Educational Therapy
Helping Your Child Learn with Confidence — in School and in Life
When learning feels hard, it can affect more than grades.
It can impact your child’s confidence, emotions, and motivation.
If your child struggles with focus, organisation, or learning despite effort, educational therapy can help.
Is Your Child Experiencing Any of These Challenges?
Many parents tell us their child:
- Has difficulty focusing or completing tasks
- Struggles with reading, writing, or understanding instructions
- Finds it hard to plan, organise, or manage homework
- Feels frustrated, stressed, or discouraged about school
- Has trouble coping with changes, transitions, or new routines
If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone — and support is available.
Why Support Matters Today
Singapore’s education landscape is evolving, and more children with diverse learning needs are being identified and supported.
However, recent local reporting highlights that children with autism and other learning differences may still experience:
- Social difficulties
- Sensory overwhelm in busy classrooms
- Emotional stress from negative peer interactions
(CNA, 2025)
These challenges show why personalised academic, emotional, and organisational support is often essential — not just for learning, but for wellbeing.
What Is Educational Therapy?
Educational therapy is about learning how to learn.
Instead of only teaching academic content, we focus on how your child:
- Processes information
- Organises tasks
- Manages emotions linked to learning
- Applies strategies independently
Educational therapy helps children:
- Improve attention, memory, and executive functioning
- Learn strategies for reading, writing, studying, and organisation
- Reduce learning-related stress and frustration
- Build confidence, resilience, and independence
It supports children with ADHD, dyslexia, autism, learning difficulties, or those who simply need extra tools to thrive.
Who Can Benefit from Educational Therapy?
Educational therapy is suitable for children and teens who:
- Struggle with focus, organisation, or study skills
- Feel anxious, overwhelmed, or discouraged by learning
- Need help transferring strategies from therapy to school and home
- Want to become more independent and confident learners
A diagnosis is not required.
How Educational Therapy Supports Your Child
Strengthening Core Learning Skills
We build focus, memory, organisation, and study strategies — skills your child will use for life.
Making Learning More Manageable
Clear, practical tools help children break tasks down and approach schoolwork with confidence.
Supporting Emotional Wellbeing
Children learn to manage frustration, anxiety, and self-doubt, so learning feels achievable again.
Encouraging Independence
Your child gains strategies they can use at school, at home, and beyond academics.
Our Approach at A Kind Place
We believe therapy should be:
Child-centred
Each session is tailored to your child’s unique needs
Strength-based
We build on what your child can already do
Practical
Strategies are immediately useful in daily life
Engaging
Sessions are interactive, multi-sensory, and motivating
Sessions may include:
- Executive functioning coaching (planning, task breakdown, routines)
- Multi-sensory and experiential learning
- Gamified and interest-based activities
- Emotional regulation and coping strategies
- Parent coaching to support learning at home
Session rates: $120/hour
Meet Our Educational Therapist
Farah Shida
Focus
Autism, ADHD, Intellectual disabilities, Learning disabilities, and other disabilities
Approach
Experiential & Gamified Teaching (combining creativity with evidence-based practices), Empathy-Driven, Strength-Based Mindset, Person-Centred, Partnering Closely with Parents and Caregivers
Languages
English, Bahasa Melayu
Nur Sofiawati
Supporting the Whole Family
Parent Coaching
Practical guidance to build routines, support emotional regulation, and encourage independence at home.
School Collaboration
With consent, we work alongside teachers and allied educators to align strategies and accommodations.
Localised, Practical Recommendations
All strategies are realistic and suited to Singapore’s education system.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Educational therapy is needs-based and supports any child struggling with learning skills.
Tuition focuses on what to learn. Educational therapy focuses on how your child learns and manages tasks.
Yes. We support children and teens, including those preparing for assessments and exams.
Both options are available. We’ll recommend the best approach for your child.
