Speech & Language

Speech Therapist

Hui Zhen graduated with a Master of Science (Speech and Language Pathology) from the National University of Singapore in 2012. She is fully licensed professional recognised by the Allied Health Professions Council (AHPC). With six years of experience at Singapore General Hospital and five years at AWWA Ltd, Hui Zhen has a strong background working with children. She holds certifications in Hanen (It Takes Two To Talk and More Than Words), PROMPT, PECS and DIR Floortime, bringing a diverse skill set to her role at Magic Beans.

Hui Zhen specialises in working with children and has dedicated much of her speech therapy career helping children with communication needs. With over 10 years of experience, she has worked in clinics, mainstream preschools, and early intervention centres. Hui Zhen has worked extensively with children, teenagers and young adults with developmental conditions, such as speech and language delay, autism spectrum disorder, global developmental delay, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and other complex medical conditions.

In her many years of experience, Hui Zhen has worked with children in individual therapy settings as well as in group settings, collaborating closely with parents and teachers to ensure holistic care.  She believes in a multidisciplinary approach and advocates working actively alongside other professionals like teachers, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, dietitians, and doctors to provide comprehensive support to the child and their family at the centre.

Hui Zhen strongly believes in the effectiveness of therapy when done collaboratively with the family, and tailored to each child’s and family’s unique needs and goals. She adopts a gentle fun and child-directed approach when working with young children, aiming to make a difference one small step at a time, by building on their strengths and interests. Her experience in both the hospital setting and community setting gives her the edge to support the child and family in  setting functional goals that can be easily applied across all environment. Hui Zhen values the importance of building a strong relationship with the family, evolving with their needs and accompanying them on their journey. Since becoming a mother, she endeavours to weave therapy goals through play and helps families to incorporate therapy activities within the daily routines, ensuring that therapy will help, not burden, the family.  Seeing each child reach their full potential brings her great satisfaction.

Hui Zhen is conversant in English and Mandarin, and is able to use either language for the comfort of the family she is working with.

Hui Zhen is also trained to work with adults with communication and swallowing difficulties, including advanced skills such as tracheostomy management, conducting and analysis of video-fluoroscopy swallowing studies.

Hui Zhen believes in continued clinical improvement and development, and is interested and experienced in conducting research and clinical education of new therapists and student clinicians. Some of the professional courses she had attended are:

• DIR 101: An Introduction to DIR® and DIRFloortime®
• Hanen It Takes Two to Talk
• Hanen More Than Words
• Introduction to Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (PROMPT)
• Modified Barium Swallow Impairment Profile (MBSImP)
• Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) Level 1 (Basic)
• Pragmatic Organisation Dynamic Display (PODD) Introductory Workshop
• Social Thinking
• The Lidcombe Program for Early Stuttering
• When Children Won’t Eat: Picky Eaters vs. Problem Feeders (Assessment and Treatment Using the SOS Approach to Feeding