Sion Teng
Associate Psychologist at Apex Harmony Lodge- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Apex Harmony Lodge
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Singapore
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Hospitals and Health Care
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1 - 100 Employee
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Associate Psychologist
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Feb 2018 - Present
Co-manage Dementia Day-care with Day-Care Manager on day-to-day operations, and develop person-centered care strategies to empower Day Care Elderly to live to their fullest potential Conduct regular assessments (i.e., MMSE, Zarit, InterRai) with Day-Care Elderly, caregivers as well as Persons with Dementia living in the community, and followed up with necessary interventions respectively Develop individual care plan for each day-care elderly by working closely with Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist and Social Worker to provide person-centered care to each elderly. In charge of “Therapy Through Work” in the lodge, providing variety of work opportunities as a form of therapy to more than 80 residents and day-care elderly. Co-lead Therapy Through Work for Young Onset and Early Stage Dementia, providing therapeutic work opportunities for people living in the community Forge strong partnership with external community partners by providing training and facilitation skills, and also sourcing for partners, setting up new worksite and building synergetic partnership with new partners. Strengthen partnership with knowledge partners (i.e, CGH, KTPH, NNI) by providing regularly updates on referred clients as well as conducting presentations and talks to educate relevant party on the lodge’s Therapy Through Work’s initiative Show less
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Autism Resource Centre (Singapore) / Pathlight School
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Singapore
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Education Administration Programs
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100 - 200 Employee
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Job Coach
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Aug 2016 - Aug 2017
Took control of an entire worksite and trained more than 20 clients, of which 6 have successfully secured employment, all employed clients had their contract renewed, and majority of the clients are ready for employment Conducted vocational assessments to access and identify clients’ strengths and needs in order to ensure job matching and captialising on individual’s strengths Developed coaching plans and materials for clients to attain and sustain employment in term of their hard skills (i.e, work quality) and soft skills (i.e., communication) Worked closely with associated external employers and case managers through filing weekly reports and meetings to monitor client’s progress and fill in the missing gaps observed Show less
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Autism Partnership Singapore
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Singapore
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Individual and Family Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Behavioral Therapist
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Mar 2013 - Aug 2014
Adopted Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) method to work alongside with individual with Autism Spectrum Disorder Intensive discrete trial teaching to individual in community (i.e shopping/paying), home as well as in clinic settings Breaking down teaching via task analysis to suit individual learning pace and style Worked closely with a team of ABA therapists, supervisors, and family members so that everyone is aligned together to help the client Adopted Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) method to work alongside with individual with Autism Spectrum Disorder Intensive discrete trial teaching to individual in community (i.e shopping/paying), home as well as in clinic settings Breaking down teaching via task analysis to suit individual learning pace and style Worked closely with a team of ABA therapists, supervisors, and family members so that everyone is aligned together to help the client
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Education
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The School of Positive Psychology
Professional Diploma in Psychotherapy, Psychology -
James Cook University Singapore
Bachelor of Psychology (Science), Psychology -
Singapore Polytechnic
Diploma in Business Information Technology, Business / Information Technology