Vocational Training
If a child is more inclined to develop vocational skills after completing his/her primary education, he/she may apply to join a vocational training institute instead of attending a mainstream secondary school.
At the training institutes, the child can pick up crucial livelihood skills that could help secure employment upon completion.
There are different vocations, including infocomm technologies, which a special needs child can learn from various centres in Singapore. More details are available at the following:
a. Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped Vocational Training Department
47 Toa Payoh Rise
Singapore 298104
Tel: 6251 4331
Fax: 6253 7191
Email: enquiries@savh.org.sg
b. Singapore Association for the Deaf Vocational School for the Handicapped* (SADeaf-VSH)|
227 Mountbatten Road
Singapore 397998
Tel: 6345 0343
Fax: 6345 9095
Email: admin@ssd.edu.sg
*People with intellectual disabilities are also accepted
c. Singapore Association for the Deaf Adult Outreach Programme|
227 Mountbatten Road
Singapore 397998
Tel: 6344 8274
Fax: 6345 7706
Email:aa@sadeaf.org.sg
d. Autism Association (Singapore)
Autism Youth Centre (AYC)|
Blk 426, Hougang Avenue 6
#01-53
Singapore 530426
Tel: 6287 4727
Fax: 6287 2774
Email: autism@singnet.com.sg
Criteria: Age 12 to 21 yrs
e. Spastic Children Association of Singapore (SCAS)
Goodwill, Rehabilitation and Occupational Workshop (GROW)|
65 Pasir Ris Drive 1
Singapore 519529
Tel: 6585 5600
Fax: 6585 5603
Email: spastic@pacific.net.sg
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