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NUS, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine 
What Makes Us Different?
CHILD will be the first of its kind in Asia to marry research capabilities with design and implementation of early childhood development programmes and interventions. Our distinguishing features include:
Positive, Safe Environment – We are committed to providing an uplifting and positive atmosphere for our children and staff; a fun learning experience in a secure, safe, and loving environment.
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Leadership – We are committed to lead; developing, monitoring, and empowering our children and our staff to reach their full potential.
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Excellence – We are committed to achieve the greatest levels of excellence in childcare, in education and in everything we do; being highly professional, innovative, creative, efficient, and effective.
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Respect – We are committed to building strong, healthy relationships with each other, our children & their families, along with the community through communication and understanding of the cultures around us.
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Integrity – We are committed to carry out our mission.
We have a focus on recruiting and retaining quality teachers and offer competitive remuneration, good student discipline and relatively small class sizes
Lindsay
Infant Classroom
She has never tired of the “ah-ha” moments and the pride that swells in a little one who is learning to do something for the first time.
Kate
Infant Classroom
She has never tired of the “ah-ha” moments and the pride that swells in a little one who is learning to do something for the first time.
Maria
Lead Teacher
Maria has a Masters degree in Early Childhood Education, a Montessori certification for children ages 3-6.
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What Makes Us Different?
CHILD will be the first of its kind in Asia to marry research capabilities with design and implementation of early childhood development programmes and interventions. Our distinguishing features include:
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Science (and technology)
We will leverage Big Data and artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse all current research available in Singapore and globally. With cutting-edge technology, we will be able to make use of millions of pieces of information to inform the development and deployment of screenings and interventions for each child.
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Site
The Centre’s location in Singapore provides several distinct advantages. Singapore’s population of less than six million people makes it an ideal population base to try and impact. The demographics of the country are varied in terms of socioeconomic status and culture, yet society remains relatively cohesive. By virtue of its limited natural resources, the country is a firm advocate of knowledge management – placing a strong emphasis on human capital development.
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Specificity
We will move beyond less effective ‘one-size-fits-all’ assessments and interventions towards more targeted methodologies that take into account the individual and evolving context of each child and family to better identify and support children-at-risk.
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Speed
Our aim is to reduce the current lag time between research informing changes to policy and practice from 10 years to less than five years. Our management and organisational structure facilitates co-design and co-production between researchers, and policy and service delivery agencies.
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Stakeholder-centred
We will endeavour to provide contextually-appropriate knowledge to all stakeholders. This includes information sheets and white papers for policy makers and researchers, user-friendly platforms for social service agencies and the general public, and continuing education programmes and focused training for professionals in the field.
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Synergy
We will seek to integrate and interpret the considerable amounts of research information about the science of early child development into easily digestible and usable forms for policymakers and practitioners. Our goal is to be the central coordinating point for all research and intervention efforts relating to childhood development in Singapore.
What Makes Us Different?
CHILD is a unique centre in Asia, marrying research capabilities with design and implementation of early childhood development programmes and interventions. Our distinguishing features include:
We leverage on best available research evidence in Singapore and globally to provide solutions. With cutting-edge technology, we are able to make sense of complex information to inform the development and deployment of screenings and interventions for each child.
CHILD’s location in Singapore provides several distinct advantages. The demographics of the country are varied in terms of socioeconomic status and culture, yet society remains relatively cohesive. By virtue of its limited natural resources, the country is a firm advocate of knowledge management – placing a strong emphasis on human capital development.
We move beyond less effective ‘one-size-fits-all’ assessments and interventions towards more targeted methodologies that take into account the individual and evolving context of each child and family to better identify and support children-at-risk.
Our aim is to reduce the current lag time between research informing changes to policy and practice from 10-20 years to less than five years. Our management and organisational structure facilitates co-design and co-production between researchers, and policy and service delivery agencies.
We endeavour to provide contextually-appropriate knowledge to all stakeholders. This includes information sheets and white papers for policymakers and researchers, user-friendly platforms for social service agencies and the general public, and continuing education programmes and focused training for professionals in the field.
We seek to integrate and interpret the available research and evidence about the science of early child development into easily digestible and usable forms for policymakers and practitioners.