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Download Report Contents CONTENTS Mission 01 Vision & Mission Statement To equip persons with special needs, through best practices in 02 Executive Board education, training and support services, for open employment 03 President’s Review and life-long learning, in partnership with our stakeholders and the 05 Committees & Representatives community. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES / SUB-COMMITTEES 07 Admissions and Review Sub-Committee 07 Audit Sub-Committee Vision 08 Centre for Adults To be a premier organization that develops individuals with special Management Committee needs to their fullest potential so that they can lead dignified, 09 Finance and Investment Sub-Committee fulfilling and independent lives as integral members of society. 09 Human Resources Sub-Committee 11 Information Technology Sub-Committee 16 Editorial & Publicity Sub-Committee Objectives 16 Nominations Sub-Committee 17 Professional Staff Advisory • To cater to the educational • To assist and advise parents Sub-Committee and vocational needs of or guardians on choices and 17 Schools Management Commitee persons with mild intellectual challenges relating to the 19 Social Enterprise Sub-Committee disability education and development to the said persons. • To enhance the opportunities ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMMES for the said persons to lead • To encourage parents 21 Association Highlights independent, dignified lives or guardians of the said in society persons to form groups SCHOOLS/CFA MAJOR EVENTS and associations for mutual • To initiate, promote and 32 Chaoyang School assistance and co-operation stimulate research into their 39 Katong School on matters relating to the challenges and conditions. 45 Tanglin School said persons. • To create and develop 51 Delta Senior School • To raise funds, to purchase awareness of and educate 58 Centre for Adults and own properties and the public on the needs to sell or alter or convert of those with intellectual FINANCIAL STATEMENTS such properties for these disability 65 Financial Statements purposes. ASSOCIATION AWARDS 94 List of Association Awards REGISTERED ADDRESS IPC STATUS 900 New Upper Changi Road Effective Date of IPC: Singapore 467354 From 01 Oct 2012 – 30 Dec 2015 STAFF A Full Member of National Council of 96 Staff Members Social Service CHARITY STATUS Charity Regn No: 0121 MEMBERS Charity Regn Date: 30 Nov 1984 AUDITORS 104 Life and Ordinary Members RSM Chio Lim LL CONSTITUTION Date of Establishment : 12 Dec 1975 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ROS Regn No : ROS 217/75 105 Acknowledgements UEN : S75SS0058K The Association is an approved institution of a public character DONATIONS under the Singapore Income Tax Act Cap 134. 107 Donations Received APSN Executive CommitteeBoard President Emeritus President Vice-President Vice-President Mr Chan Chee Keong Dr Francis C. Chen Mr Winston Wong Dr Victor Tay Honorary Secretary Honorary Treasurer Honorary Asst Treasurer Ms Annabel Moore Mr Gwee Sze Chuan Mrs Ruby Cheah Committee Member Committee Member Committee Member Ms Seet Chor Hoon Mr Bill Bowman Mr Royce Seah Committee Member Committee Member Mr Chinnu Palanivelu Mr Tan Cheen Chong 2 | APSN ANNUAL REPORT 2014 - 2015 President's Review Mr Chan Chee Keong, PBM Our Vision reads “to develop individuals with special needs Champions in both the boys and girls categories in the to their fullest potential so that they can lead dignified, 9th SDSC badminton tournament. I am glad Chaoyang has fulfilling and independent lives as integral members of introduced In-line skating and Cycling for its pupils. This society”. We at APSN strive to make this ideal a reality will help build confidence in the young children. for our students. To mark Singapore’s Golden Jubilee we For the less sporty, our schools have other CCA to cater to are proud to share the stories of 50 students whose lives their interests. There are classes in Picasso Art, Chinese Art have been transformed as they journeyed through our and Acrylic Painting at Chaoyang while at Katong students schools and finally transitioned into gainful employment learn Chinese Calligraphy and Chinese Brush Painting. as contributing members of society. The book with the 50 Tanglin presented a musical and art exhibition with the stories will be out in August this year. I hope the inspiring support of the National Arts Council to showcase its stories will spur us, volunteers and staff, to work harder for performing and arts talent. Students from Tanglin, Katong the good of our students. and Delta performed in the musical A Nation in Concert: A I am happy to note that our four schools and training Wetlands Adventure at the Marina Bay Sands MasterCard centre have continued to do a good job in educating our Theatre alongside theatre professionals. students and preparing them for life and work. To meet True to tradition two of our teachers have won the growing number of pupils with ASD being admitted the Outstanding SPED Teacher Award (OSTA) into our schools, Chaoyang and Katong started the ASD for 2014. They are Ms Huzaima Hamid of Chaoyang School Structured Programme to gently ease ASD students into and Mrs Fanny Ong of Tanglin School. The Award is given MID classes. Tanglin which is well known for incorporating out once every 2 years at the biennial SPED Conference technology in its teaching and learning has introduced 3D to recognise outstanding special education teachers. Technology and this approach has been recognised as an Mrs. Woon Lam Bing Ling of Chaoyang won the OSTA innovative ICT project at the SPED Conference 2014. Delta Commendation Award. We congratulate the three award Senior School which prepares its students for Workforce recipients. You have done us proud. Skills Qualifications (WSQ) certification is doing well. It has the support of 36 employers, hosting our students on We have always encouraged our staff to attend courses attachment at 68 worksites, allowing them to exercise their and seminars to upgrade their skills and to keep abreast skills in F & B, hotel services, landscaping and retail. CFA’s with new developments in their field of work. They are F & B programme found employment for its graduands, 9 also encouraged to innovate and try out new ideas to out of 10 in 1st year and 8 out of 10 in 2nd year. This year enhance teaching and learning. Come October 2015, 2015, another 10 trainees are enrolled in the 3rd batch. 17 staff and Management Committee members will be We are confident the outcome will be similarly good. in Colombo, Sri Lanka for the 22nd Asian Conference on Intellectual Disabilities. During the 5-day meet they will Apart from classroom and vocational training our students present papers on their research, share and learn best have been very active in sports. They take part in swimming, practices, and network with their colleagues from other football, athletics, badminton, bowling, basketball and Asian countries. other games and competed in events organised by Special Olympics and Singapore Disability Sports Council. Tanglin Since early 2015 members of the Management Committee were junior Champion in football organised by Special have visited individual schools and CFA to meet with Olympics while Katong emerged overall Champion for the parents to discuss concerns that they have. Parents have 4th time at the 5th SDSC Swim Meet. Chaoyang were APSN ANNUAL REPORT 2014 - 2015 | 3 been very forthcoming with their questions and many During the year we also formalised fund raising as a issues were raised. Parents’ feedback help Management functioning department with its own head. In its first year to relook and moderate existing policies. One example of it has performed very well with several projects completed. something we can improve on is the extension of evening Among them are a concert and carnival, a Gala dinner, a pick up time for students in our Student Care Centre. But flag day and a charity golf. Another big fund raising and the high cost of private bus transportation is something record setting event will take place in September the we have less control over although we constantly remind details of which I will report in next year’s message. bus operators to keep fares affordable. We will continue to After pondering for many years we finally launched a Social engage Parents in face to face meetings as we find them Enterprise (SE) project called Mystical Cookies. The aim of useful. this project is not to maximise profit but to optimise profit Our Schools and CFA are able to function well because for sustainability to benefit our clients. Three clients from we have strong HQ support. Staff retention is critical CFA are employed full time as baking assistants. It is our as we cannot afford to lose good people. I am happy hope that after a year’s in-house employment they will be to note that our staff turnover rate is only 1.5% for the sufficiently competent and confident enough to seek work year compared to 1.6% and 2% for 2012 and 2013. A in a commercial outfit thus making way for another batch recent assessment done by a independent HR consultant of fresh trainees to come in to take their place. Another concluded that APSN pays above market rate. For the SE project in the pipeline that will offer employment to our year our HR Department has rolled out several initiatives clients is Vertical Farming which will be launched later this including re-designation of jobs and salary restructure and year. The lease for CFA at Jalan Tembusu is expiring and improved Urgent Private Affairs leave. CFA will be moving to a new and more accessible location at Kembangan-Chai Chee Community Hub at Jalan Ubi APSN Schools are renowned for the use of technology in late 2015. Once the re-location is complete we will be to improve students’ interactive learning. IT staff are able to fully concentrate and ramp up operations for the stationed in Schools to assist teaching and learning like two SE projects.
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