REACH is a collaborative effort between Institute of Mental Health – Child Guidance Clinic, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, National University Hospital, and the Ministry of Education (MOE). Piloted in 2007, REACH subsequently expanded to implement mental health services to all MOE-registered schools in Singapore.
REACH aims to increase the accessibility to mental health support for students below 19 years of age with emotional and behavioural difficulties (such as ADHD, anxiety and depression). Children and adolescents referred to REACH are seen in schools or homes.
REACH also seeks to enhance the capacity of schools to identify and support these students with the following services: