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SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1983

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SPECIAL EDUCATION WEEK FOR TEACHERS

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ABOUT 130 TEACHERS IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL PARTICIPATE IN A 'SPECIAL EDUCATION WEEK TO BE HELD BY THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FROM JULY 25 TO 29.

THE 'SPECIAL EDUCATION WEEK' IS AIMED AT PROMOTING BETTER UNDERSTANDING AMONG TEACHERS ON AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND PROVISIONS FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN,

IT IS ALSO AIMED AT PROVIDING PARTICIPANTS WITH THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE FOR IDENTIFYING AND HELPING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS IN ORDINARY SCHOOLS.

THE WEEK-LONG PROGRAMME INCLUDES LECTURES AND DISCUSSIONS ON VARIOUS MODES AND CHANNELS FOR DELIVERING SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.

THE LECTURES AND DISCUSSIONS WILL BE HELD IN THE MORNING IN THE MAIN HALL OF HOMANTIN GOVERNMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL, PERTH STREET, KOWLOON.

+TEACHERS WILL FIND THE PROGRAMME PARTICULARLY USEFUL AS THERE WILL BE AN EXHIBITION ON SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES AT THE PERTH STREET SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES CENTRE WHICH IS SITUATED NEXT TO HOMANTIN GOVERNMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.

THE EXHIBITION WILL ILLUSTRATE THE +SISTER SCHOOLS SCHEME+ DESIGNED TO BETTER INTEGRATE PUPILS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS INTO THE COMMUNITY.

THE SCHEME CURRENTLY INVOLVES 39 SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND 41 ORDINARY SCHOOLS.

DURING THE 'SPECIAL EDUCATION WEEK', PARTICIPANTS MAY VISIT THE PERTH STREET SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES CENTRE IN THE AFTERNOON TO SEE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES BEING PROVIDED.

THE DISTRICT GOVERNOR OF LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL, DISTRICT 303, MR P.C. PI, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION WEEK AT 10 AM ON MONDAY (JULY 25) AT THE PERTH STREET SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES CENTRE, 6 PERTH STREET, HOMANTIN, KOWLOON.

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