Connexions - Integrated Learning Hub

24/11/2025

We were honoured to have Ms Yeo Wan Ling, MP for Punggol GRC, officiate the launch of our Christmas Cookie Project at the Redman Baking Studio @ Northshore! 🎄✨

Ms Yeo joined our Connexions Learners, seniors from Presbyterian Community Social Services, and students from Grace Orchard School and ITE College East for a fun-filled session of baking and festive cheer.

A big heartfelt thank you to Phoon Huat Pte Ltd and Redman for their steadfast partnership. With their support, our cookies are baked with love in professional-grade kitchens, upholding the highest standards of hygiene and crafted with the finest Redman ingredients.

An intergenerational celebration of community, bringing people together across age, race, and background.

Learning, connecting, and sharing festive spirit one cookie at a time! 🍪❤️ Order your Christmas cookies now!

特需青年与年长者合力制作佳节食品，赚取外快的同时，也增进跨代交流。

21/11/2025

🎄 Festive Event – 29 Nov, 3pm @ Holland Village Mall Atrium! 🎄Christmas Together!

We are excited to play a small part in a truly meaningful Christmas celebration supported by 11 churches and 2 social service agencies!

This special event brings together our Connexions Learners and the residents of Singapore Christian Home, guided with heart and dedication by Moses Lim from SCH as they prepare to perform a Jingle Bells song together! 🎶✨

Our learners are now hard at work rehearsing their performance and helping to prepare the goodie bags, all in the spirit of giving, collaboration, and togetherness. ❤️

Come join us as we celebrate community, kindness, and the joy of Christmas! ✨🎄

17/11/2025

🌱 Growing with Connexions: Real Progress, Real Stories 🌟

Every learner’s journey is unique. We walk alongside supporting growth, building confidence, and helping them thrive not just in tasks, but in life.

13/11/2025

🎄✨ Merry Christmas from Connexions! ✨🎄

Celebrate this season of giving with a sweet and flavourful treat from Inclusive Christmas Cheers, a festive baking and craft sale by our special needs and seniors community! 🍪💝

Baked with care and expertise in Phoon Huat Pte Ltd's top-tier kitchens, and featuring the finest ingredients from RedMan, our delightful cookies exemplify meaningful intergenerational collaboration.

Inclusive Christmas Cheers is proudly supported by the Rotary Club of Garden City and brought to life by seniors from Presbyterian Community Social Services and Fei Yue, alongside students from ITE College East, Grace Orchard School, and Connexions.

🍫 Flavours to love:
* Double Chocolate Chip (Dark & White Chocolate)
* Oaty Beets (Rolled Oats Goodness)
* Mulberry Matcha (with White Couverture Chips)

💝 Purchases above $50 are eligible for 250% tax deduction
🚚 Enjoy FREE delivery for orders above $200

👉 To order, scan the QR code in the poster or click here: https://qrco.de/Inclusive-Christmas-Cookies.
Spread the festive cheer today!

05/11/2025

We are truly grateful to have been part of Hyunji’s journey. 🙏 Since joining us in April 2025, she has shown remarkable progress in a short seven months, from improved physical mobility (walking confidently around the mall and tackling stairs), to better situational awareness, and meaningful gains in life skills such as self-feeding.

As Hyunji returns home to Korea, we wish her and her family abundant blessings on the next chapter ahead. 💛

At Connexions, Singapore’s first outcome-based centre, our focus is always on delivering observable, measurable, and tangible progress, so that every learner becomes more independent and adaptable over time.

🩷❤️🧡🩷❤️🧡🩷❤️🧡🩷❤️🧡

🗣️ We’re honoured to share her father’s heartfelt testimonial below.

Hyunji has been with Connexions for 7 months starting from 1st Apr of this year. It is my regret to leave Singapore and Connexions due to my personal situation.

Hyunji is quite happy when she goes to the Connexions every morning. I really appreciate teachers' kind support and caring.

Hyunji shows a better and quicker response when parents instruct her to do something at home. Also, she can wait better than before when she is instructed.

Once again, thank you for all teachers' efforts for Hyunji during the past months in Connexions.

지난 7개월 동안 저희 딸 현지를 잘 챙겨주셔서 감사합니다. 매일 아침 Connexions에 갈 때 현지는 늘 기분이 좋았습니다. 아마 선생님들이 늘 웃으면 반갑게 맞아 주고 따뜻한 마음으로 아이들을 대해 주셨기 때문이라고 생각합니다.

선생님들 늘 건강하시길 빕니다. 또 만날 수 있게 되기를 기대합니다.

31/10/2025

What a heartwarming morning at Connexions! 🧡

Led by Leanne McNulty, an experienced practitioner and wellness leader, who has worked extensively with seniors and special needs, seniors from PCF Sparkle Care joined our learners for a truly special intergenerational Zumba experience.

The day began with a soothing cup of cordyceps tea, followed by introductions and a high-energy Zumba session that filled the room with laughter, rhythm, and joy. 🌿💪

After the workout, everyone gathered for a shared lunch seession, a beautiful moment of connection, understanding, and friendship. The visit wrapped up with a fragrant cup of Mulberry Matcha Tea, leaving everyone refreshed and smiling! 🍵💚

Here are more moments of movement, meaning, and togetherness with our friends from PCF Sparkle Care! 🤝💫

28/10/2025

🎄✨ Christmas is Coming! ✨🎄

Something special is whipping up at Connexions! 🎁
Before you make your cookie purchases this year, hold that thought because we are about to unveil one of the most delightful and meaningful gifts you can give to your loved ones and friends. ❤️

Stay tuned… this festive season, gift with purpose, heart, and a touch of Connexions magic! 🌟

21/10/2025

🍗 The Boneless Wing Story: The Connexions Perspective 🧠💪

Every parent wants the best for their child. We clear paths, remove barriers, and smooth out the bumps, especially for our special ones. We leave no stone unturned in our quest to help them thrive. 🌟

Some parents even debone chicken wings 🍗 so their child can enjoy the crispy treat without the worry of bones. 🥰 It’s a small act of love, but it speaks volumes. Over time, many children grow up preferring boneless wings which are easy to eat, safe and familiar. ✅

This is what society often does too: removing every obstacle to life skills 🧼, travel 🚶‍♂️, grooming ✂️, feeding 🍽️, even work 💼. The intention is noble, protecting time and energy so development can happen. But sometimes, in making things easier, we risk making growth harder. ⚠️

At Connexions, we do things differently. 🔄

We believe in purposeful challenge💡. We place obstacles just large enough to stretch, not stress. Just difficult enough to spark effort, not fear. 🔥 Every day, our learners take small steps 👣, toward independence, confidence, and a life they can own. 🏆

We don’t serve boneless wings. ❌🍗
We teach how to navigate the bones. ✅🦴

Because real growth comes not from removing every challenge, but from learning how to face them with support 🎉

17/10/2025

✨ Real Learning Happens in Real Moments ✨

A glass bottle broke in the lab today. 🧪
There was no alarm, no raised voices, just calm understanding, a steady hand sweeping up the pieces 🧹, and a gentle chat that followed.

For many, seeing a special need handle glass can bring worry. What if they get hurt? What if something spills? 😟 The question is, If we keep protecting them from everything, will they truly learn.

At Connexions, we believe that real learning happens through real experiences, moments that teach calmness, responsibility, and self-regulation. 🌱 Independence is the final outcome and we take real steps every day to work towards it. 💪

16/10/2025

It was once said that "sciences graduates were only fit to wash test tubes".

Today at Connexions, our learners are doing that, safely, skillfully, and with pride.

Through guided training, our learners are learning:
🧠 Fine motor skills for handling delicate glassware
🧴 Hygiene and safety routines in a real lab setting
🌿 Sensory regulation while working around sounds, textures, and new environments
💪 Better endurance for full lab routines

We have shown that with the right structure and support, our learners can take on meaningful, responsible work and do it well.

At Connexions, every test tube washed represents growth, confidence, and independence in action.

15/10/2025

Connexions evidence-backed intervention methods echo what Dr Randa Grob explains about helping the brain connect its “upstairs” thinking part with its “downstairs” emotional part.

When that connection is made, our learners can listen, learn and make thoughtful choices instead of reacting impulsively.

Through structured routines, sensory regulation and experiential learning, we help them build the pathways that strengthen emotional control, cognitive ability and situational awareness.

When the brain is connected, growth and learning truly happen. 💡🧠

09/10/2025

🌟 Waiting Will Not Be Better -> Early Intervention Matters for your Adult💡

A new long-term study by Gohari in 2024, followed 254 individuals with autism from toddlerhood to adulthood and the message is clear:
👉 Aggression doesn’t simply go away with age.

🔹 By age 18, 42% still showed aggression.
🔹 Those with lower cognitive ability were at much higher risk, 80% in childhood and 58% in adulthood.
🔹 31% showed persistent aggression, while another 25% actually got worse over time.

Children who showed aggression at 9 years old were 3.7 times more likely to still struggle at 18. ⏳ Waiting doesn’t help. It makes intervention harder later. Too often, individuals reach adulthood without ever receiving the right support to manage their behaviours.

At Connexions, we bridge that gap. We help them re-build the structure, communication, and self-regulation skills.

As Asia’s first and only outcome-based intervention centre for high-support autistic adults. We use structured routines, data-driven methods, and evidence-based teaching to empower our learners to communicate with confidence, regulate their emotions, and take real steps toward independence.