EdUHK Publishes SEN Resource Kits for Hong Kong Schools

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The Centre for Special Educational Needs and Inclusive Education (CSENIE) of The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) held a launch ceremony today (12 May) for a set of resource materials to support students with special educational needs. The resource kit, well received by frontline teachers, provides references for schools in handling students with special educational needs (SEN), especially students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Intellectual Disability (ID).

Supported by a donation of over HK$10 million from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, the three-year Jockey Club SMILE Project, undertaken by the Department of Special Education and Counselling and CSENIE at EdUHK, was completed in 2016. The project aimed to enhance the knowledge and skills of frontline teachers to support students with special educational needs, especially students with ADHD and ID. A total of 145 schools, amounting to 5,100 students with special educational needs, 7,400 teachers and 2,300 parents, benefited from the project. The project evaluation results indicated that that more than 90% of the respondents were satisfied with the service. As part of the Centre’s ongoing efforts to foster knowledge transfer, the project team prepared the resource kit based on previous experience and the project’s outcomes.

Professor Kenneth Sin Kuen-fung, principal investigator of the project and Director of CSENIE, said that “compared to existing teacher training models, the school-based and focus-based support strategies used in the Jockey Club SMILE Project are indeed innovative breakthroughs. The manpower and work coordination needs are more complicated than in general teacher training courses. However, the experience gained from this project has provided good reference for future teacher training and the development of inclusive education in Hong Kong”.

The resource kit will be distributed to all primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong. The set includes five books:

• Different Aspects of School-based Support for Inclusive Education
• Students with Intellectual Disabilities: Support and Reflection for Inclusive Classrooms
• Students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Support and Reflection for Inclusive Classrooms
• Curriculum Adaptation and Differentiated Instruction in Inclusive Classrooms: Support and Reflection for Chinese Teaching in Junior Secondary Level
• Inclusive Schools: Research in Relating to Teaching and Support

And the theme of the three video discs in the kit are:

• Multiple Intelligence Teaching Programme: To Enhance the Classroom Involvement of Students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
• Students with Intellectual Disabilities: Teaching and Supporting Strategies for Inclusive Classrooms
• Students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Supporting Strategies for Inclusive Classrooms