A Mother's Wish June Holiday Programme for individuals with moderate to severe autism

Dear everyone:

1. A Mother’s Wish Pte. Ltd. is now a formally established social enterprise (registered with Social Enterprise Association). As our scale of operation is still small, we have opted to set up a private company for now. Nonetheless, we are still pursuing a non-profit social mission of creating a community that will provide affordable quality programmes for individuals with moderate to severe autism.

2. I am also excited to announce our second “A Mother’s Wish” (AMW) Holiday Programme, with 50% of costs covered by the AMW fund and the remainder by families of the participants. It will take place in June.

Through the holiday programme, we aim to directly expose everyone involved to the “magical” experience of collective caregiving in our endeavour to provide an engaging learning experience for groups of six individuals with moderate to severe autism. 


Concise Overview of Holiday Programme, June 2014

Based on feedback, we have revamped our format for the holiday programme in June: 

• Six activities spread over a two-week period (weeks starting from June 9th and June 16th).
• Option to sign up for individual holiday activities, instead of committing to the entire programme.
• Only activities with six participants will run.
• Duration. 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. [approx. 2 hours programming & 1-hour travel time]
• Participants will complete a fun review worksheet that describes what they had done for the day.
• Six participants will travel by public transport, under supervision (1 assistant/volunteer: 1 participant), to participate in ONE activity on each day of the holiday programme.

Targeted Beneficiaries (End-Users) 

Participants with moderate to severe autism, aged 6 and above. Depending on the demand for the individual activities, we will try our best to create groups within a closer age-range. 

Programme Outline

Monday, June 9^th: Lifeskills: Baking I (Bishan)


Tuesday, June 10^th: Creative Arts: Art (Serangoon)


Wednesday, June 11^th: Fitness: Functional Training (near MacPherson MRT)


Monday, June 16^th: Lifeskills: Baking II (Bishan)


Thursday, June 19^th: Creative Arts: Music (Bugis)


Friday, June 20^th: Creative Arts: Drama (Orchard)

Costs (after 50% subsidy): $40 per day

Important deadlines: To enable us to determine whether we have a sufficient number of participants (6 participants) to run the activities, please take note of the following deadlines:-

If you are interested, please contact us [link to contact us] so that we can send you a registration form. Please return the completed form no later than April 30^th, preferably beforehand. 

If there is sufficient interest for an activity, we will ask you to make payment by May 5^th  to reserve your spot.

Details

To read more about the individual activity and enrol your child, please click here (http://www.awakeningminds.sg/a_mothers_wish_june_2014.html).

To learn more about the service providers, please click here (http://www.awakeningminds.sg/media/motherswish/ServiceProviderWriteups_June_2014.pdf).

Contact info (for application form): choo.kahying@awakeningminds.com.sg or 8163-4509.

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Thanks,

Kah Ying