All-Integrated Tele-Learning & Education Centre (AITEC), is a Canadian agency that provides online speech and language therapy to Chinese-speaking populations in Taiwan, Singapore, and China. Many of our students have neurodivergent conditions such as Dyslexia, ASD, ADHD, and other speech-language-communication challenges, Down’s Syndrome, CP, Hearing Impairments as well as literacy development for neurotypical children. Our team focuses on uncovering the unique strengths of all our students with the goal of maximizing their potential while also providing guidance and remediation.  

 

AITEC was initially founded in November 2002 as a Chinese and English language learning agency based in Halifax, the capital city of Nova Scotia, Canada. AITEC used to consist of two sectors: Asian adolescent students studying abroad in Western countries, and local Canadian students learning Chinese. Within the ESL sector, we worked extensively with ESL youth, including those with ASD and Dyslexia to great success. Students who go through our programme have received many accolades and achievements in high school and move on to being accepted by top universities.  

 

Within the Mandarin Chinese learning sector, AITEC provides Chinese learning courses to groups of homeschooling students since being established. Through word of mouth among the parents of AITEC students, the founder of AITEC was recruited by a local prestigious school to develop a Mandarin Chinese programme for its students in 2005. Due to its success and Ming-Ling's excellent reputation, AITEC was asked to establish another Mandarin course at another independent school for their students from pre-K to grade 12 the following year. Over the years, AITEC has worked with a wide range of students in Canada and Chinese-speaking world with various learning profiles.  

 

The founder of AITEC, Ming-Ling Tsay, holds a Master of Science degree in Speech Language Pathology from Dalhousie University in Canada, and has a multidisciplinary background in nursing and special education. With her rich clinical experience in hospitals and schools in Taiwan and Canada, she integrates neuroscience, linguistics, phonetics, psycholinguistics, education, and language development in her teaching, materials and resources. She is skilled at responding to each student’s learning style, potential difficulties, and is driven to maximize their learning outcomes. Ming-Ling has excellent insight and can see student strengths and capabilities that might get overlooked in the traditional classroom.  

 

In 2019, before the Covid-19 world outbreak, Ming-Ling travelled to Singapore, Malaysia, and many cities in China. She came across many children with special needs who did not have proper interventions, no school to attend, or were being underestimated in their potential. Her trip ended with her providing training sessions at local coffee shops and in client/friend homes.  She was so attached to these children and found joy in their success. When travel became difficult due to Covid, Ming-Ling pivoted her in-person classes to an interactive virtual approach. This allowed her to continue helping and serving these students at-a-distance. In September 2021 she began inviting specialists, and their wealth of knowledge to her program. With her team, Ming-Ling began supporting students virtually and embraced this growing educational trend.  

 

In recent years, the population learning the Chinese language is growing rapidly. Children with special needs in Chinese-speaking families are also seeking more professional and better-quality services. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, AITEC has been providing tele-learning service and been working to transform its Chinese learning courses and materials (accumulated across two decades) into digital form. Meanwhile, with the technological functions of this learning platform, we continue to develop individualized learning materials and customized Chinese learning courses.  

 

Motivated by the vision of making the world a more inclusive place for neurodivergent learners, our team is prepared to provide the highest quality of service for neurodivergent individuals in the Chinese-speaking world. We are confident that with the combination of our caring professionals and technology support, our learners – no matter neurodivergent or neurotypical, native speaker or non-native speaker in Chinese – can experience abundant joy and success along the way of learning Chinese.  

 

 

Our services 

Online assessment and interventions 

• Individuals 

• Small groups (2-6 people)  

For schools and agencies  

• Helping schools and agencies plan and implement professional training sessions 

• Designing courses according to the needs of a school or agency 

• Providing AITEC learning materials for schools and teachers   

For parents 

• Online consultation  

• Parent education and training courses  

• Providing AITEC learning materials for implementation at home  

Teacher training 

• Chinese teacher training 

• Training courses - high-level cognitive speech-language for Chinese speech therapists  

Learning materials  

• Publishing language learning games and materials, online learning materials, stories, picture books (in Chinese or in both Chinese and English)  

Populations we serve:  

• Learners with special learning needs such as dyslexia, hearing impairment, ADHD, ASD, speech delay, Down’s syndrome and more.  

• Chinese as foreign language learners 

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