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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1977
INTEGRATED EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR HANDICAPPED
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THE INTEGRATED EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR THE HANDICAPPED HAS HELPED KANY STUDENTS TO PURSUE HIGHER STUDIES IN COURSES SUITED TO THEIR ABILITIES, MR. SUN PING-SHU, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (SERVICES), SAID.
HE WAS REFERRING TO CASES WHERE BLIND OR SEVERELY
HAND ICAPPED STUDENTS BENEFITTED BY THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAKTIES INTRODUCED INTO ORDINARY SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG.
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+THE AIM OF SPECIAL EDUCATION,+ MR. SUN SAID, IS THE SAME AS THAT FOR ORDINARY CHILDREN, THAT IS TO EDUCATE AND DEVELOP HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AS WELL-ADJUSTED INDIVIDUALS AND CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, +
THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF HAND ICAPPED CHILDREN.
THERE ARE TWO SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES CENTRES - ONE IN KOWLOON AND THE OTHER ON HONG KONG ISLAND - WHICH CARRY CUT SCREENING, ASSESSMENT, AND REMEDIAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN.
THE SECTION ALSO RUNS ONE-YEAR IN-SERVICE COURSES FOR TEACHERS OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND SERVING SPEECH THERAPY ASSISTANTS.
HAND ICAPPED CHILDREN ARE PLACED IN SPECIAL SCHOOLS OR SPECIAL CLASSES IN ORDINARY SCHOOLS ACCORDING TO THE DEGREE OF THE IR HANDICAPPED NEEDS.
THERE ARE FIVE TYPES OF SPECIAL SCHOOLS FOR THE SEVERELY HANDICAPPED. THEY ARE SCHOOLS FOR THE BLIND, THE DEAF, THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, THE MENTALLY RETARDED, AND THE MALADJUSTED AND SOCIALLY DEPRIVED.
IN ALL THESE SCHOOLS, A WIDE RANGE OF FACILITIES IS PROVIDED IN ADDITION TO EMPLOYING SPECIAL TEACHING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES.
THROUGH PROPER EDUCATION AND GUIDANCE, MANY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN HAVE LEARNT TO OVERCOME THEIR DISABILITIES, MR. SUN SAID. SOME ARE NOW STUDENTS IN ORDINARY SCHOOLS, TAKING LESSONS WITH OTHER ORDINARY PUPILS. SOME ARE STUDYING AT THE HONG KONG POLY- TECHNIC AND AT UNIVERSITIES. MANY ARE NOW WORKING IN A WIDE RANGE OF EMPLOYMENT.
QUOTING EXAMPLES, MR. SUN POINTED OUT THAT MISS FUNG KIT-HAR, A EL IND STUDENT, WAS ONE OF THE STUDENTS TO TAKE PART IN AN
INTEGRATED PROGRAMME.
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