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SEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1987:
LADY WILSON WAS TOLD THAT LAST
YEAR, 1,146 CHILDREN WERB REFERRED TO THE ASSESSMENT CLINIC BY DOCTORS OR PSYCHOLOGISTS, COMPARED WITH 197 CHILDREN IN 1978 WHEN THE CLINIC BEGAN OPERATION.
INITIALLY, CASES ARE SCREENED BY AN ASSESSMENT TEAM COMPRISING A DOCTOR, A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND A MEDICAL SOCIAL WORKER. HOWEVER, CASES REQUIRING SPECIAL A99ESSMENT OR TREATMENT, NAMELY SPEECH THERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, PHYSIOTHERAPY, VISUAL AND HEARING ASSISTANCE, WILL BR REFERRED TO STAFF OF THE RESPECTIVE DISCIPLINES STATIONED IN THE CENTRE.
AFTER ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT, THE MAJORITY OF THE CHILREN WILL BE RECOMMENDED TO AN APPROPRIATE SPECIAL SCHOOL ACCORDING TO THEIR ABILITY.
LADY WILSON ALSO TOURED THE
AUDIOMETRY ROOM DESIGNED FOR ASSESSING CHILDREN WITH HEARING PROBLEMS, THE OBSERVATION ROOM AND THE TOY LIBRARY.
THE TOY LIBRARY, WHICH FORMS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE SERVICE, IS INTENDED TO HELP THE MAXIMUM DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIFIC PROBLEMS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF THERAPEUTIC, EDUCATIONAL AND STIMULATING TOYS.
BEFORE ENDING HER VISIT, LADY WILSON WAS BRIEFED ON THE EXPANSION PROGRAMME OF THE CHILD ASSESSMENT SERVICE.
PLANNING IS UNDERWAY TO BUILD SIX MORE CENTRES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
MORE CARB-AND-ATTENTION PLACES
THE GOVERNMENT HAS PLANNED TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 3,600 CARE- ELDERLY IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THE AND-ATTENTION PLACES FOR THE
ELIZABETH WONG, DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL (WEDNESDAY).
WELFARE,
MRS
SAID
TODAY
THE ELDERLY SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE HO SHIN HOSTEL FOR
THE HOSTELS FOR IN TAI PO, MRS WONG SAID TO SPEED UP THE PROVISION,
INCLUDE THE ELDERLY IN NEWLY CONSTRUCTED PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES WOULD CARE-AND-ATTENTION UNITS.
IN ADDITION,