Circle of Care
Every child should have the opportunity to grow to his or her fullest potential. In his or her formative years, the surrounding environment and lived experiences play a defining role in the child’s development.
We are happy to partner Care Corner and Lien Foundation in their continuing efforts to enhance the Circle of Care programme, which adopts a holistic and integrated approach to create a conducive environment for at-risk children to flourish and achieve their maximum potential.
Launched in 2013, Circle of Care is an early intervention and prevention programme for children from low socio-economic backgrounds in partner preschools. It provides integrated support for all children, including those with greater needs, through a holistic learning approach that enhances and leverages on partnerships among teachers, other professionals, parents and community stakeholders.
The programme combines the latest research in neuroscience, social work and early childhood to provide proactive services and responsive support for the child in the community. It brings together professionals who usually work separately into an interdisciplinary team of social workers, educational therapists, health specialists, social workers, teachers and principals, to provide wraparound and coordinated care for the children and their families.
The programme combines the latest research in neuroscience, social work and early childhood to provide proactive services and responsive support for the child in the community. It brings together professionals who usually work separately into an interdisciplinary team of social workers, educational therapists, health specialists, social workers, teachers and principals, to provide wraparound and coordinated care for the children and their families.
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Quantedge Foundation co-funded Phase 3 of Circle of Care. Phase 3 targeted children from birth to 9 years, and expanded its reach from the existing 10 pre-schools to 22 pre-schools and 6 primary schools across three community clusters by 2023. A continuous quality improvement process was in place to develop, test and evaluate programme components of the model to achieve better outcomes for the children.
Circle of Care embarked on an official consultancy engagement with KidSTART Singapore Ltd in 2021 to support the implementation and scale-up of KidSTART - a national programme that seeks to provide upstream support to children aged 0 - 6 years old from low-income families.
Circle of Care embarked on an official consultancy engagement with KidSTART Singapore Ltd in 2021 to support the implementation and scale-up of KidSTART - a national programme that seeks to provide upstream support to children aged 0 - 6 years old from low-income families.
Outcomes:
Phase 3 of Circle of Care has reached out to over 1,479 pre-school children and supported 1,173 children in 22 pre-schools and 6 primary schools across 3 geographical clusters.
The Circle of Care programme has demonstrated measurable improvements in child and parental outcomes, such as:
Phase 3 of Circle of Care has reached out to over 1,479 pre-school children and supported 1,173 children in 22 pre-schools and 6 primary schools across 3 geographical clusters.
The Circle of Care programme has demonstrated measurable improvements in child and parental outcomes, such as:
- Improved attendance at pre-schools among member children
- Improved school readiness, as well as literacy and numeracy skills, of children referred to the educational therapists under the programme
- Improved attendance at Parent-Teacher Conferences