Hi,

Has anyone engaged a shadow teacher for his/her child in a mainstream primary one class? How long did the shadow teacher shadow the child and was it of any help?

I understand not all schools welcome shadow teachers. Anyone knows of any primary school which is supportive of allowing shadow teachers?

Any good shadow teachers contact to share? Thanks in advance

Hi,


Any parent here has gone through the Pathlight School selection process for its preparatory track - what happens during the selection process eg interviews ? Is it a tough selection process??

As for the preparatory track program, what is it like? More academic based or more social skills based? Did it prepare your child sufficiently to handle a primary one class environment in a mainstream school?

Does anyone know of primary schools with good AED support for ASD kids, in particular in the Serangoon/Hougang area?


This question was raised before in this thread but I can't find the answer

The MOE website lists the SECONDARY schools with AED support for ASD. Can't find the PRIMARY school list

trijoy:

Hi Parents,


I need to know if there's reasonable priced kindy in Tampines/ Pasir Ris/ Simei that will take in my son ? as I wanted him to attend mainstream kindy with teachers who are happened to be SN trained. Those special schools r too expensive for us. Thanks

Hi trijoy,

There is an Intergrated Childcare Program (ICCP) run by the Presbyterian Community Services at various childcare centres. They have a centre in Tampines.

Some of the teachers are SN trained and the SN child can learn alongside his/her peers in a mainstream classroom setting. See http://www.pcs.org.sg/iccp.html

Call the centres to check which class teachers are SN trained so that the SN child goes into a class run by SN trained teachers are in and not into a class with non SN trained teachers.

Before the SN child actually joins his peers in the mainstream classroom, there is an initial 1-1 training program which lasts 20 sessions. Once he is assessed as ready for mainstream classes by the trainer, he'll join the regular childcare classes and pays the same rates.

[quote]If you don't change the address in your NRIC to that of your parents', it doesn't matter which address you use. You use your address, your child will be in 1-2 km category. You use your parents' address and register via the caregiver route, your child will still be under the 1-2 km category, even though your parents stay less than 1 km away from the school.However, if you manage to change the address in your NRIC to your parents' place, you will be able to register your child under the within 1 km category. Now, the issue is, how can you change the address in your NRIC? It can be problematic if your Hougang abode in a HDB flat, because you need to be staying in your HDB flat.[/quote]
Yes, you hit the nail on the head....in reality, child is living in grandparents house, and so am I...but under HDB rules, I need to keep my HDB address. If I go and change my address, my husband's address will be different from mine and I've some explaning to do to the school. I understand they go by the father's address?

Anyway child should be able to enrol based on the Hougang address which is further from school. Won't be using the caregiver route coz we don't meet the criteria.

Hi everyone,


My hubby and my address on IC are the same (hougang). 1st child is due to enter pri 1 in 2012. Since birth, 1st child has been living with my parents in serangoon ie for almost 6 years now. When he starts pri 1, the school bus will pick him up and send him back to grandparents’ place. Since birth of 3rd child 6 months ago, I have been living in my parent’s place as well but my ic address is still hougang.

Assuming we register 1st child in a school near my parent’s place using our hougang address and we get in (because school is unlikely to have ballotting based on past statistics…not a HOT school). ie we get in although we live 1-2 km away whereas if we use grandparents’ address, it’s less than 1-2km.

Will there be any problems later on because 1st child actually lives at an address which is closer to school than his official address listed in school records? Address given to school bus will be different from school records.

Do I myself need to change my address to my parents’ place??? My bills are still going to Hougang address coz my husband takes care of all the bills sent there. I don’t have any bills going to my parents’ place …I understand you need to produce some bills as proof before you can change address on IC.