Interventions for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) typically involves individual and parental attention by a team of educational and health professionals.
Having a child with intellectual disability (ID) is, more often than not, viewed negatively. It comes with a sense of dread, hopelessness and even helplessness.
What happens to parents when their child is diagnosed with a life-threatening terminal illness or medical complications? They go through a lot of medical procedures, sleepless nights, work disruptions, lifestyle readjustments and financial difficulties, all of which contribute to significant…
Much is understood about parenting and its impact on children’s development and well-being, given the large amount of caregiving research in the past decades.
In the early months of 2023, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim advocated for a revival of the idea of the “Asian Monetary Fund” at the Future of ASEAN programme in Bangkok.
At the Society of Actuaries Asia-Pacific Actuarial Teaching Conference in Bangkok, Ms. Low Ann Ann, a faculty member from the School of Mathematical Sciences, delivered a presentation on her implementation of project-based learning in the General Insurance course. In her paper, students were tasked…
Teachers, coaches, parents and guardians are responsible for providing a positive and safe learning environment for children. There are, however, instances where physical and mental violence is perceived as a “tool” for teaching, despite the risk of causing severe and long-lasting effects on the…
Studying psychology can be very rewarding and exciting, promising bright futures for graduates. Covering many aspects of science and mathematics, it is not as ‘subjective’ as most would think but a lot more than that.
On 14 December 2022, former BSc (Hons) Psychology student Anushiya Chathuri Vanajan successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Her idea was entitled "Older workers’ work limitations, vitality, and retirement preferences: the differential effects of…
