Tuition for special needs students

In every child’s educational journey, there will be instances whereby he or she needs a helping hand. A home tutor can make a whole world of difference. The need is even more dire in the case of children with special needs as they encounter more difficulties and may see completing a piece of homework as an insurmountable task.

Some common types of special needs children in Singapore

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

A special needs child having ASD may be impaired by social, communication and behavioural disabilities. Some challenges include avoiding eye contact and wishing to be left on his own, have difficulties understanding other people’s emotions or expressing their own emotions, not being able to use words to express their needs and so forth.

Intellectual Disability

Children with Intellectual Disability will have problems in two areas namely cognitive ability and adaptive functioning. The former refers to the set of skills to reason, remember, focus and think of ideas. The latter refers to functioning everyday tasks such as conversing with others, motor and social skills. Intellectual disabilities range from mild to high levels and need various degrees of support.

Visual Impairment

Visual Impairment simply means not being able to see partially or complete blindness, visual impairment difficulties cannot be alleviated or corrected by wearing glasses or putting on contact lenses. Not being able to see will impair one’s abilities such as needing help to get around places.

Hearing Loss

Hearing Loss refer to the disability to hear, it can be a partial hearing loss or a complete case.  In some instances,  the hearing loss is treatable or can be alleviated using hearing aids or implants.

 

Cerebral Palsy

Cerebral Palsy is a condition set forth by brain injuries resulting in muscle coordination problems, challenges in motor skills, talking, learning disabilities and so forth.

Learning Disabilities in children

Children with learning disabilities most commonly have problems including dyslexia which affects numeric and language learning skills and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder which gives rise to inattention, impulsivity and becoming hyperactive.

In Singapore, students with special needs can choose to study in mainstream or Special Education Schools where a specialised curriculum is taught sometimes up to a senior level, depending on the level of support they need.

Tackling specific disabilities

A sensory impairment student such as those suffering from blindness can benefit from a special needs tuition teacher who have expertise in Braille. As for students with hearing loss impairments tutors who can teach in the Singapore Sign Language will be able to help them. Students with sensory impairments can benefit no matter if they go through the mainstream education whereby they take the PSLE or opt for the Special Education programme where they are taught numeracy, literacy, science, motor skills, daily living skills, arts, physical education, vocational skills training, social emotional learning, orientation & mobility (VI), and sign language (HL).

Children suffering from autism spectrum disorder can get help from tutors who have qualifications in special education. These well qualified tutors can help students to correct behaviours such as improving eye contact and developing relationships, and correcting fixed thinking patterns and having too much interests in certain aspects. Tutors will be able to complement the education in special schools which teach Functional Academics, Social Emotional and Daily Living Skills, Physical Education and Sports, Visual and Performing Arts, and Vocational Education. Character and Citizenship Education is infused in the Learning Domains  and  CCA; or help boost their grades if they are attending mainstream schools.

Similarly tutors qualified in teaching special needs children can help children with Intellectual disabilities. These children will still need coaching and mentoring in subjects such as  Literacy, Numeracy, Science, Vocational Education, Vocational Guidance, Social Emotional Learning, and the Arts. 

Children with cerebral palsy will also benefit from teachers trained in special education; the tutors are able to teach subjects such as academic, vocational, daily living, physical education, the arts, and social and emotional; or guide them if the children attend mainstream school.

A dyslexia person  will have difficulties in reading, spelling and writing as well as suffer from language disabilities such as comprehending or using spoken vocabulary, comprehending long narrated explanations, and speaking out loud a whole story. A qualified tutor trained to teach dyslexia children can boost the grades of dyslexia children and help them develop renewed interests in these subjects.

An Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder child will find it difficult to focus, display wilful behaviours and may like to run about. A specially trained tutor can help children learn the rigours of subjects by finding ways to extend their attention spans and help them control their behaviours.

Children with special needs are no different from ordinary kids. They also need motivation to study and tutors to help them in their weak areas or spur interest in subjects they have less aptitude for. The remedy for these challenges really is to find the right tutor. Besides a diploma in special education, such qualified tutors are also inclined to be more patient and have the “heart” to teach special needs children. They can come up with novel ways to focus their attention or they may have special X factors such as a bubbly character that children are naturally attuned to. Many of them are also trained in using special equipment to aid teaching such as interactive PowerPoint slides or iPads.

Furthermore, such qualified tutors have years of experience teaching children with special needs. They know the ways special needs children behave, they are able to discipline the children, and keep them on track. Rather than let these special needs children struggle to follow up with school subjects, a one to one teaching at home is ideal. The child will get more attention from the tutor as compared to in a school and the tutor can zero in on their weaknesses.

Let us at Star Tutor help you out with your demand for special needs tuition in Singapore. We have patient administrative consultants who can hear you out about your specific needs and time scheduling to match you up with a suitable home tutor. Our rates are also very reasonable and we have a wide range of tutors who are experts in their fields of teaching. Call us today to help your child get a suitably qualified tutor now.