About Bridging the Gap

“Life is a movie, let love play its role.” Bridging the Gap was founded by our clinical director, Janice Tay, as she has been inspired with by her own son. Having it experience for herself what it is like to have a child with special needs, she hopes to offer an early intervention that will cater to children with diverse needs. Moved by love, Bridging the Gap has now reached its 4th year, yet another milestone in making a difference in the lives of the children. As part of the 4th year Anniversary celebration, Bridging the Gap organized a “SPEDtacular

Every early intervention center’s vision is to have an inclusive environment. Yes, it does sound like a wonderful and ideal concept. However, it is also a reality that having this setting will have its challenges especially for the part of the teachers. More than the training, patience and compassion of the teachers, there are still difficulties to support students across educational and developmental spectrum in a balanced way. Research says that one of the most difficult challenges of the teachers is creating lessons and activities that would cater to all. To address this issue, our center has elevated its way

Bridging the Gap journey started last April in the year 2018. Hence, this year, we celebrated our 3rd year anniversary. As expected, this whole voyage was not a smooth sail. We have experienced the ups and downs. Not just us but all of us due to the unforeseen pandemic which made everyone be placed in a tough situation. All these difficult times has tested our patience and faith especially when it felt like everything was on hold. However, these downfalls that we all have experienced will not only teach us to survive but also to find ways to make us

SAFETY. This is a word which is prioritized by everyone. Nowadays, this is the focus of everyone as new variants of virus circulate in Singapore. This is very alarming this put everyone’s safety to go around at risk. Professionals have been finding ways to combat this matter. From medications to vaccinations, these are some of the solutions. However, we cannot 100% rely on these are causes are still unknown. Singapore government has heightened the measures which helped in stabilizing the number of cases per day. On top of these precautions being followed in our center, we would always go beyond

It is the talk of the town – home-based learning has been rolled out in Singapore for primary & secondary schools, junior colleges and Millenia Institutes as part of the heightened measures. It was noted that this measure is meant to bring down the level of activity outside home as much as possible as there is an increase in the number of community cases recently. Being said that, there were different parents’ views which were brought up as are there many factors to consider for home-based learning. Questions like, “What if I have 2 children?” or “what if my child

MUSIC, a 5-letter word that helps us in so many ways. Music can help us feel relaxed, express our feelings or simply helps us to feel good and motivated. Most of us can’t resist the power of music. This goes especially to all our children. People connect with music in a special way and this is why many children with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) respond to music even though they don’t respond to the sound of your voice. Since most of our children (if not all) love music, it becomes easier for her to learn how to communicate in musical

Being a teacher is the same as being a mother -- a mother of 100 kids. If you are the teacher, you are to uphold different roles in one body. You can be a singer, a dancer, an actor, a chef or even a ladybug. Funny as it sounds but it is certainly true. What makes it different from other occupations is that you get to see how the children learn and grow. However, this is just one side of being a teacher. Behind all these, there teachers also deal with all the crying, meltdowns, endless paperwork and unending preparations

Exactly one month from now, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong officially implemented the “Circuit Breaker” to fight COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the intensified distancing measures, all primary, secondary, Pre-University and IHL students, including Special Education schools have shifted to full Home-Based Learning starting 8th of April, 2020. As education is very critical to all the students, all schools are still continuing to provide instructions and support through different online portals such as ZOOM meetings, WebEx and more. Throughout this HBL, the teachers together with all the school personnel continue to work from home to support the students. Every school has

BULLY. A 5-letter word that comes in different forms but can have the same destructive effect to a human being. It’s a harmful word pertaining to person that can damage one’s heart, mind, body and soul. It’s very detrimental that at worst cases, it can lead to different emotional & mental disorder, even death. A bully would never choose a victim. It can be an adult, it can be an 8-year old kid, it can be your sister, or it can be you. Just recently, there is an Australian boy named Quaden Bayles who was bullied by his classmates in

2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been the talk of the town for the past few weeks as the said virus has been dispersed to more and more countries each day. This said virus is a respiratory virus that was first identified in Wuhan, China. People are alarmed as this large family of viruses which are common in many species of animals have been infecting people. As mentioned by the World Health Organization, the symptoms of the said virus include the following: Fever Cough/Colds Shortness of breath Breathing difficulties However there some rare and sever cases that can cause the following: