30 Parents of children with special educational needs joined the workshops to learn ways to improve parent-child communication through speech and language activities.
The first workshop on 7 January 2020 examined why reading comprehension is impaired with language deficits, and provided advice on how parents can help enhance the verbal and reading skills of their children.
Ms Zandra Mok Yee-tuen, Project Manager and Speech Therapist at I-WELL, explained that challenges encountered in reading can be traced back to poor verbal language ability, and introduced effective parent-child games, including asking engaging inferential questions and devising games to enhance reasoning.
Ms Renee Chan Man-yiu, Assistant Project Manager and Licensed Brain Gym® Instructor/Consultant (Educational Kinesiology Foundation), conducted the second workshop, titled “Movement is the door to learning!” on 14 January 2020. She explained how Brain Gym®, a set of intentional body movements suitable for all ages integrating the two sides of the brain for whole-brain learning, can assist children, especially those with special education needs (SEN).
The two workshops were co-organised with the Cheer Lutheran Centre and sponsored by the Tai Po North District Local Committee on Services for Young People of the Social Welfare Department. The key objective was to help parents of children with SEN to nurture self-awareness and master positive parent-child interaction.
The first workshop on 7 January 2020 examined why reading comprehension is impaired with language deficits, and provided advice on how parents can help enhance the verbal and reading skills of their children.
Ms Zandra Mok Yee-tuen, Project Manager and Speech Therapist at I-WELL, explained that challenges encountered in reading can be traced back to poor verbal language ability, and introduced effective parent-child games, including asking engaging inferential questions and devising games to enhance reasoning.
Ms Renee Chan Man-yiu, Assistant Project Manager and Licensed Brain Gym® Instructor/Consultant (Educational Kinesiology Foundation), conducted the second workshop, titled “Movement is the door to learning!” on 14 January 2020. She explained how Brain Gym®, a set of intentional body movements suitable for all ages integrating the two sides of the brain for whole-brain learning, can assist children, especially those with special education needs (SEN).
The two workshops were co-organised with the Cheer Lutheran Centre and sponsored by the Tai Po North District Local Committee on Services for Young People of the Social Welfare Department. The key objective was to help parents of children with SEN to nurture self-awareness and master positive parent-child interaction.
