She is also the Associate Dean in charge of Programme & Student Development at the Office of Teacher Education (NIE). Having taught in schools for 12 years, her research interests reside very much with issues related to students. These include juvenile delinquency, Internet use, youths at-risk, discipline in schools, and other psychopathological and developmental issues observed in children and adolescents. Vivien is both a panel advisor at the Singapore Juvenile Court and an expert panelist with the Family Courts. At the national level, she is a member of the National Youth Guidance and Rehabilitation (NYGR) Research Committee.