Recommendations for Educational Psychologists

[Ljas1370]

Dear all


does anymore has any recommendation ofr good psycholocial assessment for kids with learning difficulty? Pls advise. Tks

[maggicho]

What type of learning difficulty are you referring to? How old is your child?

[Ljas1370]

P6 this year. send him for testing at IMH for ADHD. Tested negative. Got a screening at Dyslexia Association of S’pore and also tested negative. Basically he study but he cannot apply what he had learnt.

[carlcity]

Ljas1370:

P6 this year. send him for testing at IMH for ADHD. Tested negative. Got a screening at Dyslexia Association of S'pore and also tested negative. Basically he study but he cannot apply what he had learnt.

may be other learning difficulty.can ask school counselor to help,they can refer to MOE specialist or something

[baobei]

Anyone know of any good psychologist who could assess if child is hyperactive or gifted?

[cahill]

Some learning difficulties affect the student’s ability to focus long enough to absorb the new information (ADD). Some learning difficulties affect the student’s speed at processing new information and reacting to it (SPD). Some learning difficulties affect the student’s ability to sit still in a traditional classroom (ADHD). Some learning difficulties affect the student’s ability to write (dysgraphia) or do math (dyscalculia). Some learning difficulties affect the student’s ability to use language (dyslexia or foreign language students). Some learning difficulties are a lack of one of the senses (blindness, deafness).


Many times the learning difficulties are considered "learning differences" as any of the students with the issues listed above can also be very, very bright – that is, they have a high IQ, an ability to learn, but have a difficulty in learning at the same speed and in the same way as what is considered a "normal" student. Oftentimes, these students learn better kinesthetically (hands-on work) or visually rather than from books or lectures.

[Coolkidsrock2]

Are you still looking?

[baobei]

Do u know of any? So far those that I know assess the two separately.

[Coolkidsrock2]

I have pm you.

[chihuahua]

Hi,


My daughter seems to have issues with her studies. She's easily distracted, takes a long time to finish her homework, but it's her attitude behind it that worries me. When she faces a difficult problem, she simply gives up, not wanting to try; she has no sense of competitiveness. This leads to not finishing her homework, which she hides from both us and the teacher and lies to us. The teacher can't help her if she hides her work away or don't complete her work. It has come to a point where the teacher would personally check her bag. Both teacher and us have given her pep talks, explain the situation to her, etc. She is aware of her problems but the next day or so, she behaves as if nothing had happened and she is in her happy self again.

She not a willful, badly behaved child, she's very thoughtful towards her other siblings, has no temper, etc. Her teacher at school actually likes her very much because she's helpful in class, shares things and quite happy-go-lucky. However, this poor work attitude is bringing her down. We've been working together with her teachers and she has improved but she'd relapse to her old ways.

Could anyone recommend me a child psychologist/psychiatrist so that I can better understand her and know how to manage her issues? Thanks.

Edited to add: she's in P2. She failed her maths because of careless mistakes and she suddenly decided not to do bar modelling even though she had used them in all the assessments we've given her.