SpecialKids Child Health & Development Clinic

09/08/2025

Happy 60th Birthday, Singapore!! 🇸🇬 Featuring the art made by our EIP students over at BT ❤️

Grateful for this nation we call home and may we continue to grow strong together in the coming years! Onwards Singapore!

01/08/2025

Happy Nurses Day to Betty, Vanesa, Livy, Kristine, and Aunty Cat!

Thank you for the cheer, warmth, and care you bring to every family who walks through our doors and for being a steady pillar of support to our clinical team!

Hope these bowls can accompany many warm meals and heartfelt moments with your loved ones ❤️

08/07/2025

✦ Storytellers in the Wings ✦ by Pek Ya P**n
A haibun + haiku reflection
(Written by me, not by AI! But polished with a bit of AI clarity—like espresso for sentences.)

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Storytelling is the incognito profession—not just for marketers or preachers, but for parents too.

Moms and dads spin tales to comfort their children—about tooth fairies, about winning, about who they might become. Sometimes these stories are told to encourage their children… and sometimes to reassure themselves.

As a coach working with children who learn and move differently, I’ve seen how much these stories matter. They carry love, yes—but also expectations, fears, and sometimes, a quiet denial.

I hear lines like:
“He just wants to cruise. He’s unmotivated, but he has so much potential if he’d just apply himself.”
Or:
“He’s afraid to fail, so he doesn’t try. He just needs smaller steps.”

Both versions come from love. But sometimes, they blur where the child really is. The starting point is far from the imagined path.

I’ve watched it unfold from many angles.

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Stalls and circle seats
In the heart, the play unfolds
Differently each time

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02/07/2025

Discover practical strategies to support your child’s attention, self-regulation, and classroom compliance. This guide for parents and educators explores how schools can help children stay focused, follow instructions, and thrive, whether or not they have a diagnosed learning need.

01/07/2025

Blessed 13th anniversary to SpecialKids! Here’s to many more 🌸🌺🌷🌻🌼🪻🌹🌼🪷

15/06/2025

Blessed Father’s Day to all dads!
Fathers leave a unique imprint of care on each child’s life and today, we celebrate that.

For children, love often looks like the simple things: your presence, your laughter, your friendship and sometimes your firm hand where it’s needed.
Thank you for showing up in all the quiet, faithful ways. We love you ❤️

12/05/2025

Wishing all who celebrate a Happy Vesak Day! 🪷

11/05/2025

Happy Mother’s Day to all our lovely mummies.
You are shelter and sunshine,
steady like a tree, gentle like a flower,
a heart that holds, a rainbow after rain.

Thank you for being home,
in all the ways that matter.
You are so deeply loved.

We love you! ❤️

11/05/2025

06/05/2025

🎥 AUTISM: A DIFFERENT WAY OF SEEING, THINKING, AND BEING

In this 16-minute interview with AscenZion, Dr Lian Wee Bin (Developmental Paediatrician, SpecialKids Clinic) reflects on six key questions around autism—covering what inspires her, what still needs to change, and what caregivers often need most.

From diagnosis to daily support, her insights are shaped by years of walking closely with families and children across the spectrum.

🧩 For parents, educators, and anyone seeking to understand autism more deeply, this is a meaningful place to start.

Inside this 16-minute conversation, hear from Dr Lian as she shares about:

0:04 – Awareness: What we often overlook and why it matters
2:26 – Unique: An unforgettable moment from her years in practice
7:13 – Tools: The real gaps in support beyond apps and strategies
8:27 – Inspires: From first hugs to university, the little moments that stay with her
11:08 – Support: What families really need, long after diagnosis
12:56 – Manage: A message for caregivers who feel tired, stretched, or stuck

Special thanks to AscenZion for the opportunity to share.

01/05/2025

In the world of special needs, progress is rarely loud — but it’s built every day through the quiet, tireless love of parents, the steady hands of those who support them, and worked out little ones hard at work learning and growing.

To every parent who shows up again and again, to every therapist, doctor, receptionist, and teacher walking this journey beside them — thank you.

We work as one, so that every child knows they are safe, supported, and most of all — deeply loved. 💛

A heartfelt Happy Labour Day to all!

20/04/2025

He is Risen!
Blessed Easter everyone!
Have a good Sunday!