ICE in Singapore

Victoria will be in Singapore 27th to 30th June 2008, 26th September to 4th October 2008 and 18th to 27th December 2008. Victoria may be available for private assessment of children. Please email victoriacarlton@ice-au.com for bookings and enquiries.

For details of Professional Development courses offered by Victoria in Singapore <click here>

Victoria travels regularly to Singapore to conduct assessments and offer workshops for Parents and Teachers.

When in Singapore Victoria can be contacted on her Singapore handphone (9183 3603). At other times you can contact the Perth office using the numbers given below.

Assessments:

ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT YOUR CHILD'S SCHOOL PERFORMANCE?

Educational assessments available to ensure your children are reaching their full academic potential.

As a visiting Australian expert in the field of learning difficulties and giftedness Victoria Carlton regularly conducts individual assessments and provides educational advice to parents and schools in Singapore

Victoria Carlton can identify your child's strengths and weaknesses and help you draw up a learning plan to maximise educational potential. Victoria regularly visits Singapore to conduct assessments and run programs for children, parents and teachers.

Contact Victoria 9183 3603 (Singapore handphone) or +61 4091 1135 (Perth Handphone)

ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW

We can assess your child to determine their strengths and weaknesses so as to draw up an individualised plan for effective learning.

The testing is being offered by an education consultant with nearly 30 years experience working with children with learning difficulties, dyslexia, gifted children and children with attentional disorders.

This form of assessment is suitable for all children so that parents can ensure their children's educational needs are being met.

The assessment will give you this information-

• Reading stage reached and level of comprehension skills, ability to decode new words and phonological knowledge. Children's reading will be analysed to determine if they have knowledge of story grammar and an awareness of literature features
  
• Readiness for formal learning stage is assessed if necessary. This determines whether a young child is ready to commence a formal literacy and numeracy programme and if any steps need to be carried out to prepare the child for this important step
  
• Spelling stage reached, and information about the strategies a child is using to help them to spell conventionally. Any difficulties are noted and types of spelling errors are noted so that an appropriate teaching programme may be drawn up
  
• Which of the 8 major intelligences your child is strong in and which ones need to be developed
  
• Oral language skills will be observed and analysed to discover whether a child is able to think logically and clearly and express their ideas in a coherent, appropriate manner
  
• Visual and auditory memory skills will be examined to determine strengths and deficits
  
• Sequencing ability will be examined as this skill relates to so many academic areas
  
• Written expression tests will be carried out to show us the level of understanding your child has reached in this area. Children will also be tested to determine their knowledge of the frameworks of simple narrative and non- narrative genres
  
• Eye muscle movements will be noted in case your child needs to consult a behavioural optometrist
  
• Gross and fine motor skills are analysed to determine if they are age appropriate or whether further development needs to take place
  
• Fluency of Midline movements and balance skills will be noted for possible difficulties
  
• Mathematical skills will be examined to determine understanding of basic mathematics concepts, mental computational skills and ability to problem solve.

Testing takes approximately 1.5 hours, including a review with the parents at the end of the session about the results of the testing. Within a few weeks you will receive a written report that summarises all our findings and gives recommendations for improved academic development.

Our testing differs from many other forms in that it is diagnostic as well as practical in that it points the way to an effective learning programme for each child tested.

The testing involves formal as well as informal testing instruments.

Testing Instruments include-

• Waddington battery of literacy tests Ashton index
• Vocabulary scale
• Goodenough draw-a –man
• Ashton motor control
• Grapheme/phoneme correspondence
• Visual discrimination
• Ashton laterality
• Ashton free writing to test for reversals, bizarre spelling, motor control, fluency of idea, syntax, punctuation, use of capitals, use of clauses, vocabulary.
• Visual sequential memory
• Auditory sequential memory
• Blending and phonemic segmentation
• Sound discrimination
• Grapho-motor test
• Age appropriate reading profiles
• Miscue analysis
• Observational tests of reading and spelling and analysis of errors
• Reading inventories at appropriate levels
• Tests to determine multiple intelligences- MICA, MICUPSMICY, MIQUEL and COSMIC
• FIRST STEPS CONTINUUMS in Oral Language, Reading, Spelling and Writing
• ICE mathematics testing
• Use of STRENGTH CARDS FOR KIDS (St Luke) to determine self-esteem and self-image levels.

In Victoria's own words:

Dear Parent,

I visit Singapore many times each year to offer educational assessments to children and to conduct workshops for parents and teachers.

I am the director of THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE and I see hundreds of children of all ages in our clinic centres in Perth, Western Australia.

I believe that all children are unique with their own strengths and weaknesses and I also believe all children can reach their academic potential with the right program. It is essential to determine the child's learning needs and learning style and my educational assessment can give you that information.

It can also give you exact levels of literacy and numeracy and indicate areas that need remediation or extension and appropriate methods for improving educational outcomes.

If you would like an assessment for your child on my next visit, please contact us for an appointment.

Yours sincerely

Victoria Carlton

When Victoria is in Singapore she shops for resources at September 21.

September 21 Enterprise Pte Ltd is the leading specialist in Early Childhood, Special Needs & Primary school resources in Singapore. We only import the best educational products from leading countries such as UK, USA, Australia and other well-established countries.

http://www.september21.com.sg/

Contact Information

Please call for any information

Singapore handphone: 9183 3603

FAX: +61 8 9271 4211

Postal address:

19 King William Street, Bayswater Western Australia 6053

Electronic mail:

General Information: victoriacarlton@ice-au.com
Webmaster: martin@ice-au.com