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Senior Lecturer

Caroline Mann Ying Lee

Senior Lecturer, Speech-Language Therapy
MA, Communciation Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, USA, United States
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Health and Social Sciences
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Biography

Caroline is a senior lecturer with the Speech-Language Therapy Programme in the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at SIT. She is a registered speech-language pathologist with more than 20 years of clinical, management, and teaching experience in Singapore and the USA.

Prior to joining SIT, Caroline taught in the Special Education Department at the Singapore University of Social Sciences. There, she taught modules in early intervention, language development, and communication disorders.

Caroline was also a former Divisional Director of THK Therapy Services and Clinical Director of THK EIPIC Services where she was responsible for the management, supervision, and training of multi-disciplinary therapy teams.

Caroline continues to practice as a speech-language pathologist in private practice where she provides speech, language, and feeding services to patients in their early childhood, adolescents, and early adulthood.

Caroline is married with four sons. She spends her free-time gardening, baking, and hanging out with her husband, children, and many pets.

SIT Appointments

  • Senior Lecturer, Speech-Language Therapy
    – Present

Education

  • MA, Communciation Sciences and Disorders
    Northwestern University, USA , United States
  • BA, Speech Language Pathology, Summa Cum Laude
    Loyola College in Maryland, USA , United States

Achievements

  • SUSS Award for Teaching Excellence 2022, Honourable Mention
  • SUSS 2020 StudyGuide Excellence Award, 2nd Prize, Course Developer, SPE 107 Language & Communication Needs

Professional Certification

  • Full-Registration, Speech Language Therapy
    Allied Health Professions Council, Singapore
  • Certified Member
    American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, USA

Professional Memberships

  • International Society on Early Intervention (ISEI), USA
    – Present

Corporate Experience

  • Divisional Director, THK Therapy Services
    –

Research Interests

  • Childhood (Developmental) Language Disorders
  • Special Education
  • Early Intervention
  • Disability Management of Psychiatric and other neurodevelopmental disorders, including Autism Spectrum Disorder, Global Developmental Delay, Intellectual Disabilities, and Learning Disabilities

Journal Papers

  • Wang C, Bath E, Lee C, Waldinger L, & Edelstein S. (2011) Care of the Foster Child: A Primer for Pediatricians. Advances in Pediatrics, 58(1):87-111.

Conferences

  • Lee, C. (2014). Developmental outcomes and predictors for a community-based early intervention preschool in Singapore, Poster Presentation, Early Childhood Intervention Australia National Conference.

Books

  • Lee, C. (2020). SPE 107 Language and communication needs (study guide). Singapore: Singapore University of Social Sciences. 2nd Prize SUSS 2020 StudyGuide Excellence Award, Course Developer, SPE 107 Language & Communication Needs.

Teaching Modules

Speech and Language Therapy, BSc (Hons)

  • SLT2016 - Communication Disorders in Children II
  • SLT2302 - Complex Communication Disorders in Children

Past

  • SPE107 - Language and Communication Needs (SUSS)
  • SPE209 - Early Intervention (SUSS)