Bridege Learning Centre

Reply to Bridege Learning Centre on Tue, 05 Jul 2022 15:52:58 GMT

Declut — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 15:52:58 GMT

My child was first diagnosed at 18 months (2016) to be developmentally delayed with a rare genetic condition. We were told by the doctor to select an EIPIC centre from their list and unfortunately Bridge Learning was not one of them. We were very new to this at that time and selected a centre near our home and subsequently enrolled him into a mainstream preschool when he was four years old.

After reading a lot of books related to advancement in Neuroscience, we were dissatisfied with the extremely slow progress at the EIPIC centre. He was kept in the same class for two years doing simple activities and not allowed to move on because he was not toilet-trained. What really pushed us into action for change was the unkind treatment my child and I faced at the mainstream preschool. Altogether, we spent two years at the EIPIC centre and six months in the mainstream preschool.
Our search brought us to Bridge Learning. We were excited that activities are designed to stimulate the brain based on neuroscience research. A plus point is that they had preschool (Harvard Little) and intervention (Bridge Learning) at the same place. It cuts away the tiring journey of bringing our child from one place to another on a daily basis.
He enrolled at Bridge Learning and Harvard Little at 4.5 years old. Within six months, we saw improvements in him.

Some improvements we saw to-date:
1. From being prone to falling when he walks to being able to run, go up and down the stairs without support, catch a ball.
2. From barely talking to fuller sentences, able to express what he wants, comment on a situation and singing the entire song, "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".
3. From zero literacy to recognition of numbers, colours and the alphabet.
4. From being fed to being able to feed himself and improvements in various self-help skills.
5. From very weak fine-motor skills to being able to hold a pencil properly.
He definitely enjoys going to school.

Advantages of Harvard Little and Bridge Learning:
1. It offers intervention even at primary school level. This is unlike the EIPIC referred to us where intervention ends when they go into primary school.
2. Except for public holidays, Sundays and certain breaks (< 1 week), lessons are conducted daily, so there is no big gap in intervention that could cause regression. This is unlike the EIPIC he attended previously which does not open during school holidays and yet fees are to be paid.
3. As the preschool and intervention is in the same school, the teachers can discuss and have the same approach for the child.
4. Intervention is an intensive brain stimulating one-hour session, one child to one intervention specialist filled with challenging activities. Goals are measurable and parents can get an updated report after 20 sessions. Unlike the EIPIC he attended previously where the actual duration for one-on-one intervention is about 10-15 minutes.
5. Harvard Little learners are grouped together based on ability instead of age, therefore learners need not wait for a full year before they are progressed on to the next stage.
6. Harvard little curriculum are kept current and are interesting, preparing them for primary school, eg. they learn coding for higher levels.
7. They look into Neuroscience advancement and intervention takes a wholesome approach which includes recommendations for nutrition and physiotherapy. Plans and recommendations are made for the betterment of the child.
8. The teachers are knowledgeable, sincere, kind and passionate about what they do and each child is treated like their own.
They have a great team there.

Reply to Bridege Learning Centre on Wed, 31 Aug 2016 11:00:07 GMT

poppyqueen — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 11:00:07 GMT

My son was diagnosed with high functioning autism , aspergers syndrome by a private psychologist . We had initially brought him for occupational therapist session as recommended by the psychologist, but after 2 months and on a weekly basis , I found it not benefiting my son. For 2 months on a weekly, 1/2 of the session was spent getting my son to warm up, and only 15 mins for actual OT. The balance 15 mins was spent on

Switched to Autism recovery network where we got a 1 to 1 therapist to ABA-VB therapist on a bi weekly basis. The founder of this place have a true passion for helping people with autism, however, being 1 to 1 session , the social communication with other children was lacking . We couldn't bring our son for the social class on a ongoing weekly basis as the premise is in the east while we are living in the west. The cost of getting a one on one therapist was also killing us, and when we came across Bridge Learning , the location and cost was more viable for us and we moved over.

Upon diagnosis, my son was recommended to attend the Social arts program, Audio pro, as well as 2x one on one session weekly. Initially, we really couldn't see any improvement too. From having a twice weekly one-on one session, to having 5 sessions weekly on top of his 1/2 day childcare was very tiring and draining for him. He would refuse or drag his feet to go .

However, we persevere . And after almost 1 year of sessions, we can see the marked improvement in my son. His listening/comprehension, coordination and social skills have also markly improved . He also enjoys going there now. We are really gratified with the results as we are more reassured that he'll adapt better in primary school.

The founder of Bridge Learning is passionate in her ideologists, and so are the teachers. They are not solely profit oriented and I heard they will reduce the rates for students who are needy cases.

Bridge learning is not cheap, but in comparison to the other private early intervention centres, I would consider the rates much more reasonable. School bus services are also offered for those who find transport there being a issue. For the parent who mentioned parents not knowing what is happening during the diagnostic session itself, do rely on the expertise of the facilitators to diagnose the child. Having parents in there may be counter productive as some children do feel stressful or behave/ perform differently when parents are there, as compared to being with the facilitator itself. After the report is generated, the facilitator will ask the parents in and explain the findings as well understand the concerns and goals of the parents and work towards it for the next semester.

In a nutshell, Bridge learning is good place for children with developmental delays. I wouldn't consider it a place for parents who are looking to create geniuses out of their kids . That function may be better served at Harvard Little, the sister company of Bridge Learning.

And I do pray that they do not splurge on advertisements and keep the rates affordable! :xedfingers:

Reply to Bridege Learning Centre on Fri, 04 Mar 2016 17:34:17 GMT

involvedparents — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 17:34:17 GMT

Hi! I feel I have a social responsibility to share from my experience so that other parents may benefit and save themselves from similar arduous process.

My son was expelled from a branded preschool that markets itself aggressively. A couple of childcare centres including one in the POP scheme refused to accept him also, quoting lack of trained personnel like the preschool that expelled him. Then at KKH, we received the news that our child is diagnosed with Autism. KKH gave us a list of charity-based & voluntary welfare organisations-run EIPICS to go to and be on wait-list to enroll my son into a special school. My husband & I were devastated. I was crying buckets and heart broken…

We went to a charity-based EIPIC and the premises look beautiful and spacious with all kinds of equipment. I wish the intervention is as impressive as the hardware. The claim of including OT & SLT was doubtful if it happened as promised and I wonder if it is helpful to have 20-30 minutes of it once a week/fortnight. I didn’t like that many of them were volunteers or part-timers and it seems messy in the organization with high turnover. The staff, volunteers and intervention quality and effectiveness were very poor. My child was not improving even after 1.5 years.
As we are new to this whole early intervention thingy, we thought whatever KKH recommended should be right & good especially if it is a government/gahmen backed institution (stupid Singaporean mindset I have).

So when I was emotionally more adjusted, I googled for other EIPICS. Then I realized that there are private EIPICS. So silly of me right? KKH should have told us all our options and so we can choose and decide wisely. I hope the hospitals and doctors understand we have a right to be informed of our options.

I went to whatever intervention centres that were advertised or appear top on Google. I went to Dynamics, Leapfrogs, Cognitive Development Learning Centre, ABA, Kids for Kits and a few more OT & SLT. I do not want to spew too much negative talk but my view is that these I went are just not worth the money & time except that Leapfrogs is relatively the better one out of these. Their speech therapy is good and my child benefitted. But I think educational therapy isn’t their strength. Why I left is that the effectiveness seems to vary a lot, highly dependent on who teaches your kid. I think more sincerity will be better. The lack of understanding of our education system as they were many foreigners was not helpful towards the goals we want for our child.
Instinctively, I just feel the method and therapy were not most suitable for my son but I was desperate to do all I can, so I stayed on in these places for quite a while and some simultaneously.

One day I had courage to share with my colleagues about my child’s condition and the disappointing intervention I experienced both at charity-based and private EIPICs. One mummy shared that she sends her child to Bridge Learning and she was praising it non-stop. She was referred by her friend who was also referred by a relative. In her exact words, “Bridge Learning is the best early intervention centre to go to. You need to try.” I was of course skeptical.

I checked up on it at http://www.bridgelearning.com.sg and was happy with their approach and philosophy towards children with learning difficulties. It is in sync with what I think but I didn’t have the professional vocabulary to articulate it. It is very different from rest of those in Singapore or at least those I went to.

We went for the DDA assessment and we heard of things unheard of, unlike the past assessments. This is much more detailed, useful and understandable. We were taken aback that we were told for the first time that my child has hybrid difficulties. The Founder said that his combination of learning difficulties may manifest symptoms or characteristics that may look like ASD or it could be both Asperger and other lds existing together. We were told that he needs to be monitored to ascertain if he has Asperger only after some time of intervention on the hybrid lds. If the symptoms improve lots, it’d be good news.

We have paid between S$1300 to S$3500 for similar or psychological assessments. DDA assessment we paid for was only about S$120 as my child could not do many activities during the assessment and was out quickly in half hour and our consultation time was about another 30 mins.

I like that the DDA is pro-rated accordingly instead of a lump-sum, the charges and procedure were clearly told when I called up. They also have a written form stimulating the terms and procedure for us to sign before the assessment can start. Quite kiasu I thought. Most importantly, I think the depth of expertise, experience and ethics impressed us most.

Of course there wasn’t any immediate progress initially but 1 year later, we testify to the remarkable progress of the intervention. My son is never the same as before! He has established better eye contact, able to concentrate better, comprehends much more, learns so much faster and is so much confident and interested in learning now. His social skills are still weak but he definitely communicates much more and more socially aware now. It’s unbelievable to us that his Autistic characteristics have reduced significantly and meltdowns are rare and few now! We are simply elated.

They worked on his sensory motor integration through Neurogym, auditory processing, conceptual development, social-communication skills, visual processing etc.. and now is progressing towards the academic development to prepare him for mainstream school. He is now in both Bridge School Readiness Programme and Harvard Little now. The small group prepatory is really ideal for him who needs more individualized attention.

Yes, now we can see more hope and more readiness for him to go to mainstream school! But they told us he may need deferment. Need to monitor further. Deferment is definitely a better outcome than going to a special school because my child is cognitively fine. I thought it’d be a pity if he goes to special school. I've visited several and I really dislike it.

The IEI is truly tailor-made for each child as I’ve compared my IEI with other parents. The IEP I had at other places are all the same for all autistic kids. The attention to customizing to individual child’s needs and abilities were not as good for sure. And they have a really nice Neurogym which my son talks about a lot. They integrate their Neuroscience-based whole brain exercises as part of intervention. It’s one of those ingredients that makes it work, I guess.

When my child improves, he was able to join the small group programmes. Initially we wanted to put him in a group programme too besides IEI, but we were told that “it’d be waste of the child’s time and our money if you enrol him now.”

I really respect that they monitor my child closely and recommend programmes only based on his needs & development instead of just wanting to make money and make us join everything. He was in AuditoryPro and SocialArte and they were both about half the fees we paid for auditory training and group social skills intervention. We paid about S$20+ per session here while other intervention places are about S$50-S$80 per session.

I like that they have an effective method, structure, and intervention curriculum not based on the labels but on my child’s needs and brain architecture. I learnt it’s called Cross & Non-Categorical Approach whereby they look across linearly on child’s needs instead of trying to pigeonholing children under each label. This child-centric approach is very different from the typical Categorical Approach that dish out assessment scores and intervention based on a diagnostic label. It’s refreshing and more effective.

I’m truly surprised to read that they are expensive. I thought Bridge Learning fees are the lowest we have paid compared to the rest of private EIPICs who are charging about S$130+ to S$250 per hour for IEI. As we were not eligible for subsidies at the VWO EIPIC, we were paying the full fees and they are almost the same or slightly less or even more expensive than Bridge Learning. With the free money from government subsidies and donations at VWO EIPICs, my auditor husband thought they maybe making more profits than the private EIPICs. Hahaha…

We think value for money is more important than the cost itself. We are doubly happy that we are getting not only value but also paying lower fees than before. At first I was doubtful if it’s less effective, that’s why the fees are probably the lowest in the private sector and maybe lower than charities.

Besides the effective intervention results, the next thing we are most pleased with is the staff team. They are the most dedicated, loving, patient and passionate educators I’ve even seen. The whole environment has a kind of love, peace, faith and authenticity. They are highly experienced and many have worked there for many years. You can tell they really love kids.

In a workshop whereby The Founder was conducting, I learnt that they have a sound systematic system of training, hours of planning and case conferencing behind the scene. They have an intervention method, strategies and even an internal portal with videos on how to conduct intervention to boost. They also integrate Feuerstein Institute’s brain techniques into the IEI, who is their partner.

I thought it’s amazing that they have so many things going on for the children that we don’t know. And that’s why it can ensure the quality standards of intervention is similar through the years and across all the Early Intervention Specialists, through the training and sharing of expertise and combined experience. I saw on their FB page that the staff has at least 150-200 training hours annually.

I’ve personally met a parent whose son is on subsidized intervention as the family income is eligible for their social enterprise subsidies. This mummy even went on radio with them. She said she is grateful to Bridge Learning that her son who was diagnosed with ASD and intellectual impairment but is now scoring 90+ marks for his Math. They even send her some tonics when she had an operation. Her son has been there for many years and on subsidies since day 1. I understand from her that the subsidies is not from government but from their own revenue. I’m not sure about this part so if you need help, just approach them for help.

The only negative comment I’ve about Bridge Learning is that it does not spend money on advertising and marketing. If it does, our family would not need to go through unnecessary processes & ardous journey. It depends on referrals too much. If I do not know anyone who would recommend Bridge Learning to me, I’d have missed this place that creates a significant impact on my child and is fulfilling his potential.

That’s why I hope by sharing positive experience will do justice to them and help let parents learn about this place of hope and effective help. Even my husband said it’s money well-spent and is happy with our son’s progress.

We sent a hamper last Christmas as a gesture of appreciation and realized they received many hampers and gifts from other parents like me, who are very happy with their intervention and love for our children.

I pray my child will be well prepared for mainstream school and do better than what his diagnosis said. Keep believing & loving! All the best to your children too!

Reply to Bridege Learning Centre on Sat, 13 Feb 2016 03:09:12 GMT

elcy_05 — Sat, 13 Feb 2016 03:09:12 GMT

Cost is a major setback at Bridge Learning. I sent my son there for assessment. Hourly rates are $150/hr for weekdays and $180/hr (I think) for weekends. My assessment was 3h35mins long and there were no written reports just a discussion with the founder who was the person who did the assessment. You can do the maths and know how much my assessment fee ended up as. Parents are not allowed in the room while assessment takes place so essentially we don’t know if the 3h35mins was indeed well spent.

The founder told me my autistic son had some sensory integration issue that’s why it affecting his ability to read. She recommended an IEI (individual intervention program) and their signature Auditory Pro program to go hand in hand and best to do 2 sessions of total 2 hrs a week. A package price of 20 sessions came up to $2700. There is also a one time enrollment fee of $200 per student, another $200 learning material fee PER PROGRAM to pay on top of the $2000+ course fees. And mind you these are all VIP rates. VIP card is $100 perpetual membership entitling you to "discounted rates" of courses and material. I asked what material do they use that costs that much and do we eventually keep them? Answer is no we don’t get to own them and these material will be used to conduct the lessons for the child. To me, not packaging the material fee as part of the course fee is silly. It’s quite a turn off to know I am paying that much for material that I don’t get to own (such as software for the auditory pro program). I send my kids for other classes such as art and all, the material is really used for each child’s lesson that day and the project they create is brought home by us. So paying $200 for material which we can’t own didn’t make much sense.

By the way I ended up paying for that VIP card because after assessment they said VIP rate for assessment is $120/hr but now I am hesitant due to the exorbitant costs and the fact that I don’t know for sure the program will be effective for my child. so unless you can afford the costs, please think twice to even send you kids there for assessment. They claim to be a social enterprise but based on the conversation so far, I wonder if they should just call themselves a for-profit commercial business.

Reply to Bridege Learning Centre on Wed, 02 Dec 2015 07:10:51 GMT

Sanki28 — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 07:10:51 GMT

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..

Reply to Bridege Learning Centre on Sat, 26 Jul 2014 14:58:28 GMT

luvmum — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 14:58:28 GMT

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.

Reply to Bridege Learning Centre on Tue, 10 Jun 2014 07:44:30 GMT

rabbitgirl — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 07:44:30 GMT

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

Reply to Bridege Learning Centre on Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:40:19 GMT

gerberadaisy — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:40:19 GMT

Hi baligirl,

Many thanks for the info!

Reply to Bridege Learning Centre on Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:11:12 GMT

baligirl — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:11:12 GMT

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

Reply to Bridege Learning Centre on Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:38:47 GMT

gerberadaisy — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 02:38:47 GMT

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!

Reply to Bridege Learning Centre on Mon, 10 Dec 2012 05:01:46 GMT

happymummywife — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 05:01:46 GMT

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.

Reply to Bridege Learning Centre on Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:46:50 GMT

happymummywife — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:46:50 GMT

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?

Reply to Bridege Learning Centre on Sun, 20 May 2012 14:32:21 GMT

jimyee4 — Sun, 20 May 2012 14:32:21 GMT

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.

Reply to Bridege Learning Centre on Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:36:12 GMT

botakgundul — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:36:12 GMT

looneytunezz:
How much is it to get a report?

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

Reply to Bridege Learning Centre on Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:12:21 GMT

looneytunezz — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:12:21 GMT

How much is it to get a report?

Reply to Bridege Learning Centre on Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:18:01 GMT

botakgundul — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:18:01 GMT

gerberadaisy:
Dear mummies

My K2 son is not able to focus in class which has affected his learning. It may also be partly due to his immaturity as he's a December kid. He may also be midly dyspraxia. I'm looking for some intervention programme to help him in these areas. Intend to stop his other enrichment classes because if his attention problem is not addressed, he will not benefit from any enrichment.

Recently read an article about Learning Difficulites inThe Straits Times, and Bridge Learning Centre at Choa Chu Kang was being featured. Has anyone sent your kids to this centre before, and is the programme beneficial to your child?

Any comments would be much appreciated. Many thanks! :please:

Before you intend to enroll your son to any EIP program, they will be asking you to assess your son 1st. There will be no written report for BL (Bridge Learning) & they will be asking you to attend their program min. 2 IEI session per week.

Focus @Jurong also provides assessment & they'll provide written report. I find that their report is more systematic & you can use it for reference.

Reply to Bridege Learning Centre on Fri, 15 Jul 2011 05:50:39 GMT

luvmum — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 05:50:39 GMT

Any mummies whose child is taking intervention program

From bridge? Would like to hear ur views on this centre.
Do pm me or post here.

Thanks!

Reply to Bridege Learning Centre on Thu, 26 May 2011 07:54:43 GMT

gerberadaisy — Thu, 26 May 2011 07:54:43 GMT

Hi Brenda10

Many thanks for the info!

Reply to Bridege Learning Centre on Thu, 26 May 2011 07:48:08 GMT

Brenda10 — Thu, 26 May 2011 07:48:08 GMT

gerberadaisy:
Hi Brenda10

Many thanks for your response. May I know if you've signed up your DD for any of their programmes, and if so, what are the programmes and are they beneficial to her? I've gone down to the centre this morning to find out more about their programmes, but still not sure if we should put DS in this centre because it's rather far from my place. There's another centre, Cognitive Development Learning Centre at Buona Vista, that is much nearer to my place.

Does anyone has comments about Cognitive Development Learning Centre?

Many thanks!

Hi gerberadaisy,

They had higlighted a few area for improvement but we did not take up any intervention program because of the distant, time and cost.

However, we had done it ourselves to improve on area that she was diagnosed weak and now at P6 she is actually doing ok lah.

Reply to Bridege Learning Centre on Wed, 25 May 2011 05:52:48 GMT

gerberadaisy — Wed, 25 May 2011 05:52:48 GMT

Hi Brenda10

Many thanks for your response. May I know if you’ve signed up your DD for any of their programmes, and if so, what are the programmes and are they beneficial to her? I’ve gone down to the centre this morning to find out more about their programmes, but still not sure if we should put DS in this centre because it’s rather far from my place. There’s another centre, Cognitive Development Learning Centre at Buona Vista, that is much nearer to my place.

Does anyone has comments about Cognitive Development Learning Centre?

Many thanks!

Reply to Bridege Learning Centre on Mon, 23 May 2011 00:23:06 GMT

Brenda10 — Mon, 23 May 2011 00:23:06 GMT

gerberadaisy:
Dear mummies

My K2 son is not able to focus in class which has affected his learning. It may also be partly due to his immaturity as he's a December kid. He may also be midly dyspraxia. I'm looking for some intervention programme to help him in these areas. Intend to stop his other enrichment classes because if his attention problem is not addressed, he will not benefit from any enrichment.

Recently read an article about Learning Difficulites inThe Straits Times, and Bridge Learning Centre at Choa Chu Kang was being featured. Has anyone sent your kids to this centre before, and is the programme beneficial to your child?

Any comments would be much appreciated. Many thanks! :please:

Hi, we had sent dd there for assessment when she was in K2.

The center given us a Diagnostic Assessment Report on area like:

Behaviour During Observation
Expressive and Receptive Language
Visual Memory
Auditory Discrimination and Memory
Fine Gross Motor & Coordinating skills
Visual-Perceptual Skills
Reading and Comprehension
Recommendations

I found this assessment was very useful as we got to understand and help dd better after knowing her strength and weakness.

Hope the above information is useful to you. :lol: