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SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1986

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PAMPHLET DEALS WITH PUPILS PROBLEMS

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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS PRODUCED A PAMPHLET ON THE EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS AND LEARNING DIFFICULTIES.

THE PAMPHLET, ENTITLED +HELPING PUPILS WITH BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS+, IS AVAILABLE AT THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT LEE GARDENS, HYSAN AVENUE, CAUSEWAY BAY, AND THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES CENTRE AT 6 PERTH STREET, HO MAN TIN.

IT IS AIMED AT ASSISTING TEACHERS AND PARENTS TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF EXISTING SERVICES AND TO MAKE AS MUCH USE OF THEM AS NECESSARY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.

HE NOTED THAT SOME SCHOOL CHILDREN EXPERIENCED ADJUSTMENT DIFFICULTIES AND MANIFEST BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS AT SOME TIME DURING THEIR SCHOOL LIFE AND MOST OF THESE PROBLEMS WERE NEITHER SERIOUS NOR PERMANENT AND COULD BE OVERCOME IF APPROPRIATE HELP WAS GIVEN IN TIME.

+ THE DEPARTMENT BELIEVES THAT A MORE POSITIVE APPROACH TOWARDS THIS PROBLEM IS TO PROVIDE SCHOOLS AND PARENTS WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, SO THAT SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS CAN BE HELPED AS ADEQUATELY AND AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE SAID THAT THE SERVICES WHICH ARE PROVIDED INSIDE A SCHOOL INCLUDE STUDENT GUIDANCE SCHEME, SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK SCHEME, CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICE, REVISED RESOURCE CLASSES, PERIPATETIC TEACHING SERVICE AND ADVISORY SERVICE UNDER THE ON-SITE SUPPORT.

OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL, OFF-SITE SUPPORT IS PROVIDED MAINLY THROUGH THE RESOURCE TEACHING CENTRES, ADJUSTMENT UNITS, SPECIAL SCHOOLS FOR MALADJUSTED AND SOCIALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN, AND JUVENILE PROTECTION SCHEME TO HELP SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS.

IN ADDITION, A WIDE-RANGE OF SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FOR PRE-SCHOOL AND SCHOOL CHILDREN BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES CENTRES.

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