DAS Preschool Seminar 2023

How do I tell if my child is at risk of literacy difficulty and early intervention is  required? Do children with early literacy difficulties experience greater anxiety  than their peers? What to do if a child refuses to read or has poor reading skills? 

Parents and professionals working with preschoolers can gain practical insights  to the above topics and more. Organised annually by the Dyslexia Association  of Singapore (DAS), the DAS Preschool Seminar is back in a physical format  this year to help parents and educators of preschool children acquire effective  strategies to support their social-emotional, language, physical and cognitive  development. 

Research has shown that delay in supporting preschoolers struggling with basic  literacy may have an impact on their lifelong learning. The ability of educators and parents in identifying the signs and seeking for early intervention will make  a big difference in enabling preschoolers to smoothly transition to formal  education and achieve their full potential.  

Speakers comprise a specialist psychologist, a research scientist, early  intervention therapists, educational therapists and occupational therapists from  DAS, DAS Academy, National Institute of Education (NIE), KK Women’s and  Children’s Hospital, AWWA and NTUC First Campus.  

 

Keynote presentations: 

● Anxiety in young children  

● Early biliteracy across different script sets

 

Workshops: 

● What can teachers do for preschoolers who show early signs of  difficulty? 

● Books are more than just for reading! Using books to build children’s  language skills. 

● The use of technology in early intervention 

● Neat and tidy handwriting 

● Understanding and supporting our local preschoolers with literacy  difficulties 

● Snippet into DAS preschool classroom: building phonological  awareness