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FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1975
EDUCATION OF SPASTIC CHILDREN ******
THE EDUCATION OF SPASTIC CHILDREN REQUIRES CAREFUL PLANNING OF CURRICULUM, INDIVIDUAL TEACHING AND THE USE OF SPECIAL TEACHING AND LEARNING AIDS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY SAID TODAY.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TING HSIUNG CHAO SCHOOL WHICH BEGAN OPERATIONS LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. THE AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL, WHICH HAS AN ENROLMENT OF ABOUT 40 IN FOUR CLASSES, IS RUN BY THE COUNCIL OF THE SPASTIC ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG AT BLOCK NO. 1 OF THE KWAI FONG ESTATE IN KWAI CHUNG. THE SCHOOL PLANS TO HAVE THREE MORE CLASSES.
MR. TOPLEY SAID +THE EDUCATION OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IS A DEMANDING TASK. MORE SO IS THE EDUCATION OF SPASTIC CHILDREN WITH MULTIPLE HANDICAPS.+
HE NOTED THAT THE TEACHERS OF TING HSIUNG CHAO SCHOOL WERE DEVOTING MUCH OF THEIR EFFORTS IN PLANNING SPECIAL TEACHING PROGRAMMES AND DESIGNING VARIOUS TEACHING AIDS TO HIT THE PUPILS' NEEDS.
THE DIRECTOR POINTED OUT THAT THE EDUCATION OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN ALSO REQUIRED A TEAM-WORK APPROACH. IT IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THE CLOSE CO-OPERATION AMONG THE TEACHERS, THERAPISTS AND PARENTS IN THIS SCHOOL, HE SAID.
MR. TOPLEY CONGRATULATED THE SCHOOL'S STAFF ON THE EFFORTS MADE IN ORGANISING VARIOUS EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES WITH ORDINARY PUPILS.
+THROUGH THESE ACTIVITIES, THE HANDICAPPED PUPILS CAN LEARN VARIOUS SOCIAL SKILLS WHICH ARE CONDUCIVE TO THEIR FUTURE ADJUSTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.