Foundational Skills for Facilitating Eating, Drinking, and Swallowing Skills in Children

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Course Date
Friday, 8 May 2026

Registration Deadline
24 April 2026

Time and Venue
9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Cerebral Palsy Alliance Singapore
65 Pasir Ris Drive 1
Singapore 519529

Parent and Caregiver Training
** Approved for Caregivers Training Grant (CTG) by Agency for Integrated Care (AIC).
Full Course Fees: $150 (including GST)
Co-payment of $10* only payable to CPAS.
*CTG is capped at $200 per child per FY

Skillsfuture Credit
Eligible caregivers who are Singapore Citizens can use their Skillsfuture Credit to offset co-payment payable after CTG funding

Full Course Fees
$10 (Caregivers under AIC-CTG)
$150 including GST

Course Capacity
Max: 20 participants

Targeted Participants
Caregivers, Teachers, Interventionists, Allied Health Professionals

AHPC Continuing Professional Education (CPE)
This course is an AHPC CPE Approved course.
AHPC registered therapists can accumulate CPE points when attending our approved courses.

Course Outline

Children with special needs, especially those with cerebral palsy, are prone to eating, drinking, and swallowing challenges. If unattended, these problems could lead to serious medical conditions such as aspiration pneumonia. This course seeks to educate parents and caregivers with basic strategies to ensure swallow safety at home. It will also cover the identification of the signs of swallowing problems (dysphagia), so that timely medical consultation can be sought. Common food and fluid modifications as well as feeding and drinking utensils that may be recommended by the Speech Therapist and their uses will also be introduced.
This course does not replace a swallowing assessment by a speech therapist but it is to equip caregivers and educators with knowledge and skills that will enable them to identify signs of a swallowing problem and ensure swallow safety at home and in school.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to learn to:

  • The process of normal swallowing, including the body parts involved
  • How safe feeding and swallowing can be compromised
  • Appropriate posture for eating and drinking
  • Food and fluid modifications
  • Introduction to the various type of feeding and drinking adaptive devices

Course Instructor

Ms Florence, Ms Wan Ling

Terms and Conditions
– Parents / Caregivers are required to fill in the CTG Application form, and provide the necessary documents stated in the form as required by AIC.
– Registration will be confirmed only upon receiving invoice or full payment.
– If the participant is absent without valid reason or without supporting document, full course fees will be charged with no refund

Withdrawal from the Registered Class
– Notification of withdrawal must be given via email to CPAS at least 8 weeks before the course commencement date. There will be an admin fee chargeable for late withdrawal:

  • Notification received from 6 weeks before commencement of course – 50% of full course fee
  • Notification received from 4 weeks before commencement of course – 75% of full course fee
  • Notification received less than 4 weeks before commencement of course – 100% of full course fee
  • No refunds will be given for non-attendance of workshop

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