Written by Tricia Au 1. Identify the skill that you want your child to learn Make sure that the targeted skill is something that you can measure and observe....

Written by Tricia Au Prompts are implemented to increase the opportunity for your child to succeed in learning a new skill. They are carried out subtly as in...

Introduction A house is a necessity for every family in order to shelter themselves from nature. It also becomes a suitable place for families to spend quali...

Written by Tricia Au In earlier posts we have covered different topics around nutrition and the relationship it has with special needs children. We introduc...

Written by Tricia Au After understanding the types of nutritional challenges special needs children face and the foundational nutrients needed for holistic ...

Written by Tricia Au Oftentimes parents with autistic children notice that during infancy, the child is more receptive towards baby foods. However, the trans...

Written by Tricia Au From our previous post we know that children with special needs face nutritional challenges like obesity, underweight, behaviour issues,...

Written by Tricia Au Special needs children are often seen or associated with a number of caregivers and specialists in managing their overall development. S...

Written by Tricia Au In our earlier posts, we have covered that children with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) have difficulties with identifying, processin...

Written by Tricia Au A guide to help parents, therapists and teachers in understanding what intervention that works best for the child. “A SECRET” is a proce...

Written by Tricia Au Children who have Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) have a lack of sensory stimulation. These children require the appropriate sensory i...

Written by Tricia Au Imagine SPD as a giant tree with a lot of branches, these branches represent the subdivisions of SPD. You might be wondering why is this...

Written by Tricia Au Why is SPD important to know? Our nervous system receives and processes messages from our senses (taste, tactile, sight, smell, sound, v...

Written by Faiz Danyal When I was little, I found out that I have Hyperlexia - a form of autism. My parents were worried about my future. My mother felt that...

Written by Faiz Danyal When I was young, I had music therapy at Tomatis Specialist Centre in Singapore. I was put in a special room alone as classical music ...

Written by Faiz Danyal Remember the time when you were anxiously waiting to play the next generation Pokemon game on release day? You went to your favorite ...

Written by Faiz Danyal Video games have become a medium of entertainment that provide endless hours of enjoyment, be it for adults or children. According to ...

Written by Faiz Danyal When I was a child, I was always teased by my classmates. They liked teasing me with a specific tune - a jingle from Nano Nano Candy c...

Written by Jenevy Sidhu It is quite the contrast- while the outside world comes to a near-standstill, there is a flurry of activity within our homes, possibl...

The fanciest iPads (tuned to the educational channel, of course) and the glossiest books might look like they would best teach our children