Ministry of Education (MOE),Singapore Support for Children with Special Needs

Support for Children with Special Needs

In 2004, the Ministry of Education (MOE) announced the following initiatives to support children with mild special educational needs in mainstream schools:

• Deployment of Allied Educators (Learning and Behavioural Support) [AEDs(LBS)], previously known as Special Needs Officers, to support children with mild special educational needs in mainstream schools.
• Additional funding for mainstream schools resourced with AEDs (LBS).
• Training in special needs for selected teachers in mainstream schools. These teachers take on the role of Teachers Trained in Special Needs (TSNs) in schools.

The above efforts by MOE to provide additional resources to support students with mild special educational needs in mainstream schools started in 2005.

Primary Schools

Currently, all primary schools have been staffed with at least one AED(LBS) to support students with mild SEN.

Secondary Schools

Currently, 69 secondary schools are resourced to support students with mild SEN.
MOE plans to recruit additional AEDs(LBS) to meet longer term needs in both primary and secondary schools.

Teachers Trained in Special Needs (TSNs)

In addition, all schools have a core group of Teachers trained in Special Needs (TSNs) to support students with mild SEN. As of end of 2013, 10% of teachers in all primary school and 20% of teachers in all secondary school have been trained in special needs. Since 2005, about 3,848 teachers have undergone and completed their training in special needs. MOE continues to provide this training in special needs to teachers.

Ref: http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/programmes/support-for-children-special-needs/