Frequently Asked Questions
1. How long is the duration of each educational therapy session and how often are the sessions?
Our sessions are typically once a week, either 1 hour or 1.5 hours each session. The duration is based on the recommendation of our therapist after seeing your child for the first session, as well as the attention span of your child.
For cases where the child needs more intensive sessions, the frequency can be increased to twice a week.
2. Can I have a trial session for my child to experience the therapy?
Certainly! In fact, we typically recommend a 1-hour trial session which involves an informal assessment of about 45 minutes where our therapists will conduct various tasks so as to observe and better understand the areas your child are struggling in. This is followed by a debrief of about 15 minutes with parents where our therapists will share with them their observations during the informal assessments.
3. What are the charges for the therapy sessions?
Both the trial session and regular therapy sessions are charged at $130 per hour.
4. How is educational therapy different from tuition?
While both interventions aim to improve a learner’s academic performance, they are fundamentally very different. Tuition focuses primarily on specific subject matter and delves into clarifying curriculum topics that learners are unsure of. It may involve reinforcing or re-teaching skills that have been taught in class. As such, it benefits neurotypical learners who do not experience learning differences.
Educational therapy, on the other hand, is a specialised and holistic form of intervention that benefits neurodivergent learners with learning differences who are struggling to learn independently in a mainstream school environment. It involves exploring and understanding the underlying causes of a learner’s difficulties and hence has a broader focus -- going beyond what is taught in class and deep-diving to work on foundational skills.
It focuses on “how” the student learns and often involves teaching using a multi-sensory approach, tapping on the various learning styles (visual, auditory, kinesthetic and tactile) to promote learning. Very often, this involves building on the learner’s strengths while addressing his weaknesses.
Additionally, educational therapy can involve identifying behaviour issues that may be caused by learning and thinking differences, and then providing a learner with the strategies to help him manage these differences. It can also cover other non-academic but equally important skills that support a learner’s growth. These include equipping them with organizational skills, time-management, problem solving skills, social skills, exam and study skills and most of all, the skill of advocating for themselves.
Most of all, educational therapy involves collaborating with stakeholders such as parents, school teachers and other allied health professionals such as occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and behaviour therapists. Together, we seek to unravel the elusive jigsaw puzzle in order to achieve clarity regarding what makes a learner tick.
5. Can I find out more about the therapy sessions through a call?
Yes, we will be glad to arrange a discovery call so that you can have a clearer understanding of our programmes (therapy sessions). This call is also for us to find out the learning needs of your child so that we can tailor our programmes to cater to those needs. The link to arrange a discovery call is at https://forms.gle/cdJYudguUicPaUwv5.
