Amanda Kok (Director)

Amanda is well versed with various International education systems (such as British, American, and Australian) and the requirements of each educational system and environment. She is also familiar with requirements for local Singapore schools and MOE rules and regulations. Her familiarity with a multitude of educational systems and their requirements allows her to create and plan suitable intervention programs depending on the child’s and school’s needs. Her past experience working in multi-disciplinary settings has also given her a good understanding of other health professionals’ (such as Occupational Therapists, Educational Therapists, Orthoptists, Pediatric Audiologists, Pediatricians, and Speech and Language Therapists) perspectives and what each professional can bring to the table in order to form an all-rounded intervention program for a child.

Prior to her move to Singapore, Amanda worked in various settings in Melbourne, Australia. She worked in a private practice attached to Monash University, the Pediatric Unit at Monash Medical Centre as part of the psychology and child development unit, as an ABA therapist and case manager, and at a private school. Aside from conducting assessments, Amanda would conduct social skills at the private school she worked at with primary and secondary age students. These classess would cover a wide range of issues, such as bullying, assertiveness, expressing emotions effectively, and anger management. She has conducted study skills classes on an individual and group basis as well. She also helped to develop a peer leadership program for students transitioning from primary to secondary school for the students at the school she worked at. Amanda has also developed a social skills program in conjunction with Monash University to introduce, reinforce, and generalize the acquisition of social skills for pre-school aged children on the Autism Spectrum studying within integrated classrooms.

Amanda has extensive experience working with and diagnosing children that are gifted but with learning difficulties, children with a specific learning difficulty (such as ADHD, dyslexia, CAPD), children on the Autism Spectrum (including Asperger’s Syndrome), and children with emotional/social difficulties. She is also trained in SAMONAS and the administration of the ADOS. Amanda is fully registered to practice both in Singapore and Australia. She is also a member of the Australian Psychological Society and the Singapore Psychological Society.

Poon Siew-Win (Director)

Registered Educational Psychologist (UK/SG)
BSc. Psych (UK), PGDE (Sin), MSc. Ed. Psych (UK)

Siew-Win started her career with the Ministry of Education as an early pioneer with the Psychological Services Division in the mid-80s. She played a key role in leading the setup of the Learning Support (Special needs) Programme at numerous schools.

After a number of years, Siew-win branched out into private practice where she setup and successfully ran Poon & Associates for 10 years. During that time, she was personally involved in managing a multi-disciplinary team to provide Occupational, Educational, Art and Speech therapy services. She also developed a more diverse client base from local and international schools in Singapore and around the region.

Following her move to Shanghai as a trailing spouse, she worked within a mental health team in a well-established chain of medical clinics, dealing mainly with the expatriate population.

Beyond her private practice, Siew-Win served as Clinic Director and supervised postgraduate students at James Cook University Singapore. She is also supervisor to students from the Applied Psychology Masters programme at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University. In addition, she had taught the special needs component for the Diploma in Early Childhood Education at the Kinderland Academy.

Siew-Win has contributed to numerous magazine articles, radio and TV programmes about child development and special needs. She was trained at University College London where she obtained her Masters in Educational Psychology and is a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society and a Registered Psychologist with the Singapore Psychological Society.

Registered Educational Psychologist
B.A. Dip Ed M.A Counselling
MAPS MSPS AGCA

Susan completed her training in Australia and holds a Master degree in Psychology and Counselling and a Bachelor of Arts with a Diploma in Education. Susan has over twelve years experience working as an Educational Psychologist with children, adolescents and parents in the school setting and private practice.

Susan specializes in working with children and adolescents in a range of issues including enhancing parent-child relationship, handling fear and anxiety, self esteem, adolescent depression, Attention Deficit Disorder and Third Culture Kids.

Susan is a registered Educational Psychologist both in Singapore and Australia and is a member of the Australian Psychological Society and the Singapore Psychological Society and the Australian Guidance and Counselling Association.