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helplessmum3:

Summer,

Pcf sucks.. Do not bench mark ur son due to them.

My son also in mainstreaming cc w smaller group n is copping real well ..
He loves seeing his friends n he is able to call all teachers name n now he is almost fully toilet train ..

Pcf one class 24 students w only one teacher most of the time .. Though the say 2 teachers , the truth is NO.

Hi helplessmum

For PCF N1 & N2, it's 2 teachers for about 12 students. Whereas it's one teacher to 20 students for K1 & K2. How old is your son? I think my son is a special of a special needs. Cos not only does he not able to socialise he is active too. Hence I don't think any mainstream kindergarten will accept him..
I can only take a step at a time now.

[helplessmum3]

Nope , 24 to 2 teachers for n1 n n2 but most of the time is one teacher to 24 kids. Really . I engage n pay numberous of time for therapy down to help the teachers . These what the therapist has observed . Really …

[helplessmum3]

My son this year n2 have not teacher 3.5yo yet…

When parents there for celebration bday then will show up 2 teachers

[ImMeeMee]

Mummies


How much do you think about your child’s future, and about how they will sustain themselves when parents are no longer with them?

[sembgal]

phtthp:

Summer tan,


please do not send your son to PCF, because the class is too big, > 20 kids. It won't help him. Mashy is right - PCF is ok for normal developing children, with above average IQ. Those with special need, it is advisable to go elsewhere.

Your son need lots of attention, preferably in a small kindergarten group setting. The smaller it is, the better! See whether is there any good, reliable Montessori kindergarten around your area, where school fees within your budget. Check out all the Montessori pre-school(s), in your vicinity in the north.

Yes, better to enrol ASD children in Montessori setting. PCF is mainstream, cater to the normal developing children. ASD children will disrupt a regular kindergarten class as compared to the EIPIC school that ASD children attend.

[sembgal]

Summer tan:

Hi all


I've been reading this thread for quite some time. My son is in k1 and is diagnosed with pddnos aka high functioning asd. He studies at PCF and goes for therapy twice a week since the start of this year.But the teachers are not special needs trained and cannot handle his misbehavior. The principal requested that he studies for two out of four hours which i feel it's meaningless for my son. I intend to withdraw him from pcf and I'm sending him to an ICCP half day child care next month. Still big class of 20 students inclusive of my son and a speech delay boy. They have an aunty to help look after that boy currently.

I hope the special needs trained teacher can handle my son as I think he's ADHD cum ASD. Have u mummies heard of cases where even the trained teacher also cannot cope and ask the child to withdraw?

Yes, I heard of from friend work in a normal kindergarten setting. The child will be asked to withdrawn after the teacher's assessment that the child is not suited to study in the class due to the disruptive behaviour such as running around the class, screaming for no good reasons and pushing classmates who are of smaller built down.

[ImMeeMee]

sembgal:

Yes, I heard of from friend work in a normal kindergarten setting. The child will be asked to withdrawn after the teacher's assessment that the child is not suited to study in the class due to the disruptive behaviour such as running around the class, screaming for no good reasons and pushing classmates who are of smaller built down.

Mainstream teachers have ever explained to me that they advise some parents to transfer their children out because they assess that the children are not benefitting from the mainstream environment and there is really no point in getting the child to continue to stay on. At the same time, they also have a responsibility towards the other NT kids to ensure that the kids are in a safe and condusive environment.

In that sense which is for the benefit of the kids, and if the mainstream teachers have really tried taking care of the child but still cannot cope, then its valid and fair that parents have to find alternatives. Afterall, there are infrastructural contraints in the current mainstream environment, and things work both ways. Of course, this is notwithstanding those CC who do not even try.

I tend to think that where mainstream CC is concerned, there is a fair share of good and no good ones, just like everything else. There are some that are equally kind and accomodating. Based on those that I have spoken to, most of them are open minded to at least let the child have a trial class to see the mutual fit before they make a decision on whether they could enrol the child.

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ImMeeMee:

sembgal:

Yes, I heard of from friend work in a normal kindergarten setting. The child will be asked to withdrawn after the teacher's assessment that the child is not suited to study in the class due to the disruptive behaviour such as running around the class, screaming for no good reasons and pushing classmates who are of smaller built down.

Mainstream teachers have ever explained to me that they advise some parents to transfer their children out because they assess that the children are not benefitting from the mainstream environment and there is really no point in getting the child to continue to stay on. At the same time, they also have a responsibility towards the other NT kids to ensure that the kids are in a safe and condusive environment.

In that sense which is for the benefit of the kids, and if the mainstream teachers have really tried taking care of the child but still cannot cope, then its valid and fair that parents have to find alternatives. Afterall, there are infrastructural contraints in the current mainstream environment, and things work both ways. Of course, this is notwithstanding those CC who do not even try.

I tend to think that where mainstream CC is concerned, there is a fair share of good and no good ones, just like everything else. There are some that are equally kind and accomodating. Based on those that I have spoken to, most of them are open minded to at least let the child have a trial class to see the mutual fit before they make a decision on whether they could enrol the child.

Yes, I understand where the (good) cc are coming from. As much as I want to convince myself that my son is disruptive and adding stress to the teachers, I can't help but feel a tinge of sadness and anger in me.

Will my son be able to cope at the ICCP centre next mth on? Will the teachers be able to handle him? Will my son end up being rejected by peers and the centre? Will he end up not studying in a mainstream pri sch?
He's so vocal and smart I just don't know where to place him.

For him, I know I must stay positive I cannot give up.

[helplessmum3]

Is he abl to comprehend ?

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helplessmum3:

Is he abl to comprehend ?

On what context?