Join Tina Tan from SPARK at the UNITE SpLD 2018 CONFERENCE

Our very own Tina Tan will be speaking on how parents can better advocate for their ADHD children in the school context in order to build a collaborative working relationship with shared expectations and reduced pressure for all parties.

Mrs Tina Tan, Social Worker, mother of 3 boys (one of them Dyslexic, ADHD and ASD), and Vice President of SPARK (Society for Promotion of ADHD Research and Knowledge). Tina has been an active community volunteer, helping to serve families through her school PSG volunteer work. She is also a free-lance parent trainer for parents with ADHD children, as well as an accredited Triple P Trainer and Facilitator with MSF.

UNITE SpLD 2018 CONFERENCE

The UnITE SpLD Conference seeks to bring together parents, teachers and practitioners working with children with specific learning difficulties and special educational needs. This conference will be showcasing research that covers aspects of behavioural, literacy and social emotional support, intervention and assessment for children with special learning needs. Come and listen to our SpLD experts share their research. Research will be presented it short, engaging and entertaining sessions accompanied by poster presentations and the chance to talk directly with researchers who are making a difference in the Asian region. 

Click on the link below to register now ! 

 http://unite2018.eventzilla.net/web/event?eventid=2138916987

PACE 2018 : Family Day Camp

Calling all families with ADHD children aged 10 to 13 !  

SPARK will be running our flagship PACE (Parent And Child Empowerment) Program as a 1-Day family bonding camp this year.  Through a combination of joint parent and child activities and separate break out sessions, families will be brought through a transformational experience that will equip them to better manage this journey.

- date : 2 June (Sat)

- venue : Praisehaven Retreat Centre

- cost : $150 per family of 1 or 2 parents and a child ($50 each for additional sibling) 

Spaces are limited. So if you are interested, please register by clicking on the link below :

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbE0MK8AX89R4KKQ5i4m2z539RqwcyvtOuVGZ7kQWgW_3kJg/viewform?c=0&w=1

“Parents Supporting Parents” pilot-run have started !

The registrations have closed and the group is ongoing. Any parents interested in subsequent runs of this program can register their interest here.

https://goo.gl/forms/NE2g47HJ2W3svKj82

You will be contacted when new dates are scheduled.

Parents Supporting Parents - Support Group for ADHD Parents in Schools

As a Parent, are you struggling to cope with an ADHD child in your care? Medicine, Psychotherapy, clinical support… nothing seems to be the “cure all” that produces immediate results. In the meantime, you feel overwhelmed and emotionally and physically drained in the process. 

Or are you an Allied Educator or Teacher, managing the ADHD children in your School, and trying your best to offer their parents the assurance and support they need.  
Being an organisation run by Parents of ADHD children, SPARK has observed that the support for parents struggling with coping with their ADHD child is lacking. 
Besides running our monthly talks, SPARK has supported Programs over the years that help families cope better. 

We are now making steps to bring the support of parents to a more accessible format, by reaching parents through the Schools on a Cluster level.

We are doing a pilot run of this “Parents Supporting Parents” Group in March and April of 2018.
If you are a parent interested in attending this, please fill in the form below. 

https://goo.gl/forms/SeWo8ClRboE247BC3

If you are an Educator who would like to refer your parents to this Program, you can send them the url to this webpage, or you can contact the Program Coordinator, Tina Tan at  frankietina@gmail.com