to therapy services for lecturers in the National College of Education in Vietnam.

Nanthida enjoys building connection with every child through fun and therapeutic activities as she believes that a highly motivated child learns best.

 

Nanthida is a reliable Occupational Therapist who strives to empower the family with the knowledge and skills that are pertinent for the progress of the child.

And also, Nanthida had undergone trainings to develop her clinical skills.

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Certifications and Licenses:​

• Certified in Sensory Integration and Praxis Test

• Certified in School AMPS

• Certified Infant Massage Instructor

• Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)