Children, Youth and Family

Children, Youth and Family
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Featured Adult Educators under Children, Youth and Family Training Courses

Mr Courage Lim Shen Yong
Courage has 12 years of clinical experience in social services. He specialises in children and youth work, as well as family intervention. His areas of interest include youth mental health and wellness, substance use, gaming, caregiver stress, and peer support. Courage conducts training and workshops for professionals in the social service and private sectors on various topics related to children and youth, such as mindful play with children and youth for parents. He also conducts workshops and school talks on cyber wellness for students, parents, and educators. Additionally, Courage provides individual and group supervision and consultation for social service professionals and associates, aiming to enhance their casework management, assessment skills, and programme delivery. In his work in family intervention, Courage works closely with youths to develop strategies for managing their substance use and gaming behaviours, and conducts family sessions to address challenges, garner support, and restore relationships affected by these behaviours.

Mrs Geraldine Yang-Peterson   
Geraldine graduated from Deakin University (Melbourne Australia) with a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Honours) in Psychology. She also holds a master’s degree in counselling psychology from the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University. She is a registered counselling Psychologist and registered Clinical Supervisor with the Singapore Registry of Psychologist. She is also a registered Counsellor with the Singapore Association of Counsellors. Geraldine Yang-Peterson is also a Parenting Coordinator who facilitates in the management of ongoing issues in high conflict child custody and visitation cases and she works with these families as well. Geraldine has 17 years work experience in the Psychology and Counselling field working with early-risk and at-risk children, adolescents and adults from vulnerable families. Prior to Empowering Counselling and Psychological Consultancy Services, Geraldine was with the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF). There, she journeyed with children and adolescents who had been traumatized, and/or were exhibiting behavioural issues. She also journeyed with adolescent and adult offenders as well as worked with the family systems. She was awarded PS21 Public Service Award (2014) as well as the Ministry of Social and Family Development Star Service Award (2014).

Dr John K E Tan
John holds a doctorate in ministry that he earned from Fuller Theological Seminary in Los Angeles, USA. He has spent 25 years in service to youths and adults who help youths succeed in life. In addition, he is also a certified adult educator, armed with both a Diploma in Adult and Continuing Education (DACE) as well as an Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA) under the Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) framework. Currently, he serves as the Executive Director of Children-At-Risk Empowerment Association (CARE Singapore) in a full-time capacity.

Mr Melvin Yeo
Melvin holds a Masters of Counselling (University of Queensland, Australia) and a Masters in Inclusive and Special Education (Monash University, Australia). Melvin is deeply passionate about influencing and sustaining positive change for persons with disabilities and persons from disadvantaged backgrounds and has spent the past 20 years working with at-risk children, children with special needs, as well as incarcerated youth and adults, both locally and overseas. He led a local non-profit organisation from 2006 to 2009 to promote awareness to the harms of bullying in Singapore. Prior to joining the Voluntary Children’s Homes Training and Management Team of the Social Service Institute in January 2018, Melvin was actively involved in reviewing and implementing measures to increase the skills and competencies of guidance officers, as well as to develop life skills programmes and improve the well-being of institutionalised youths under the Youth Residential Service, Ministry of Social and Family Development.

Ms Seah Kheng Yeow
Kheng Yeow graduated with a degree in social work and master’s in counselling. She was formerly the head, family development and community relations with Promoting Alternatives to Violence (PAVE) and executive director with Fei Yue Family Service Centre (FYFSC) where she is currently serving as the vice president. She also chairs in the Multi-disciplinary team (MDT) for Heart@Fei Yue, a Child Protection Specialist Centre and sits in the Legal Aid and the Means Test Panel.

She is an educator and advocate and has more than 25 years of experience in counselling. She conducts training programmes locally and for non-government organisations (NGOs) in Asia and was awarded the Outstanding Social Worker Award in 2009. She is now a freelance consultant and provides clinical supervision to social service agencies (SSAs) as well as training to SSI and other organisations. She has been certified as a Master Practice Leader by MSF and has been working to build the capability of Family Service Centres (FSCs) in Singapore.

Mr Tony Leong
Tony has worked with children and families for more than 10 years, in both the private and social service sector. He is certified in the WSQ Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA) and has developed programmes that follows learning pedagogies for adult learners. He specialises in topics relating to mental health, suicide intervention, stress management, psychological first aid and crisis intervention and has organised such programmes for numerous stakeholders. Over the years, Tony has experienced success through his experiential based interventions with his clients. And he administers Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) and Choice Theory Reality Therapy (CTRT) as overarching modalities in his work with them. His interventions are formulated with reference to strategic and narrative storytelling, adventure-based therapeutic interventions and strengths-based concepts.

Dr Quah Saw Han
Saw Han previously worked with MSF as a clinical psychologist before heading a research and programme evaluation unit. As a clinical psychologist, she worked with children, young persons and their parents in relation to child protection, juvenile crime and family issues. She is a certified user and trainer for the Transformational and Collaborative Outcome Management (TCOM) implementation framework: Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) and Family and Adult Support Tool (FAST). She has been recognised by the original developer of TCOM, Dr. John Lyons, as one of the local trainers who can train trainers on the use of CANS. She is familiar with the process of TCOM implementation and was in the pilot project and early phases of TCOM implementation in Singapore.

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