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Applied Behavioural Analysis(ABA): Application and therapy

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2025-07-15 15:37

International Author who has published 2 books by Future Horizons Inc (USA) which is world leader in autism and sensory resources.

His books have been used by schools worldwide on inclusive education and parent training for children with special needs.

· School Shadow Guidelines (2015)

“Your child may find it difficult to adapt to new surroundings and learning environments from time to time. School Shadow Guidelines helps guide your child to develop appropriate behaviors in school, establish an environment that helps to strengthen academic ability, and also build up on his/her social interaction skills with the goal of independence. Special needs children can benefit from having inclusive education to aid in their development and growth; this is where school shadowing serves vital roles.”

· Parents’ Guide to Early Intervention (2021)

“Parents Guide to Early Intervention provides parents with a simple step-by-step model to help their children with special needs navigate the above issues. It is based on the Comprehensive Model for Early Intervention (CMEI) developed by Alex Liau, who has worked with children with special needs for the past 15 years. Alex has combined his experiences in working with parents in Asia, United States, Australia, and Europe in crafting early intervention plans for children with special needs.”

– Certified EIBI/ABA Consultant (Training Institute of Geneva Autism Center, Toronto, Canada)

– Guest Lecturer at Ngee Ann Polytechnic for Diploma in Child Psychology & Early Education and Bachelors of Science (Early Childhood Education and Leadership)

– Graduate from the world renowned training institute, Geneva Autism Center.(Certification in the Principles of ABA for Teaching and Intervention)

– Trained and endorsed by world renowned Psychologist, Dr Jeb Baker who is an international expert in managing challenging behaviors and social skills training.

– Trained and certified in the introduction and advanced course of the SCERTS program.

– Personally trained by Carol Gray, who is the founder and president of Social Stories which is ranked one of the most effective tools to help children with autism. He is the only person in the region to be trained in the latest Social Stories 10.1.

- Completed the Professional Development course under Autism Spectrum Australia (ASPECT). Alex is trained in:

• ASPECT Comprehensive Approach for Education

• ASPECT Educational Outreach

The above certifications equip Alex with the expertise and best practices in supporting children with special needs in mainstream schools worldwide.

Alex obtained his degree in Psychology in the National University of Singapore (NUS). He has many years of experience working with children exhibiting a wide array of learning and behavior difficulties, with many diagnosed as having autism spectral disorder (ASD).

He received training on Early Intensive Behavioral Intervention (EIBI) in Australia and subsequently went to Houston, Texas to receive Relationship Development Intervention (RDI) training under Dr. Steven Gutstein and Dr. Rachel Sheely. He has presented in Australia, Houston and Singapore and has been invited to participate in interviews by the press in Singapore. Additionally, he has worked with clients from various countries like China, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States and Australia. He has also mentored and trained many therapists throughout his career.

His interest in children with special needs started while he was concentrating on Childhood Psychology and pursued a research project on autism and related disorders. The many successful cases he achieve while working intensively with children with ASD made him a firm believer of early intervention and other comprehensive, experimentally proven therapies. Alex has the ability to harness the confidence and self esteem of these children which in turn enable them to be more receptive to compliance training and regain the ability to learn and progress.

While utilizing the skills he acquired during training, he realized that the two therapies work well in tandem and children were receptive to different aspects of each therapy depending on the clinical presentation of the symptoms and impairments. He is the only therapist in Singapore that provides these two methods that synergise and facilitate the learning of a child. Since the RDI approach involves in building of rapport between the child and family, which works well in bringing about remediation of the child’s difficulties and reaps substantive benefits in the child’s development and progress when parents play an active roles in their child’s life, the focus then, is not only on the child, but also on his parents. Alex has generously provided the necessary emotional support and advice to the parents of children under his care.

As each child is unique, he develops individualized in-home behavioural intervention plans for children and teaching programmes for parents, tailored to the specifications and needs of each child, to effectively bring out the best potential of the child.

Alex also volunteers at Pathlight School under the Gound-Up Initiative (GUI). Alex sees the benefits of having the children with difficulties interact and grow together with other children and has extensive experience in providing mainstream school integration support through the various school collaborations. Embarking a step beyond, Alex has provided extracurricular activities to invoke the curiosity of these children by organising various group outings for all the children to participate in.