In 2000, Association for Educationally Subnormal Children (AESN) was renamed to Association for Persons with Special Needs (APSN). This was accompanied by the official opening of Tanglin Special School.
15 years later, Arthur Road Training Centre was restructured to form Delta Senior School and the Centre for Adults . Both institutions focused on providing vocational training to students with mild intellectual disabilities.
With the move of Katong Special School to La Salle Road, the Vocational Training Centre moved back to Arthur Road and was renamed Arthur Road Training Centre (ARTC), catering to students above 16 years old.
Chao Yang Special School moved to the former site of Anthony Road Girls’ School at Newton Circus. In the same year, The Vocational Training Centre moved from Katong Special School to Chao Yang Special School.
The opening of Chao Yang Special School followed shortly in 1982 at the site of a former clan school on Clemenceau Avenue. Both Katong Special School and Chao Yang Special School held their first Combined Annual Athletic Meet that year.
In 1980, Katong Special School was established. It opened its doors at Arthur Road to 110 students and introduced social work services to improve the well-being of its students.
