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SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 1984

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COURSE OFFERED FOR TEACHERS IN SPECIAL SCHOOLS

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APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FROM NON-GRADUATE TEACHERS IN SPECIAL SCHOOLS OR SPECIAL-RESOURCE CLASSES TO ATTEND A TWO-YEAR, PART-TIME TRAINING COURSE OFFERED BY THE SIR ROBERT BLACK COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IN SEPTEMBER.

APPLICANTS MUST BE QUALIFIED TEACHERS WITH RECOGNISED TEACHER TRAINING AND BE RECOMMENDED BY THE SUPERVISORS OR HEADS OF THE IR SCHOOLS. PART-TIME TEACHERS IN SPECIAL SCHOOLS MAY ALSO APPLY FOR THE COURSE, ALTHOUGH PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO FULL-TIME TEACHERS.

IF ADMITTED TO THE IN-SERVICE COURSE, FULL-TIME TEACHERS OR HEAD TEACHERS WILL BE AWARDED SPECIAL EDUCATION ALLOWANCES IN THE FORM OF ONE PAY INCREMENT.

UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, ANOTHER SPECIAL EDUCATION ALLOWANCE WILL BE AWARDED AT A RATE OF TWO PAY INCREMENTS, TOGETHER WITH A CERTIFICATE FOR TEACHERS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS+.

THE COURSE WILL INCLUDE STUDIES IN PSYCHOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL ASPECTS OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, LEARNING AND BEHAVIOUR, THE NEEDS OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND THE ORGANISATION AND OPERATION OF SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND SPECIAL-RESOURCE CLASSES.

THE COURSE WILL ALSO INCLUDE TUTORIALS, SEMINARS AND EDUCATIONAL VISITS. TEACHERS ATTENDING THE COURSE WILL BE SUPERVISED AND ADVISED IN THEIR OWN SCHOOLS.

IN ADDITION, TRAINEES WILL HAVE TO STUDY ONE OF SEVEN AREAS OF SPECIALISATION IN DEPTH.

THE SEVEN AREAS OF SPECIALISATION OFFERED ARE: THE EDUCATION OF SLOW LEARNING CHILDREN, MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, VISUALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, HEARING IMPAIRED CHILDREN, MALADJUSTED AND SOCIALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN, PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND CHILDREN WITH SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PROBLEMS.

APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, LEE GARDENS, HYSAN AVENUE, HONG KONG THE DEPARTMENT'S KOWLOON SUB-OFFICE, KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON, AND THE SIR ROBERT BLACK COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AT

6 CALDECOTT ROAD, KOWLOON AND ITS ANNEXE AT 8 YUEN CHAU KOK ROAD, SHA TIN, NEW TERRITORIES.

COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED THROUGH SUPERVISORS

OR HEADS OF SCHOOLS TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION JOINT SELECTION BOARD, CARE OF THE SIR ROBERT BLACK COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ANNEXE IN SHA TIN, ON OR BEFORE MAY 31, 1984.

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