Support for students with special educational needs at junior colleges and Millennia Institute

• Special Educational Needs (SEN) Officers provide learning and behavioural support in class or through individual or small group intervention and skills training. SEN Officers may be sited within the school or may serve across schools on a roving basis.
• Teacher Leaders for Special Educational Needs mentor and build teachers’ capacity, competence and confidence in supporting students with special educational needs. They model and share strategies and effective pedagogical practices that cater to diverse learners, including students with special educational needs.
• Teachers Trained in Special Needs support school colleagues by sharing strategies and effective pedagogical practices for students with special educational needs.

• Access arrangements for students for their national examination papers, such as larger fonts and extra time. Learn more about access arrangements.
• Barrier-free accessibility to support students who require mobility aids like wheelchairs to better access their learning environment.
• Assistive technology devices enable students with hearing loss, visual or physical impairments to access the full learning opportunities in schools. For example, Singapore Citizens diagnosed with hearing loss may receive Remote Microphone Hearing Assistive Technology (RM-HAT), while those with visual impairments may receive electronic magnifiers, to support their learning.
• Itinerant School-based educational support Services (ISS) are provided by social service agencies (SSAs) such as AWWA Ltd and The Singapore Association for the Deaf to support students with hearing loss, visual or physical impairments, and are fully funded by MOE. The SSAs will assess your child’s needs and work with school personnel to help students transition and adapt to the school environment and access learning more effectively.
• Transport concession or subsidy schemes for persons with disabilities for public transport travel.
• Facing Your Fears is a school-based intervention based on cognitive behavioural therapy. It is designed to support students with special educational needs who experience anxiety.

For more information about the above provisions, you may contact your child's school or SEN Officer.

Students with special educational needs may have other needs beyond learning and education that require therapy or intervention from allied health professionals such as:

• Occupational therapists
• Speech and language therapists
• Physiotherapists
• Psychologists

Therapy services are available at these hospitals:

• KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital
• National University Hospital

Mental health services are available at:

• Response, Early intervention and Assessment in Community mental Health (REACH), a multi-disciplinary community-based mental health service that works closely with schools to provide suitable school-based interventions and specialised assessment for students with emotional, social and behavioural issues, as well as mental health concerns.
• Child Guidance Clinic (CGC)

You can obtain a referral to a hospital or CGC through a polyclinic or a Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS) clinic. An initial consult with a doctor at one of these clinics is required so that they can make an appropriate referral.

For referrals for therapy services and REACH services, please approach your child’s school.