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=== Early Intervention === | === Early Intervention === |
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Overview & Synopsis
Knowledge gaps
Overly centred on ID/ASD??
Opportunity Areas
Key Statistics & Figures
7,000 children aged 6 and below have developmental difficulties as of 2015 [1]
Between 2010 and 2014, KKH and NUS screenings show a 76% increase in children 6 and below with developmental issues such as development delays, speech and language delays, learning difficulties and autism spectrum disorders (ASD)[2]
Theory of Change
Diagnostic Touchpoints | → | Timely Detection & Diagnosis | ||||
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EIPIC programmes | → | Effective Early Intervention | ||||
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Education |
Detection & Diagnosis
Time Detection & Accurate Diagnosis
Programmes | Gaps | Ideas |
Diagnostic Touchpoints (e.g., hospitals) | For caregivers of children with ASD, touchpoints are poorly equipped in advising parents on where to obtain reliable help during the post-diagnostic phase (see page 61 here) |
Recommendations from EM3 that MSF will consider[3]
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Diagnostic Touchpoints
(e.g., hospitals)
Early Intervention
- Synopsis: While EIPIC serves around 3,200 children with mod-severe special needs, waitlists can extend from 6 months to 1 year. Further, early intervention professionals tend to have high turnover and quick burnout, due to unattractive remuneration compared to the private sector.
Programmes | Gaps | Ideas |
Development Support (DS) & Learning Support (LS) | ||
Early Intervention Programme for Infants & Children (EIPIC) |
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Community Educational Support Services |
Development Support (DS) & Learning Support (LS)
- For pre-school children with mild developmental needs [total number of such children?]
- Support and intervention in areas such as speech and language, social skills, motor skills, behaviour and literacy
- Rolled out to > 300 preschools, > 2,000 children and families, caa December 2015[8]
- [outcomes information on how DS/LS has fared?]
Early Intervention Programme for Infants & Children (EIPIC)
- Therapy and educational support services for children below 6 years with special needs at risk of moderate to severe developmental delays [total number of such children?]
- 21 EIPIC Centres, caa July 2018[9]
- Currently serving about 2,600 children[10], projected to grow to 3,200 places by 2018[11][12]
- Enhanced Pilot for Private Intervention Providers to subsidise selected Private Intervention Centres
- SPD - Building Bridges @ EIPIC Centres are at Tiong Bahru, Jurong, Tampines & Bedok served a total of 465 children in FY16/17[13] - 41 graduated, 27 progressing to mainstream primary and the rest to SPED
Community Educational Support Services
- AWWA Community Integration Service
- Care Corner Educational Therapy Service
- Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore (CPAS)
- Down Syndrome Association's Children Education Services
- Handicaps Welfare Association (HWA) [confirmation required]
- iC2 PrepHouse
- SHINE Educational Psychology Service
- Singapore Association for the Deaf (SADeaf)
- Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH)
- SPD
- St Andrew’s Community Hospital
- THK Children’s Therapy Centre
- ↑ https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/big-read-special-needs-children-pre-school-not-given-0
- ↑ https://www.msf.gov.sg/policies/International-Conventions/Documents/Singapore%20CRPD%20Report%20-%20final.pdf
- ↑ https://www.msf.gov.sg/policies/Disabilities-and-Special-Needs/Documents/Enabling%20Masterplan%203%20(revised%2013%20Jan%202017).pdf
- ↑ National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC). (2017). Issues faced by people with disabilities in Singapore. Retrieved from https://www.nvpc.org.sg/resources/report-on-issues-faced-by-people-with-disabilities-in-singapore
- ↑ https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/big-read-special-needs-children-pre-school-not-given-0
- ↑ Lien Foundation Study on Early Intervention Professionals. http://www.lienfoundation.org/sites/default/files/LF%20Early%20Intervention%20Survey%20Findings.pdf
- ↑ https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/survey-unveils-challenges-faced-by-professionals-working-alongside-special-needs-children
- ↑ https://www.msf.gov.sg/policies/International-Conventions/Documents/Singapore%20CRPD%20Report%20-%20final.pdf
- ↑ https://www.sgenable.sg/uploads/EIPIC%20Service%20Matrix.pdf
- ↑ http://lienfoundation.org/sites/default/files/Inclusive%20Survey%20Part%202%20-%20Press%20Release%20Lien%20Fdn%20Final%5B1%5D.pdf
- ↑ https://www.msf.gov.sg/policies/International-Conventions/Documents/Singapore%20CRPD%20Report%20-%20final.pdf
- ↑ https://www.msf.gov.sg/media-room/Pages/Clarifications-on-EIPIC.aspx
- ↑ http://www.spd.org.sg/upload/SPD%20FY1617%20Annual%20Report.pdf