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Active Disease Hundred Anorexia as a Teacher for Special Needs Students
Lam Ho Man (pictured), 27, a teacher at the Kwan Yuk School, dresses smartly in a suit and bones, but turned out to be a super-obnoxious star who was diagnosed with hyperactivity disorder only two years ago. The Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) opened its first Integrated Centre for Wellbeing for children with special needs yesterday to provide more comprehensive and timely treatment. According to the HKIEd and the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children (HKSPC), about 20,000 children under the age of six in Hong Kong have special learning needs every year.
2016-05-22
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HKIEd's one-stop support for children with special needs
The Faculty of Education and Human Development of the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) opened the Integrated Centre For Wellbeing (I-WELL) yesterday with a cost of nearly $10 million. Director of the I-WELL, Mr. Hui Ming-tak, said that the professional team of speech therapists and educational psychologists will provide one-stop support services for the students, including clinical treatments, professional counseling, and parent education, etc., and will also be equipped with advanced equipment such as Hong Kong's newest Electromagnetic Articulograph (EMA), which will assist speech therapists in evaluating the oral activities of the patients with speech disorders in the course of pronouncing words, so that they can provide them with targeted treatments.
2016-05-22
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New Hong Kong clinic promises swifter help for pupils with special needs
A HK$10 million research centre to assist the increasing number of students with special needs in Hong Kong officially opened its doors to the public on Saturday. The Integrated Centre of Wellbeing, also known as I-WELL, at the Hong Kong Institute of Education in Tai Po, aims to ensure that children get the early intervention they need.
2016-05-21
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HKIEd installs eye-tracking device to test concentration of special school children
As the number of SEN children is on the rise, but they often miss out on early treatment due to the time required for consultation, the Faculty of Education and Human Development of The Education University of Hong Kong has set up the Integrated Centre For Wellbeing (I-WELL) at a cost of nearly HK$10 million after two years of preparation and the Centre is officially opened today.
2016-05-21
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Specialized learning therapy is in short supply, EdUHK spends $10 million on new equipment to provide services for the first time.
The number of SEN students in Hong Kong is high and increasing year on year. In the 14/15 school year, there are about 36,000 SEN students in public sector schools, but the demand is difficult to be met by government and non-profit organizations due to the time required for treatment.
2016-05-21
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Clinical use of infrared eye tracking device at HKIEd to help students improve concentration deficit
In view of the increasing number of SEN students in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd), which has been renamed as a university, spent nearly $10 million to set up Integrated Centre for Wellbeing (I-WELL), which has been under preparation for nearly two years, to provide research support, assessment, and clinical treatment services for SEN students, was officially opened today. The center has expanded the use of research equipment to clinical use, and introduced a number of advanced equipment to help analyze and improve the special learning needs of students. One of the devices is an infrared eye tracker, which tracks the trajectory of the eyes to test concentration and attention, and to understand the reading pattern through the focusing point of the eyes before prescribing the right remedy.
2016-05-21
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