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Presentations | Good Start SG

Themed "Effecting Change in Our Classrooms, this conference is focused on providing practical handles for early childhood practitioners and parents. We hope to inspire, inform and equip conference attendees to be agents of change wherever they are planted.

 

Hence, each of the presentations this year will cover either one or more of the following three interconnected strands: 

1

Early Childhood Theories, Practices and Strategies

2

Early Intervention and Inclusive Practices

3

Mental Well-being of Children and Teachers

English Break Out Sessions

01

Positive Behaviour Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and its Applications in Early Childhood Setting by Jerlyn Leong and Iris Chen (Community Psychology Hub)

02

Building Professional-Family Partnership by Faridah Ali Chang (Rainbow Centre)

03

The Power of Therapeutic Play in the Classroom by Raine Too (Little Marvels Therapy) and Grace Han

04

Learning Math for Children with Developmental Needs by Dr. Ng EeLynn (National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University)

05

The Social Skills Taxonomy for Children with Social Communication Challenges by Nurhayati Ismail (Autism Partnership)

06

Practical Ways to Help Your Child Develop Language and Communication Skills by Jean Foo (The Colourful Mind)

07

Possible Behaviour Support Case Study by Eulisia Er (National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University)

08

Symbolic Literacy: Substitution and Visual Modelling as the Central Actions of Learning Activity by Galina Dolya (Professional Development and Research) Vygotsky In Action In The Early; Key to Learning International

09

Some-THINK to Play: Transform effortless explorations into conscious efforts to support children’s learning by Tracy Er (Presbyterian Preschool Services)

10

Harnessing the Power of Your Visual Mind for Lesson Planning by Goh Ai Yat (Inifiniskills) and Joyce Chua (Infiniskills and Picture Think Academy)

11

Making the Learning Environment Inspiring (MEI) through Visible Thinking Routines (Harvard Graduate School of Education) to Celebrate Children’s Thinking and Understanding by Eileen Boey (Presbyterian Preschool Services)

12

Promoting Young Children's Cognitive Development Through Mediating Learning by Dr. Lucy Pou (L.A.M.P. Learning)

13

Universal Design for Learning: Removing Barriers and Enabling Learning Everything Everywhere All At Once by Esther Kwan (Grace Orchard School)

14

Active Listening as Effective Mental Health Practice in Homes and Classrooms by Dr. Tsao I Ting (Redwood Psychology and Singapore University of Social Sciences)

15

Teaching Social Thinking by Chithra Kathiresan (Connect and Communicate)

16

Confronting Bias within Early Intervention and Counteracting Ableism by Celine Kim (National Institute of Early Childhood Development)

17

An Inclusion Model for Singapore Preschools by Christina Van Huizen (National Institute of Early Childhood Development)

18

Using Inclusive Language in the Preschool Classroom by Farhana Bte Ali

19

Identifying Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) in the Preschool Classroom by Caroline Lee (Singapore Institute of Technology) and Dr. Shaun Goh (National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University)

20

Teacher Characteristics that Matter in Inclusive Education by Dr. Pamela Lim (Singapore University of Social Sciences)

21

Symbolic Representation: the Foundation of a Child's Higher Order Thinking Abilities by Alicia Yah (Presbyterian Preschool Services)

22

Improving the School Workplace Environment for Teachers' Mental Health by Evelyn Kwek (Great Place to Work)

23

Being a Heart-Centred Educator by Dr. Geraldine Teo-Zuzarte (St. Joseph's Institution Preschool)

24

Child-Centred Documentation by Zeng Min and Shu Ping Ng (Anglican Preschool Services)

25

Interpreting Children's Art by Dr. Rebecca Chan (National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University)

26

Social and Emotional Learning Using Puppetry by Juliana Geetha, Eliona Francisco and Liang Hong (Anglican Preschool Services)

27

Let's Play Together! A Relational Approach to building an Inclusive Classroom Community by Elaine Ng (The Learning Connection)

中文工作坊
C
hinese Break Out Sessions

01

学前儿童的行为辅导 by Sun Ying (Presbyterian Preschool Services)

02

Presentation by James Ling Jian (KLC International Institute)

03

Presentation by Dr. Chen Shi (KLC International Institute)

04

Raising Teachers’ Resilience by Influencing their Perspective Towards Stress & Healthcare Habits by Huang Fang (National Institute of Early Childhood Development)

05

The Impact of Early Childhood Practitioners' Partnership with Parents and Resulting Family Outcomes by Doris Yee from AWWA

06

Let's Play Together! - A Relational Approach to Building An Inclusive Classroom Community by Elaine Ng (The Learning Connection)

07

Presentation by Dr. Sun He (National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University)

08

Presentation by Reverend Cynthia Choo (Yishun Methodist Mission) and Lee Chin Ban

09

Presentation by James Ling Jian (KLC International Institute)

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