Name: Kate Ong
Membership level: Member
Gender: Female
Nationality: singaporean
Bio About
Kate joined the Dyslexia Association of Singapore (DAS) in 2023 and is an Educational Therapist at the DAS Bishan Learning Centre. She provides Chinese language intervention for primary and secondary learners with dyslexia and other specific learning differences, supporting literacy development and learner independence.
Kate adopts a student-centred, strengths-based approach, focusing on cultivating learners’ interest, confidence, and self-belief while helping them build on their strengths. With over six years of teaching experience in Singapore’s education landscape, Kate delivers educational therapy using the Orton–Gillingham approach. She designs tailored instructional plans and materials to address diverse learning needs, monitors students’ progress, and refines intervention strategies accordingly. She also conducts Chinese language profiling assessments to identify difficulties in areas such as visual recognition, semantics, and tonation.
EDUCATIONAL/PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
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Bachelor of Arts in Chinese with Honours (Distinction) Nanyang Technological University 2024 |
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Specialist Diploma in Educational Therapy DAS Academy 2025 |
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Certificate in Supporting Children With Attentional and Hyperactivity Issues DAS Academy 2024 |
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Certificate in Educational Psychology for Special Education DAS Academy 2024 |
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Certificate in Executive Function Skills for Children with SEN DAS Academy 2023 |
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Certificate in Understanding Dyslexia DAS Academy 2023 |
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Certificate in Dyslexia Studies DAS Academy 2023 |
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Singapore Sign Language (SgSL) Level Two (L22501) The Singapore Association for the Deaf 2025 |
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Certificate in Deaf Culture, Community & Language (DCCL) + Singapore Sign Language (SgSL) Level One (ZOCL12422) The Singapore Association for the Deaf 2024 |
Present Occupation
| Present Occupation | Flexi Educational Therapist (Chinese) |
| Employer/ Organization | Dyslexia Association of Singapore |
| Name & Address of Business | 1 Jurong West Central 2, JP1, #05-01 Jurong Point, 648886 |
| Length of employment | 3 Years 2 Months |



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