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With their team of psychologists in Singapore, Kaleidoscope Therapy Centre is a children- and family- centred therapy clinic that has been offering psychological treatments to patients for close to 17 years. Their Ready Lets Program is specially formulated for children, featuring an integrated program that adopts a play-based approach for preschoolers to perform well in school. This includes motor skills, speech therapy, sensory play and other related activities. For the adults, some of the psychological services provided at the clinic include occupational therapy, physiotherapy, educational psychology and more to help adults cope with their physical or mental well-being.

Limitless is a non-profit organization that was founded with the vision of building hope and worth, empowering the next generation to live purpose driven lives, and to fulfill their potential in life. We work primarily with young people aged 12 – 25, especially in the area of mental health. With our core work being casework and counselling, and our secondary work being outreach and psychoeducation.

Provides specialised therapies such as art therapy and play therapy, as well as psychological assessment and treatment for children, youth and families.

Everyone deserves a place they can feel safe and call ‘home’. However, a few do not have family nor a home to call their own. For such people, the Meranti Home @ Pelangi Village (MH) has been a safe haven. Since 2002, the Home has been providing residential and rehabilitative care for male destitute with psychiatric conditions. Anchored on the approach of empowerment through rehabilitation, our aim is to enhance the quality of life for residents, maximize their potential, and eventually empower them to live independently in the community. To achieve this, a holistic, resident-centric approach is adopted to maximize rehabilitation outcomes for the residents. Resident’s issues are assessed, and individual care plans are developed with specific and measurable goals to track their milestones.

Joanna’s passion is working with children with developmental language disorder. She also enjoys working with children and youth with speech disorders, stuttering, social communication difficulties, and with caregivers for young children with delayed language development. Joanna had previously served as a psychologist with the Ministry of Education for over two years, working with teachers and fellow psychologists to assess and support children with various developmental learning needs. In order to work more directly with the caregivers and children with these learning needs, she furthered her studies in the area of speech and language pathology. She has worked at a local hospital since 2011 serving the paediatric population, and took on a leadership role in 2014 to improve services provided by the paediatric communication team of speech therapists and to educate new clinicians. Joanna works very closely with caregivers, families and teachers of the children she sees. She works well with the other professionals in a multi-disciplinary setting, to ensure holistic care for the children and their families. She enjoys working with and supervising new speech therapists or student clinicians. She believes strongly in advocating for the children she sees and educating the public about their conditions, and has responded to […]

Li Sha enjoys working with children of varying needs and abilities. She started her career as an Autism Therapist at Eden School where she worked with students displaying challenging behaviours as well as their parents and teachers. She formulated and implemented individualised strategies to reduce the frequency of these behaviours, and thereafter coached teachers to implement the strategies independently. Li Sha also evaluated the use of Structured Teaching in classrooms, providing feedback to teachers on their performance and efficacy. Li Sha strongly believes in the use of Structured Teaching in school and at home for individuals with special needs. She co-developed an instrument to measure Structured Teaching, which she subsequently used to complete her graduate thesis on the use of Structured Teaching in the early intervention sector in Singapore. Following her graduation from the Master of Arts (Applied Psychology) programme, Li Sha went on to work with children with a wider range of learning and behavioural needs as well as varying cognitive profiles.

Call a helpline if you need to speak to someone Many of us can experience dips in our emotional or psychological wellbeing with the COVID-19 situation – this could be due to issues with school or work, financial concerns, or fears of domestic abuse. If you need to talk to someone about what you are experiencing, do not hesitate to reach out. With helplines available for you to call, you can speak about the issues affecting you and get help that you may need. 1800-202-6868 Mon – Sun: 8am – 8pm

OcTAVE (Occupational Therapy: Activities, Vocation and Empowerment) offers a range of outpatient rehabilitation programmes aimed at promoting community independence, providing therapeutic support, nurturing clients’ potential and facilitating their recovery. The programmes are categorised into four major domains, namely Clinical Rehabilitation, Empowerment, Vocational Training and Job Club.