Safe And Secure: Essential Home Safety Skills

This interactive workshop is designed specifically for adults on the autism spectrum to learn essential home safety skills to increase skills for independent living.

Participants will gain knowledge and skills in three vital areas of home safety: fire safety, basic first aid, and home security. Through hands-on activities, real-world examples and roleplays, participants will be supported to develop skills to stay safe at home.

Topics:

• Fire safety at home
• Basic first aid at home
• Keeping home safe and secure

• Identify common safety hazards at home
• Perform actions to keep the home safe and secure
• Determine steps to take in case of an emergency at home

• Currently in employment or actively seeking for employment
• Able to learn in a classroom setting with other learners
• Able to follow group instructions
• Able to request for help when needed

In-Person
Blk 524 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5, #01-4132, Singapore 560524

Minimum number of 6 learners required to start a class.

Persons on the Autism Spectrum

Full fee: S$250.70 per participant
After Grant: *S$32.20 per participant
*Balance fees claimable using SkillsFuture Credits or Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA)

(inclusive of GST and handout materials)

SG Enable Training Grant:

• Applicable for Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents aged 16 years and above.
• Not pursuing full-time education or enrolled in any government or Special Education school.
• Course fee funding is only available for eligible persons with disabilities.
• The disabilities supported are: physical disability, sensory disability, intellectual disability and developmental disability.
• Registered as a Person with Disability (PWD) with SG Enable.
• Must attend all training sessions.

ARC(S) will follow up with an email to request for the following documents:

• Letter of Undertaking ⬅ click to download
• Proof of Disability:
• Persons with Disability Concession Card.
• Proof of membership with a disability Social Service Agency (SSA).
• SPED School leaving/graduating certificate.
• A doctor's memo certifying permanent disability.

SkillsFuture Credit:

• For all Singaporeans aged 25 years and above.
• S$500 opening SkillsFuture Credit does not expire.
• A one-time top-up of $500 was provided to those aged 25 and above in 2020. This top-up will expire at the end of 2025.

Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA)

• A PSEA account will be opened for Singapore Citizens who have a balance in either their:
• Child Development Account (CDA) in the year they turn 13 years old.
• Edusave Account in the year they turn 17 years old, or no longer studying in an MOE-funded school, whichever is later.
• The account holder's PSEA will be closed around the middle of the year in which they turn 31.