A Trauma Informed Approach to Education
Parenting
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Synopsis
In this webinar, get acquainted with the work of Little U, Singapore’s only microschool specialising in trauma-informed education. Dawn Fung will draw from her experience of being an educator to youths-facing-adversity and homeschooling families for over 2 decades and her life’s work in bettering children’s rights via education reform.
This webinar is highly recommended for social services and healthcare professionals who treat traumatised youths and families. If you have always wanted to find out how a trauma-informed educator would support or impact the work you do, find out about its salient features or understand better how to develop it in your own clinics and programs, this is perfect.
How? Trauma-informed education is not trauma therapy. Trauma informed education is the best-fit system in education to ensure effective healing for the whole child and the family system.
We recommend you read the 3 Policies of Little U before attending. It will speed up your understanding and also the kind of questions you may want to ask at the webinar.
Dawn Fung
Founder, Chief Executive Officer of Little U
Her speciality is in designing personalised education for individuals and families. Dawn believes that education reform begins in the family. At Little U, she conceptualises with the team how to personalise care to educators and learners, and to bring out each individual’s potential. Her dream is to see every child, parent and educator having full rights and access to great education. Unique to Little U is also its approach in offering trauma-informed education alongside competency-based education to families and students.
Prior to being a homeschooler, Dawn taught O Level English, the IB MYP Personal Project, speech and drama. She was the head of English and Professional Development for the faculty at City College. The private college was well known for its social impact under the leadership of Kenny Low, a 2007 Schwab Social Entrepreneur of the Year awardee. (City College closed in 2023.) Little U is inspired by Kenny’s legacy, Vivian’s dream to create a school that everyone wants to attend, and the potential of the homeschooling community to develop great education in Singapore for all.
Dawn Fung is a consultant, speaker, writer and thought leader. She is well known for her sharp analysis in matters of alternative education in Singapore. Her opinion has been sought by leaders, educators, parents and content creators. She is also a core group member of EveryChild.sg, an advocacy group for children’s rights in Singapore.
Yen-Lu Chow
Founding Executive Chairman WholeTree Limited / Over-The-Rainbow; Asia Institute of Mentoring | Founding Partner Fatfish MediaLab | Executive Mentor YSI SEA | Founder of the Deep Human Movement
A former Apple Distinguished Technologist, Yen-Lu is an award-winning entrepreneur, technologist, venture catalyst & angel investor, mentor & advisor turned author and keynote speaker, mental wellbeing champion, social innovator & change-maker, ecosystem builder, philanthropist and humanist.
As an angel investor and venture catalyst in the tech ecosystem, Yen-Lu has mentored young entrepreneurs and businesses for many years. He has made significant contributions to the Singapore tech and entrepreneurship ecosystem, serving on countless startup business plan competitions internationally, government panels on innovation and entrepreneurship, and as mentor and advisor to the major universities. He co-founded a business angel fund in partnership with the Singapore government, served as a director of Business Angel Network SEA, executive mentor and adjunct professor to NUS Enterprise, mentor to INSEAD, plus numerous panels on entrepreneurship and innovation internationally. As an expert and practitioner in speech recognition and language processing (with 6 international patents and having worked in the field for over 20 years since early 1980’s while leading Apple’s initiative in this area in the early 1990’s), he was an early pioneer in the application of AI with a strong base in the tech space.
He is on a life mission to help bring about a kinder, gentler, more inclusive, more just, and sustainable world.
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