XN000022-1972-10-01 — Page 1

PRH 7 4000091

香港政府

GIS

新聞處

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

Sunday, October 1, 1972

MORE SPECIALISTS FOR EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Five newly trained specialists have returned from the United

Kingdom to reinforce the Special Education Section of the Education

Department.

This brings the number of specialists in the Section to 31.

Seven others, still undergoing training in Britain, are due to return

to Hong Kong in another year or so.

Of the five new staff members, two are trained in the education

of the educationally subnormal, one in the education of maladjusted

children, one in the education of the blind and one in speech therapy.

The expansion of the Special Education Section is part of the

Government's five-year development plan for special education.

The majority of people approaching this Section for help are

Others are

school teachers and parents of children with problems.

referred by the Social Welfare Department, the Medical and Health Department,

general practitioners and voluntary welfare agencies.

Mrs. Grace Yung, an educational psychologist, interviews on an

average between 70 and 90 children a month. These are children with

learning difficulties or behaviour problems.

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Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191