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Special educational needs support at junior colleges and Millennia Institute

Learn about how junior colleges and Millenia Institute support special educational needs.

Junior colleges and the Millennia Institute are suitable for students who have the cognitive abilities and adaptive skills to access the national curriculum and mainstream learning environment. 

They can support students with special educational needs like: 
  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Dyslexia
  • Hearing loss
  • Mild autism spectrum disorder
  • Physical impairment
  • Visual impairment

The schools also have some degree of barrier-free access.

If you are unsure if your child can cope in a mainstream school, you may want to get a professional assessment for them.

Types of support

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Specialised personnel
  • Special Educational Needs (SEN) Officers or roving SEN Officers provide learning and behaviour support in class or through individual or small group intervention or skills training after curriculum hours.
  • Teacher Leaders for Learning Needs (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.
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Specialised provisions and intervention
  • Access arrangements for students for their national examination papers, such as larger fonts and extra time. .
  • Barrier-free accessibility to support students who require mobility aids like wheelchairs.
  • Services from social service agencies such as AWWA Ltd and The Singapore Association for the Deaf for students with hearing loss, visual or physical impairments. They will assess your child’s needs and work with the teachers to provide assistance. Find out more from the school when your child is enrolled.
  • Assistive technology devices such as Remote Microphones-Hearing Assistive Technology (RM-HAT) for Singapore citizens diagnosed with hearing loss and magnifiers for Singapore citizens diagnosed with visual impairment to support their learning.
  • for persons with disabilities for public transport travel.
  • Facing Your Fears, an intervention for students with special educational needs who face anxiety issues.

Contact your child's school or SEN Officer for more information about these provisions.

Pathway
Referrals
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:
Mental health services are available at:
  • , 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 severe emotional, behavioural, and mental health concerns.
If you need assistance for a referral to a polyclinic, a Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS) clinic or REACH, you can approach your child's school.

You can obtain a referral to a hospital or CGC through a polyclinic or a CHAS clinic. An initial consult with a doctor at one of these clinics is required so that they can make an appropriate referral.
Use the 外网天堂 to search for junior colleges / Millennia Institute that provide additional support for full barrier-free access.