Seet Xian HuiClinical Director, Principal Speech Therapist5 Oct 2026 · 7 min read 
If you are exploring educational therapy for your child, cost is usually one of the first questions. Fees vary widely across providers, and not all of them publish their rates.
This guide sets out what educational therapy costs in Singapore, what affects the price, and what the fee covers.
Educational therapy here is delivered through association programmes, government-supported school and preschool schemes, and private centres, and each prices differently.
What counts as educational therapy also varies from centre to centre. Some centres describe it as academic support for children with learning needs. At Beyond Speech, educational therapy is literacy intervention, specifically for children with dyslexia or who are at risk of dyslexia. So before comparing fees, it helps to check what each centre means by educational therapy.
The Dyslexia Association of Singapore runs a group literacy programme delivered by its own educational therapists and priced per term. For Singapore Citizens who meet the MOE criteria, subsidised rates work out at roughly $74 to $82 per hour under the MOE-aided programme.
Without that subsidy, DAS standard rates for permanent residents and non-citizens run from about $89 to $98 per hour. Do note that these are group sessions rather than one to one sessions.
For one to one support, DAS International offers educational therapy through their Specialist Teaching programme. Fees range from $171.50 to $188.20 per hour.
MOE runs in-school support such as the Learning Support Programme for English in the early primary years, alongside Learning Support for Mathematics and School-based Dyslexia Remediation. These sit inside the school day and are arranged through the school.
For preschoolers, ECDA’s Development Support-Learning Support programme provides short blocks of literacy or language support in K1 and K2, means tested from $5 to $290 for Developmental Support packages and $5 to $130 for Learning Support packages.
Private educational therapy in Singapore is commonly listed from about $140 to $190 per hour for individual sessions, while integrated programmes that combine speech and literacy support run higher, from $230 per hour.
Group sessions are usually priced lower where rates are published, but few centres publish group pricing. Many centres do not publish fees at all, so always ask what is included before comparing.
Our fees for individual (one to one) therapy can be found in the table below.
| Weekday | Weekend | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Therapy | Per hour | $190 | $210 |
| 10 sessions (5% cheaper) | $1,805 | $1,995 | |
| Speech & Educational Therapy | Per hour | $230 | $250 |
| 10 sessions (5% cheaper) | $2,185 | $2,375 |
Before therapy begins there is a one-hour assessment, at $230 on weekdays or $250 on weekends, and the full breakdown is on our Fees page. Every journey starts with a free phone call.
Four factors explain most of the variation you will see.
Association programmes with MOE support price well below private centres, and school-based support runs through the school itself. Private practices charge full fees in exchange for direct access, scheduling flexibility, and continuity with one therapist.
In-clinic sessions are the baseline and home-based therapy is priced higher, while school-based sessions let support happen inside your child’s day and help skills carry over into the classroom.
Group sessions are usually priced lower than one to one sessions, so ask whether a quoted rate is for individual or group sessions.
At Beyond Speech we always start one to one, so we can get to know your child and work on their individual needs first. We only form a group when it will benefit the child, when parents are agreeable, and when the children’s profiles are truly similar. Groups are capped at three.
Educational therapists differ in their training backgrounds, and this is often reflected in their rates. When comparing providers, it helps to ask what literacy intervention training the therapist has completed.
At Beyond Speech, educational therapy is delivered by speech therapists in Singapore trained in educational therapy approaches, using structured literacy methods such as Orton-Gillingham principles.
An hour is never just an hour. Behind each session sits planning, analysis, and documentation.
At Beyond Speech, every session fee includes a plan built around your child’s goals, practical parent coaching, and progress documented every session. You receive a written progress memo every 10 sessions or three months.
Your child’s case is also brought to monthly discussions with the wider team, so more than one clinician reviews your child’s progress. You can learn more about our team here.
We do not recommend therapy before assessing your child. The assessment runs one hour: a parent interview, a case history review, formal and informal assessment, and a short trial activity so we can see how your child responds to support.
At the end, we share our clinical impressions and discuss next steps, including whether therapy is recommended and at what frequency. If therapy is not needed, we tell you.
Tuition reinforces and extends school learning. Educational therapy builds the underlying skills a child needs to acquire reading and writing.
| Tuition | Educational therapy | |
|---|---|---|
| Goal | Support academic progress through targeted practice of school content | Build the underlying skills needed to acquire reading and writing |
| Who delivers it | A tutor, following the school syllabus | A therapist trained in structured literacy intervention and experience working with children who have learning differences (e.g. dyslexia, autism, ADHD) |
| How progress is measured | Test and exam scores | Progress against the child’s own goals, documented every session |
Our guide to educational therapy versus tuition goes through this in detail, including the signs that point to therapy rather than another tutor.
It depends on your child’s profile, the goals you set together, and how the work carries over between sessions. We typically advise on the likely timeline after about three months, once we know your child well.
Many children who struggle with reading also have underlying language difficulties, because oral language skills form an important foundation for written language.
For children who need both, our combined Speech and Educational Therapy programme plans speech therapy and literacy goals together in one coordinated plan, delivered by a therapist trained in both. Our guide to speech therapy costs in Singapore covers the communication side of pricing.
Some children who need literacy support are also autistic. For these children, communication and literacy goals are supported together in one coordinated programme.
Our therapy for autistic children page explains how that works. For younger children, our article on early intervention for autism covers how support starts in the toddler and preschool years.
It starts with a free phone call with a therapist, where we listen and come to understand your child and your family’s needs. From there, we arrange a face-to-face assessment, and recommend therapy sessions only if they are needed.
Reach us through our contact page or message us on WhatsApp.
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