YWCA Conference on Early Childhood Special Needs
2015
Time/Duration
Opening
Address
9.00am-9.15am
Welcome &
Introductory
Speech
9.15am-9.30am
Keynote
Lecture
9.30am-10.30am
18 September 2015
(Friday)
Venue: Fort Canning Lodge
Items
Speaker: Ms Tan Kee Leng, President, Young Women’s Christian Association
of Singapore
Venue: Auditorium
Speaker: Ms Janet Tan, Chairperson for Child Development Programme
Committee, Young Women’s Christian Association of Singapore
Venue: Auditorium
Lecture Title #01: What is person-centredness in an inclusive early
childhood education?
Keynote Speaker: A/P Levan Lim, Head, Early Childhood & Special Needs
Education Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang
Technological University
Venue: Auditorium
Tea-break
10.30am -11.00am
Day 1/AM
Workshops &
Paper
Presentations
11.00am12.30pm
D1/AM#01
Workshop
D1/AM#02
Paper
Presentation
D1/AM#03
Workshop
D1/AM#04
Paper
Presentation
Participants are to select and register one of the following five workshops they
want to attend. Limited number of seats (first-come/first-to-be-served)
Workshop Title: Building sense of coherence/resilience for early childhood
educators
Speaker: Mr Norman Kee Kiak Nam, Lecturer, Early Childhood & Special
Needs Education Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang
Technological University
Venue:
Paper Presentation Title: Promoting inclusivity among preschoolers
through children’s literature
Speaker: Dr Ng Chiew Hong, Lecturer, English Language & Literature
Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological
University
Venue:
Workshop Title: An Introduction to Curriculum and Instructional
Differentiation (Part 1)
Speaker: Dr Thana Luxshme Thaver, Senior Lecturer, Early Childhood &
Special Needs Education Academic Group, National Institute of Education,
Nanyang Technological University
Venue:
Paper Presentation Title: When unexpected disruption occurs during the
normal child development ...
Speaker: A/P Noel Chia Kok Hwee, Early Childhood & Special Needs
Education Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang
Technological University
Venue:
Lunch break
12.30pm-1.30pm
Keynote
Lecture
1.30pm-2.30pm
Plenary
Discussion
2.30pm-3.00pm
Keynote Lecture #02: Assistive technology for early childhood education:
Some introductory considerations
Keynote Speaker: Asst/P Wong Meng Ee, Early Childhood & Special Needs
Education Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang
Technological University
Venue: Auditorium
Topic: What does it mean to be person-centred in inclusive education for
early childhood educators?
Facilitator/Moderator: Ms Jeannie Lee
Speakers: A/P Levan Lim, Asst/P Wong Meng Ee and Dr Lim Boon Hock
Venue: Auditorium
Tea-break
3.00pm-3.30pm
Day 1/PM
Workshops &
Paper
Presentations
3.30am-5.00pm
D1/PM#05
Paper
Presentation
D1/PM#06
Workshop
D1/PM#07
Workshop &
Demonstration
D1/PM#08
Workshop &
Demonstration
Participants are to select and register one of the following five workshops they
want to attend. Limited number of seats (first-come/first-to-be-served)
Paper Presentation Title: Mediated learning experience for young children
with learning and behavioural challenges
Speaker: Dr Chua Bee Leng, Assistant Dean, Office of Teacher Education &
Psychological Studies Academic Group, National Institute of Education,
Nanyang Technological University, & Ms Patricia Chng Sock Wah, Research
Assistant, Psychological Studies Academic Group, National Institute of
Education, Nanyang Technological University
Venue:
Workshop Title: An Introduction to Curriculum and Instructional
Differentiation (Part II)
Speaker: Dr Thana Luxshme Thaver, Senior Lecturer, Early Childhood &
Special Needs Education Academic Group, National Institute of Education,
Nanyang Technological University
Venue:
Workshop/Demonstration Title: Development of word recognition in
preschool children from 4-8 years old
Speaker: A/P Noel Chia Kok Hwee, Early Childhood & Special Needs
Education Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang
Technological University
Venue:
Workshop/Demonstration Title: The wonders of virtual reality technology
as a teaching tool for early childhood teachers: A demonstration
Speaker: A/P Cai Yiyu, Deputy Director, Institute for Media Innovation,
Nanyang Technological University
Venue:
End of the First Day of Conference
19 September 2015
(Saturday)
Keynote Lecture #03: Teaching assistants in inclusive education: A
Keynote
paradigm shift
Lecture
9.00am-10.00am Keynote Speaker: Dr Jennifer Camulli, International School of Macau, Macau
University of Science & Technology, China
Venue: Auditorium
Tea-break
10.00am-10.30am
Day 2
Workshops &
Paper
Presentations
10.30am12.00pm
D2#9
Paper
Presentation
D2#10
Workshop
D2#11
Paper
Presentation
D2#12
Workshop
Participants are to select and register one of the following five workshops they
want to attend. Limited number of seats (first-come/first-to-be-served)
Paper Presentation Title: Augmented technology: Enhancing pedagogy in
early childhood education
Speaker: Mr Izad Ghalid, Lecturer, School of Humanities &Social Sciences,
Temasek Polytechnic
Venue:
Workshop Title: Ecologically sensitive and empowering: ECI practitioners
equipping families for the long journey ahead
Speaker: Dr Lim Boon Hock, Special Needs Consultant, National Early
Childhood Intervention Council, Malaysia
Venue:
Paper Presentation Title: Inculcating peer support for children with autism
in the mainstream ECE classroom
Speaker: Mr Mohamad Shaifudin Bin Md Yusof and Ms Nadia Natasha Binte
Mohamed Rasid, School of Huamnities & Social Sciences, Ngee Ann
Polytechnic
Venue:
Workshop Title: Using technology in the early childhood education
classroom
Speaker: Mr Anuwar Abdul Wahab, Vice Principal, Metta School
Venue:
End of the Second Day of Conference