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 brain science, social work and early childhood approaches in the provision of 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.
Quantedge Foundation is co-funding Phase 3 of Circle of Care. Phase 3 will target children from birth to 9 years, and is expected to expand its reach from the existing 10 pre-schools to 30 pre-schools and 7 primary schools across three community clusters by 2023. This is estimated to reach some 4,200 pre-school children and provide support to 1,800 children. A continuous quality improvement process would be in place to develop, test and evaluate programme components of the model to achieve better outcomes for the children.
The programme combines brain science, social work and early childhood approaches in the provision of 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.
Quantedge Foundation is co-funding Phase 3 of Circle of Care. Phase 3 will target children from birth to 9 years, and is expected to expand its reach from the existing 10 pre-schools to 30 pre-schools and 7 primary schools across three community clusters by 2023. This is estimated to reach some 4,200 pre-school children and provide support to 1,800 children. A continuous quality improvement process would be in place to develop, test and evaluate programme components of the model to achieve better outcomes for the children.
Outcomes:
To date, Phase 3 of Circle of Care has reached out to over 1,950 pre-school children and supported 430 children in 16 pre-schools and 2 primary schools across 2 clusters.
The Circle of Care programme has demonstrated measurable improvements in child and parental outcomes, such as:
To date, Phase 3 of Circle of Care has reached out to over 1,950 pre-school children and supported 430 children in 16 pre-schools and 2 primary schools across 2 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