Children with mild to moderate language difficulties receive help while students receive training on the job.
Clinical educator Daphlyn Goh, Singapore Institute of technology student Carine Yap and client Abner Lee at the clinic.
“Now he would ask, ‘Daddy, where are we going?’ Sometimes he asks so often that I tell him to be quiet,” his mother, a teacher in an international school, said in jest. Ms Karen Lee, assistant director of THK Therapy Services, said it will also be introducing group language programmes, where each pair of students sees three to four children per group.
Abner started therapy in January 2024 after a two-month wait as there were no student placements when he was registered in November. In April, six SIT students completed their clinical placements, with one, Ms Carine Yap, 24, about to join the clinic full-time soon as she found the job fulfilling.During her two-month placement, the speech and language therapy graduate helped more than 10 children, working with up to three children daily, setting therapy targets for them based on their developmental needs.
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