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ENABLING MASTERPLAN 2PROGRESS REPORT2012-

2016

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CONTENTS

Introduction 1

Early Intervention 5

Education 11

Employment 17

Care for Adults with Disabilities 23

Building an Inclusive Society 29

The Enabling Masterplan 2012 – 2016 is a 5-year national roadmap. It aims to build a more inclusive society where persons with disabilities are supported across their various life stages and aspects of daily living to realise their fullest potential and to be contributing members of the society.

This is Singapore’s second Masterplan for persons with disabilities. The Masterplan makes recommendations along 5 domains that supports persons with disabilities.


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EMPLOyMENT

EARLy INTERvENTION

Better early detection

Increased accessibility

More affordable services

Improved service quality

Increased employability and employment options

Increased accessibility to employment services

More support, training opportunities and work options

EduCATION

More care options for adults with disabilities

More places in care services

Building Inclusiveness

Better support in mainstream schools

Quality education in Special Education (SPED) schools

Promoting Enabled Living

Improving Caregiver Support

Improving Sector Capability

BuILdING AN INCLuSIvE SOCIETy

AduLT CARE

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It is useful for us to take a step back and to reflect on the journey

that we have taken to this day. I think you will realise that step-by-step, Singapore is slowly, but surely becoming a more inclusive society for persons with disabilities. The direction is clear and there is no turning back. We will keep up the momentum.

Mr Tan Chuan-Jin Minister for Social and Family Development

Early Intervention


It is important that the needs of achild are identified and addressedearly, to support the child to maximise his or her potential.

Parents and families now have better access to resources and services to detect and address their child’s needs earlier.

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BETTER EARLy dETECTION

Redesigned child health booklet to make it easier for parents to monitor their child’s development

Parent resource kits were introduced to complement the health booklets

KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) screens babies at high risk of developing delays

Modules on special needs are included in the medical curriculum to increase awareness of early identification and intervention amongst medical professionals

PARENTS PROfESSIONALS


MILd MILd - MOdERATE MOdERATE - SEvERE

dEvELOPMENT SuPPORT PROGRAMME (dSP) Learning and therapy support for children with mild needs in mainstream preschools

IMPROvEd ACCESSIBILITy TO SERvICES

INTEGRATEd PRESChOOL

AWWA, together with the support of SG Enable and Lien Foundation had introduced a new fully inclusive preschool at the Enabling village which caters to children with developmental needs, as well as typically developing children

EARLy INTERvENTION PROGRAMME By PRIvATE PROvIdERS

EARLy INTERvENTION PROGRAMME fOR INfANTS ANd ChILdREN (EIPIC)Early intervention for children with moderate to severe needs in specialized centres

no. of children served no. of children served no. of children served

1200200

2012 2015

16002600


75

20152012 2015


Base and means tested subsidies for early intervention services

In 2014, base subsidies for EIPIC increased from $300 to $500, and means tested subsidies now cover households up to the 80th income percentile

MORE AffORdABLE SERvICES fOR EIPIC

IMPROvEd SERvICE quALITy

AdvISORy PANEL ON STANdARdS ANd PROfESSIONALISM fOR EARLy INTERvENTION (APEI) SET uP IN 2014

Represented by medical professionals, academia and relevant Government Agencies

Provides professional advice and shares information, feedback and best practices

BETTER SuPPORT fOR TEAChERS

Prerequisite training in special needs for teachers

Specialist diploma for Learning Support Educators (LSEds)

Advanced diploma for EIPIC teachers

Career development pathways for Early Intervention teachers

Education

EduCATION


Like early detection and intervention, education is important for the development of all children.

Ministry of Education (MOE) ensures that children with special needs are well supported and receive a quality education, whether in mainstream or Special Education (SPED) schools.

BETTER SuPPORT IN MAINSTREAM SChOOLS

MOE’s Special Education Needs (SEN) Fund helps students with special needs in Insititutes of Higher Learning (IHLs) to buy Assistive Technology (AT) devices to support learning

Disability Support Offices in all universities, art institutions, polytechnics and Institutes of Technical Education (ITEs) provide a one-stop centre to support students with special needs

Better planning for support for incoming students with special needs at IHLs, through exchange of information between secondary schools and these institutions

More training and learning platforms to build capabilities of Allied Educators

fOR STudENTS wITh SPECIAL NEEdS

fOR SChOOLS



quALITy EduCATION IN SPEd SChOOLS

COLLABORATIvE LEARNING PLATfORMS

dIPLOMA IN SPECIAL EduCATION

AdvANCEd dIPLOMA IN SPECIAL EduCATION

AddITIONAL TRANING vOTE

BuILdING TEAChER CAPABILITy

BuILdING quALITy CuRRICuLuM

MANAGEMENT ANd LEAdERShIP IN SChOOLS

SPED schoolscurriculum hasbeen revised tofocus on ‘Living,Learning andWorking in the21st Century’.The improvedcurriculumguides schoolsin providingeducation suitablefor the uniqueneeds of thestudents.

Curriculum Leadership Teams and Professional Learning Teams oversee curriculum review and implementation, and aim to improve the standards of teaching and learning

More training options and platforms for teachers

SPED schools serving children with similar needs participate in cluster workshops to share ideas, information and best practices

vISION

ACTIvE

IN ThE

COMMuNITy

vALuEd IN

SOCIETy

SPEdOuTCOMES

LEARNING dOMAINSINfORMATION ANd COMMuNICATION

TEChNOLOGy - ThE ENABLERChARACTER ANd CITIzENShIP

EduCATION - ThE fOuNdATION

LIvING

LEARNING

wORkING

SOCIAL - EMOTIONAL

ACAdEMIC

dAILy LIvING

vOCATIONAL

PhySICAL EduCATION ANd SPORTS

ThE ARTS

ICT fOR COMMuNICATION

ICT fOR LIfELONG LEARNING

RESPECT I RESPONSIBILITy I

RESILIENCE I

INTEGRITy I CARE I

hARMONy

REvISEd CuRRICuLuM

PROfESSIONAL dEvELOPMENT

BETTER COLLABORATIONS

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BuILdING INCLuSIvENESS

Employment

EMPLOyMENT

NCSS’ Buddy’IN programme pairs graduating SPED school students with peers from ITE

Targets 200 students from SPED and mainstream schools each year

Satellite Partnerships

between 17 SPED and mainstream schools to provide opportunities for integration


Supports persons withdisabilities and their caregiversthrough information and referral, grants andhelp schemes and assistance in use of assistive technology.

With more training and employment options, persons with disabilities can gain skills for independent living.

Employers and their employees also receive more support, to help persons with disabilities to be gainfully employed.

INCREASEd ACCESSIBILITy TO EMPLOyMENT SERvICES

Engages the wider community in disability-related initiatives to increase understanding and inclusion of persons with disabilities within our society.

Helps persons with disabilities enhance their skills and employment prospects by working closely with both jobseekers and employers.

Manages an inclusive community space, Enabling Village, with a strong focus on training and employment for persons with disabilities.

ENABLING vILLAGE CATALySING ChANGE

& INNOvATIONTRAINING ANd EMPLOyMENT

COMMuNITy SERvICES


ONE STOP CENTRE fOR EMPLOyMENT


MORE SuPPORT, TRAINING OPPORTuNITIES ANd wORk OPTIONS

Internship programme for students with disabilities in IHLs

School-to-Work Transition Programme for students fromSPED Schools piloted in 2014 and 2015 to help them transit to employment

Open Door Programme (ODP) Job Portal launched in Nov 2014

Job support for up to 1 year after placement into employment

Job search services

Training programmes

ODP subsidises employers to train and make modifications to a job for employees with disabilities

Disability management training

HR guides for employment of persons with disabilities

Workfare Income Supplement (WIS) and Special Employment Credit (SEC) schemes made available for persons with disabilities and their employers, regardless of age

SG Enable training grant

Training facilities in Enabling Village

Review on Sheltered Workshop has been initiated to better support persons with disabilities in training towards supported employment (e.g. social enterprise)

STudENTS

jOBSEEkERS

EMPLOyERS TRAINING PROvIdE

RS


INCREASEd EMPLOyABILITy ANd EMPLOyMENT OPTIONS

Care for Adults with disabilities

CARE fOR AduLTS wITh dISABILITIES

Persons with disabilities Employers

Special Employment Credit

9500

7600Workfare Income Supplement

NO. Of BENEfICIARIES SINCE 2012

Open Door Programme

140

750Job Placement and Support

NO. Of BENEfICIARIES SINCE 2014


Adults with disabilities who require care are meaningfully engaged through the many care services available in the neighbourhood. There are now more care options and spaces for adults with disabilities within these care facilities.

MORE PLACES IN CARE SERvICES

2010 2015 2018

No. of clients served

Day Activity Centres

Adult Disability Homes

8701200

1800

780850

1600



MORE CARE OPTIONS fOR AduLTS wITh dISABILITIES

dAy ACTIvITy CENTRE (dAC)Day care and simple life skills training

COMMuNITy GROuP hOMEIndependent living with support

AduLT dISABILITy hOSTELSIndependent living with support

AduLT dISABILITy hOMESLong-term residential care

RESIdENTIAL fACILITIESCOMMuNITy-BASEd fACILITIES

dROP-IN dISABILITy PROGRAMMESocial and recreational programme

Introduced in 4 Senior Activity Centres. Adults with disabilities can participate in social and recreational activities.

For persons with intellectual disabilities who are able to live independently in specially equipped HDB rental flats.

From April 2016, to better manage clients with behavioural issues, support will be provided based on level of needs.

Subsidies provided to part-time clients since January 2014.

hOME-BASEd CARE SERvICES PILOTProvides therapy, personal hygiene care, housekeeping and medication reminder services

2 year pilot for families who need help at home.



We don’t want a distinction between able-

bodied and para-sports. We want integration, not segregation. We don’t want to be seen as ‘less than’. That’s the dream … That’s the whole idea.

Theresa Goh National SwimmerASEAN Para Games Gold Medallist




IMPROvING SECTOR

CAPABILITy

PROMOTING ENABLEd

LIvING

IMPROvING CAREGIvER SuPPORT

PROMOTING ENABLEd LIvING

MORE ACCESSIBLE PuBLIC TRANSPORT SySTEM

Newly built buildings are more disabled friendly. Disabled friendly features include braille and tactile signs to indicate staircase storey levels and the location of toilets and ramps. Hearing enhancement systems for persons with hearing impairment will also be available at auditoriums and concert halls

Subsidies to cover cost of retrofitting old buildings with disabled friendly features is available though BCA’s Accessibility Fund

MORE dISABILITy-fRIENdLy fACILITIESAll public buses will be wheelchair accessible by 2020

All bus interchanges and 97% of bus shelters are barrier-free

At least 1 barrier-free route at every MRT/LRT station

Lifts at 40 pedestrian overhead bridges by 2018

MORE ACCESSIBLE BuILdINGS


The POSB’s Talking ATMs is a good example of an independently organised

initiative to help persons with disabilities live independently.

POSB and the Singapore Association for the Visually Handicapped worked together to roll out 86 talking ATMs across Singapore.


MORE ACCESSIBLE ANd AffORdABLE TRAvEL OPTIONS

May 2015

GRANT fOR dEdICATEd TRANSPORT SERvICE3 transport operators managing a fleet of 33 vehicles to provide customised transport services

July 2014

PuBLIC TRANSAPORT CONCESSION25% of public transport charges for all persons with disabilities

vwOSFor VWO clients, SPED students, students with disabilities mainstream schools

OCT 2014

TAxI SuBSIdIESFor those unable to take

public transport

CAR PARk LABEL SChEMEFor persons with disabilities and caregivers to park in disabled lots

AuG 2013

GRANT TO SMRTFor persons in high back

wheelchairs



PROMOTING dISABILITy SPORTS ANd hEALThy LIfESTyLE

BETTER SuPPORT fOR uSE Of ASSISTIvE TEChNOLOGy (AT) & INfORMATION TEChNOLOGy (IT) TO INCREASE AwARENESS Of ThEIR ROLE IN IMPROvING ThE LIvES Of PERSONS wITh dISABILITIES

Singapore hosted the 8th ASEAN ParaGames in December 2015, and was represented by 152 athletes - our largest contingent so far.

A Committee on Disability Sports was formed to look into ways to encourage persons with disabilities to participate in sports.

Plans include making ActiveSG Sports Centres and programmes more accessible to persons with disabilities in adoptiong a healthy lifestyle.

2 more will be built by the end of 2016.

5 new inclusive playgrounds have been built across Singapore.

$4.5 million Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Fund for SPED schools and a grant for VWOs that use technology in their programmes for persons with disabilities

TECh ABLEA one-stop resource centre to provide information on AT for persons with disabilities set up in 2015

Assistive Technology Fund has been increased to provide subsidies of up to $40,000 for all individuals with disabilities to buy AT devices. The average number of beneficiaries has more than tripled.


IMPROvING CAREGIvER SuPPORT

TOTE BOARd ENABLING LIvES INITIATIvE

fOREIGN dOMESTIC wORkER (fdw) LEvy CONCESSION ANd GRANTMonthly grant of $120 and concessionary levy of $60 to support families to hire a FDW to care for family members with disability

CAREGIvER TRAINING GRANTA $200 annual subsidy that lets caregivers attend courses to better care for their loved ones. MEdIShIELd LIfE

Medishield Life offers better protection to all, including those with pre-existing conditions and disabilities.

$23 million grant for the Disability Sector Funds projects focusing on:• Data and

Technology• Caregiver and

Natural Support• Transition

Management

SPECIAL NEEdS TRuST COMPANyThe Special Needs Trust Company helps caregivers of persons with disabilities set up trust accounts. It also oversees the Special Needs Savings Scheme, which allows parents to set aside CPF savings for the long-term care of their children upon their demise.



IMPROvING SECTOR CAPABILITy

The Social Service Institute is a one-stop training and employment hub for better hiring and retention of social service professionals

Provides Training Programmes

MSF has set up 3 Therapy Hubs to better attract and develop therapists in the sector. The hubs target to employ 125 therapists by 2017.

A similar hub for psychologists was also set up in 2015.

VWOs that require support from therapists and psychologists can tap on the hubs for services can get them through these hubs.

Promotes the transfer of Learning to Practice via Communities of Practice

Provides career and skills upgrading advisory services

Encourages the sharing and dissemination of knowledge and best practices for the sector

TRAINING huB

CAREER CENTRE

RESOuRCE huB PRACTICE

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LIST Of ABBREvIATIONSAdvisory Panel on Standards and Professionalism for Early Intervention (APEI)

Assistive Technology (AT)

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Day Activity Centre (DAC)

Development Support Programme (DSP)

Early Intervention Programme for Infants and Children (EIPIC)

EIPIC for Private Providers (PPIP)

Foreign Domestic Worker (FDW)

Housing Development Board (HDB)

Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

Institutes of Higher Learning (IHL)

Institute of Technical Education (ITE)

KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH)

Learning Support Educators (LSEd)

Light Rail Transit (LRT)

Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)

Ministry of Education (MOE)

Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF)

National Council of Social Service (NCSS)

Open Door Programme (ODP)

Special Education (SPED)

Special Education Needs (SEN)

Special Employment Credit (SEC)

Voluntary Welfare Organisation (VWO)

Workfare Income Supplement (WIS) Photo CreditsAWWA

Handicaps Welfare Association

Ministry of Education

Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore

National Council of Social Service

SG Enable

SMRT Corporation Ltd

Sports Singapore

St Andrew’s Autism Centre

LOOkING fORwARdWe will be starting on the new Enabling Masterplan(EMP 3) for 2017 – 2021, and we welcome yourfeedback and suggestions. Please email us [email protected].

For more information on the Enabling Masterplan,and services for persons with disabilities, please visitwww.msf.gov.sg/enablingmasterplan orwww.sgenable.sg

April 2016

Partners:

Singapore has signed and ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2013. The Convention promotes equal treatment of persons with disabilities, with dignity and respect.

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