Student Support Programmes in MFPS

Find out how MFPS supports students through counselling, SEN services, and community partnerships to meet their social, emotional, and learning needs.

Last updated 21 August 2026

Student Support Programmes in MFPS

In MFPS, different resources and trained personnel from discipline, counselling and learning support are integrated and activated to meet our students’ needs. For students who may require more intervention, respective school-based personnel perform various functions and roles to implement and monitor programmes to support them holistically (cognitive, affective, psychological and physical) using our school’s Stage Referral System

Three-tier pyramid showing MFPS Stage Referral System: Stage 1 Classroom, Stage 2 Targeted, Stage 3 Intensive Intervention.

Table mapping specialised school personnel roles to their key focus areas in student support and development.

School-based support roles for social, emotional, mental health, learning and behavioural needs

For Social, Emotional or Mental Health Issues	For Learning and Behavioural Issues
Counselling School counselling in MFPS is a collaborative process among different stakeholders in which our School Counsellors: 1) facilitate the expansion of our students’ view of life 2) enlarge their repertoire of coping resources and 3) guide and enable them to make choices for change in themselves, the situation and the environment without destructive consequences to self or others. The process is directed by the application of specialized skills and strategies in a therapeutic relationship with the students with challenges. The goal of counselling intervention is to help our students manage difficulties effectively so that their total development would not be impeded.	SEN Officers supports students with mild special education needs by: 1) providing intervention support for students with mild special educational needs (SEN) by developing, implementing and monitoring support plans to address the specific needs of students with SEN 2) arranging for systems consultation in the area of educational development of students with SEN while working closely with school leaders and Case Management Team (CMT) to review and improve SEN processes and systems 3) providing in-class support or withdrawal support to students with SEN 4) liaising with stakeholders (e.g. parents, external agencies) to ensure continued support for students with SEN e.g., establish partnerships with parents, SSAs and the community to better support students with SEN 5) planning and conducting talks for parents to create awareness / acceptance of SEN 6) assisting in the application submissions for access accommodation, which are specific accommodations necessary for school and national level examinations 7) providing school transition support for students moving into a different educational environment

For Social, Emotional or Mental Health Issues

For Learning and Behavioural Issues

Counselling
School counselling in MFPS is a collaborative process among different stakeholders in which our School Counsellors:

1) facilitate the expansion of our students’ view of life
2) enlarge their repertoire of coping resources and
3) guide and enable them to make choices for change in themselves, the situation and the environment without destructive consequences to self or others.

The process is directed by the application of specialized skills and strategies in a therapeutic relationship with the students with challenges.

The goal of counselling intervention is to help our students manage difficulties effectively so that their total development would not be impeded.

SEN Officers supports students with mild special education needs by:

1) providing intervention support for students with mild special educational needs (SEN) by developing, implementing and monitoring support plans to address the specific needs of students with SEN
2) arranging for systems consultation in the area of educational development of students with SEN while working closely with school leaders and Case Management Team (CMT) to review and improve SEN processes and systems
3) providing in-class support or withdrawal support to students with SEN
4) liaising with stakeholders (e.g. parents, external agencies) to ensure continued support for students with SEN e.g., establish partnerships with parents, SSAs and the community to better support students with SEN
5) planning and conducting talks for parents to create awareness / acceptance of SEN
6) assisting in the application submissions for access accommodation, which are specific accommodations necessary for school and national level examinations
7) providing school transition support for students moving into a different educational environment

School counsellors and SEN officers at MFPS

Our School Counsellors	Our SEN Officers
1) Mr Alimran Bin Shaaban 2) Mdm Cheryl Cheong Ai Lee	1) Mdm Angeline Chow 2) Miss Deana Natasha Bte Azhar

Additional support programmes for international and mental health needs

Additional Support Programmes
International Pupils Support Group Programme (IPSG) This programme was set up to welcome our young international students, and their families, to our multi-racial, multi-cultural country. We hope to introduce our international students to the sights, sounds, and food of Singapore, to highlight the sense of cohesiveness and harmonious living in our country.
Response, Early intervention and Assessment in Community mental Health (REACH) The school collaborates with REACH to provide suitable school-based interventions to help our students with severe emotional and behavioural problems who may need requisite, timely help.	Weekly Therapy Services Occupational and Speech & Language Therapists are engaged by the school to provide support to our students with SEN. This year, the school is grateful to have the Mediacorp Enable Fund supporting this work for our students. These sessions teach our students to reach their fullest potential by empowering them with skills for holistic development. This is achievable when we promote supportive environments in collaboration with our students’ families and teachers.

Additional Support Programmes

International Pupils Support Group Programme (IPSG)

This programme was set up to welcome our young international students, and their families, to our multi-racial, multi-cultural country. We hope to introduce our international students to the sights, sounds, and food of Singapore, to highlight the sense of cohesiveness and harmonious living in our country.

Response, Early intervention and Assessment in Community mental Health (REACH)

The school collaborates with REACH to provide suitable school-based interventions to help our students with severe emotional and behavioural problems who may need requisite, timely help.

Weekly Therapy Services

Occupational and Speech & Language Therapists are engaged by the school to provide support to our students with SEN. This year, the school is grateful to have the Mediacorp Enable Fund supporting this work for our students.

These sessions teach our students to reach their fullest potential by empowering them with skills for holistic development. This is achievable when we promote supportive environments in collaboration with our students’ families and teachers.