Bridege Learning Centre

[botakgundul]

looneytunezz:

How much is it to get a report?

Around $400. I did assessment for my son last year.

[jimyee4]

Hi

I sent my son for five months since Jan 2012 at Bridge Learning. However we are ending the sessions when term ends in May. I did not find the lessons useful and saw very little improvement in my son’s development. The teachers tend to be young with cursory training - unlike other trained speech and IEP Therapists. Having gone through both the conventional categorical and non conventional categorical method, I am definitely inclined towards the former.

[happymummywife]

We had great experience at Bridge Learning with our daughter & 2 sons! I strongly recommend it to parent. My daughter was very eloquent and reads fantastically but we find some weaknesses in her that that do not reflect her ability well. We went to a number of places & all of them couldn’t identify what areas my child needs help in except for Bridge Learning. Not only their Diagnostic Assessment was accurate and detailed, I enrol in the intervention programes recommended. My daughter made vast improvement by 6 months. We continue for 2 years as they are really good in developing the brain and learning. Now my child is GEP & i believe Bridge Learning has some credit. I’ve spoken to many parents who sat at the reception & all of them speak very well of the effectiveness of the programmes & the teachers. So after few years, I bring my son there also. Honestly, the Early Intervention Specialists there are very PASSIONATE & dedicated like their Founder. You can tell they love the children a lot and are not there just for money. To be fair, as parents we need to give realistic time for them to show improvement and maybe following what are the recommended programmes help?

[happymummywife]

i heard fr my teacher friends from MOE who was tutored by the Founder of Bridge Learning at NIE. They speak very well of her training ability and commented she is the best lecturer/tutor in whole of NIE because of the passion, experience and expertise she has. I thought they were too flattery until heard her speak at an international conference before. She really know her stuff & most impressive. She really know more and can communicate to us laymen better than the professors and thearapists too. I am totally convinced of the training system she set up at Bridge Learning.

I was an ex-MOE teacher. Actually, I find taht Spore parents tend to just take whatever is available & "recommended" by MOE as the "best" & never think what is really effective for the children. Our edu psychologists here don’t know how to do intervention! Because I am from education, i know that many may have paper qualifications to earn more of our money but may not be effective. I’ve asked my MOE friends,they said non-categorical intervention and assessment are actually more difficult than the typical categorical intervention. It requires vast expertise and experience. And it is more effective and practical when working with children. As a mummy, I used to run after brand names but now i look at if it works for my child and if the teachers are passionate and dedicated or not.

[gerberadaisy]

Hi happymummy wife,


May I know what programmes are your children enrolled in and how long are they in it before you see the results? Do you follow up on the home support programme conscientiously? Many thanks!

[baligirl]

Hi, there's an article on Bridge Learning in January 2013's SPRINGnews (page 14 & 15).

http://www.spring.gov.sg/Resources/Documents/SPRINGnews/FV_Jan13/web/flipviewerxpress.html

[gerberadaisy]

Hi baligirl,


Many thanks for the info!

[rabbitgirl]

I did not enrol my kid into any other program though they suggested me to enrol on their IEI and other preschooler program for the best interest of my kid.


Reason being that the cost fee is high. It’s like 2200/for 20 hours session for IEI. And they don’t provide much information about how and what would they do during the IEI except for the general guidelines of the program and also it’s said that it’s tailored made against my kid’s learning profile.

It’s just sharing my experience with the centre. i

[luvmum]

Any parents who have sent their kids there lately? Hv revisited the place after trying out other intervention centres that prove to be ineffective for my child. However, bridge exorbitant cost is holding us back as it’s not a few hundred but thousands that we need to pay to ‘try’. Hope parents can come in and share.

[Sanki28]

Hi all,

My son was diagnosed with mild autism and we couldn't believe it though we knew that he was behaving differently and used to get very cranky from the age of 2 . We were looking for a place where he could get the right therapy as he was still very young . One of our friends suggested for Bridge learning and we took our son for DDA . It was very helpful and we enrolled him for their IEI. It has been 7 months now and we don't regret our decision with the tremendous change we have seen in our son . He is out of all the sign of autism spectrum now , but still we are working on the speech therapy.we have also taken their Harvard little program and my son loves it. The teachers are very dedicated and also they have very structured method. We have got reports on their daily activities and also got regular updates from the teacher..please keep in mind when you take up any such programs that the teachers are not the only ones responsible for the growth of your child but we as parents must work hand In hand by repeating the same activities at home with the kids then we make the recovery process much faster..