Services Brief

Service Description:

It provides assessment and individual training and care to children with mild disabilities to enhance their basic developmental skills with a view to facilitating their integration.

Target Group:

• Children aged two to under six of mild disabilities.
• Referred by the Central Referral System for Rehabilitation Services of the Social Welfare Department

Quota: 6

Goals:

To allow the children with mild disabilities:

1. equal access to care, education, and training opportunities.
2. learn and gain mutual understanding with typically developing children, to facilitate their future integration into the mainstream education as well as in the society.
3. a balanced development in the physical, cognitive, social, emotional, language and self-care domains.

Content and Format:

For children:

• Individual training
• Group training
• Diverse and stimulating learning environment
• On-site professional speech, occupational and physiotherapy

For Parents:

• Integrated Programme Parents Group
• Parent-child Activities
• Parent Talks and Workshops
• Regular Home-based Training Kits
• Teaching materials and toys on loan

Goals:

 Provide OCCS on full-day or hourly basis for carers with sudden engagements or various commitments (such as sickness, medical visit, maternal delivery, etc.) and avoid leaving young children to stay at home alone.

 Target group:

Children aged two to under six (according to the Birth Certificate)

Quota: 3

Service hours:

8:00 am to 6:00 pm (Monday to Friday)

8:00 am to 1:00 pm (Saturday)

Closed on Sundays, public holidays, and school holidays

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Goals:

• To provide on-site early intervention services for children assessed with special needs who are attending our nursery school.
• To strengthen children's learning and growth by supporting their carers and teachers.

Target Group:

• Children with special needs aged below 6 who are attending our nursery school and are on the waiting list of Social Welfare Department (SWD)’s central referral system.
•  Parents and carers of the above children

Professional Team:

• The inter-disciplinary service team includes educational /clinical psychologists, social workers, speech therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, senior special child care workers and special child care workers.