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Assessment and Support:
  - CDC (Child Development Centre)

Code of Aid: see EDB Information; Code of Aid
Curriculum: see EDB Information; Curriculum Dev't
EDB Programmes + Grants: Click Here
eLearning: Apps for Special Needs
Guides:
  - How to Support Children With... Pamphlets
  - Overview
  - Special School Profiles and Information
  - Whole School Approach to Integrated Education
      - Assessment and Homework Setting
      - Operation Guide inc. LAMK
Ordinance:
  - Proposed SEN Ordinance (5/2019) see Living in HK - Legal
Professional Development:
  - British Council SEN Self-access Course
  - British Dyslexia Ass'n Accreditation
  - EDB:
      - Catering for Ss with SEN:
          (Basic 5 Days, Advanced 17 Days, Thematic 20 Days)
          - Course Details: Basic, Advanced
      - SEN PD Programme
      - Training Calendar (Search for SEN)
      - NET Section Differentiated Instruction (Scroll to Bottom)
  - Free Online Courses
  - ICEP Europe PD, Diplomas and Masters
  - JCA-Connect Videos and Courses
  - Monash Uni MA in Counselling
  - Uni of East London MA in Special Needs
Resource + Printables Websites:
  - Created By Teachers
  - do2Learn
  - Primary Resources
  - Teaching Ideas
  - TES
Themed Resources:
(For use as part of a 4 week teaching unit)
  - Brown Bear.zip
  - Send a Message.zip
  - Shopping, Community: 1.zip 2.zip 3.zip
  - Three Pigs Rap.ppt
Understanding SEN:
  - ADHD:
      - Family Education
      - Kid's Health
      - Understood.org
  - APD (Auditory Processing Disorder):
      - What is it?
      - What you can do
  - ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorders):
      - 10 Things You Should Know
      - About Autism
      - Asperger's Syndrome
          - Schooling Children with
      - How to Help
      - Top Ten Positives of ASD
      - What is Autism?
      - What We Know (TED)
  - Dyslexia:
      - Dyslexia.org
      - Dyslexia Support HK
      - FAQ
      - Fonts:
          - Do they work?
          - OpenDyslexic
          - Dyslexiefont.com
      - How it Looks
      - Myth of Colour Overlays
      - OpenDyslexic Learn Word Apps
      - Orton-Gillingham Reading
      - Reversing Letters is not Dyslexia
      - Sight Words
      - The Solution to Dyslexia
      - Understood.org
      - What you can do
  - Dyspraxia:
      - At a Glance
      - Classroom Guidelines (near bottom)
      - Dyspraxia Foundation
      - Understood.org
  - Gifted Students:
      - Gifted/Talented Pupils
  - Irlen Syndrome (Colour Overlays)
      - Irlen Syndrome Foundation
      - What is It / How to Treat It
  - Learning Disabilities:
      - Learning Difficulties & Differences
      - Language Learners with Disabilities
      - Understanding Learning Disabilities
  - Reversing Letters: FAQ
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Community Care Fund (CCF):
  - Free Lunch at Schools
  - Pilot Project on SEN Coordinators (SENCOs) 2015-18
Early Identification and Intervention
  of Learning Difficulties:

  - Electronic Book.pdf
  - Circular Memorandum (2019).pdf
  - Programme Details and Workflow.pdf
Gifted Education:
  - Climate Change Cross-curricular Project
  - Gifted Education Fund
      - Original LegCo Paper (2016)
      - Update LegCo Paper (2018)
  - Gifted Development
  - HKAGE (Academy for GE)
      - HK Budding Poets (English) Award
          - Anthology of Past Poems
          - Discussion
  - Rationales and Principles
IE Programme (Recurrent)
  - Ceased in 2019; subsumed into by LSG
IRTP in Primary Schools (Class Grant):
(Intensive Remedial Teaching Programme)
  - see Code of Aid Appendix 4
  - Introduction
  - Organisational and Admin Guidelines
  - Remedial Teaching Strategies
  - Guideline on Intensive Remedial Teaching
  - Ceased in 2019; subsumed into by LSG
Information Technology (IT)
  - One-Off Grant on New Technology (2023)
Low Income/Disadvantaged Support:
  - After-School Learning and Support
      - School-Based Grant (SBG) [$400-600 per student]
  - Free School Lunch 2021/22
  - QEF Computer and Internet Support
     [$6400 per student]
  - SAS Fund (Student Activities Support Fund)
     [$350/student on CSSA or SSTA assistance]
      - Latest EDB Circular (2019/20)
      - Proposal to LegCo
   - i Learn at Home Internet Learning Support Programme:
    - 2001-2018
    - 2018 Onwards
LSG (Learning Support Grant; Recurrent per Student)
  - $15,000 Tier 2 Student; $60,000 Tier 3 Student
  - Explanation
  - Latest EDB Circular (2019/6)
  - Original Circular (2008)
  - Streamlined Arrangements from 2012
Mental Health@School
  - Information Online
NET Scheme in Special Schools:
  - see NET Scheme User Guide
  - ID Special Schools:
      - High Court Judgement:
          - see EDB Information; LegCo and EDB NET Schemes Discussion
      - Job Definitions:
          - Chief Proj Manager (SEN)
      - Summary of Latest Updates
  - Parents Off the Page With Slow Kids
  - Recruitment
      - Likely Job Requirements
  - SEN NETs and Pupils

NCS Students (Non-Chinese Speaking):
  - Designated Schools
      - Discussions: 1, 2, 3
      - List of Schools Accepting NCS Students
  - Education Services
  - Enhanced Chinese Learning (EDBC14008E).pdf
  - Funding / Grants:
      - Per School:
          - $800k+ funding per year (2014)
          - Annual Adjustment Mechanism
                from 2020/21
          - Enhanced Support Funding (2020/21)
          - Summary
      - Per Student:
          - School-based Support Scheme Grant (SBSS)
          - Waiver of Exam Fee (2022/23)
  - Parent Education Programmes:
      - Event Calendar
  - Progress on Supporting NCS
    (Equal Opportunites Commission June 2017)
  - School Entry: Circular 11/2022.pdf
  - Schools Cannot Refuse NCS on Ability
  - Summer Bridging Programme 2024
Newly-Arrived Children (NAC)
  [Mainland and NCS]
  - Education and Support Services     
      - Support Unit Contact Details
  - School-Based Support Scheme Grant (2021)
    [$3,900 per Student]
Ordinary School System Support:
  - ADHD: Supporting Ss with ADHD.pdf
  - ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder):
      - ASD Project 2020
      - Whole-School Approach to Tiered Support.pdf
  - EDB Website
  - Enhanced Educational Psychology Service (SBEPS)
  - Hearing Impaired Lexicon Learning Package
  - How to Support Children with Special Needs
  - Improvement of Care and Support Grant (2024)
    [$100k-$400k per Special School]
  - Number of SEN Students in Ordinary Schools
  - Operations Guide to Integrated Education
  - School-based Support for Hearing Impairment
  - School Partnership Scheme in Supporting Ss with SEN
  - Speech Therapy Enhanced Grant.pdf
  - Special Education Resource Centre
  - Students With Specific Learning
    Difficulties in RW (SpLD):
      - Resource Materials Package
  - Summer Online Learning
SENSE
 - Integrated Education and SEN Online Portal
 - Launched Oct 2021
SOSs (Skills Opportunity Schools):
  - Schools Completed Mainstreaming
  - The Role of SOSs
  - No Longer Running
Teacher Training:
  - EDB Website
  - Memo to Principals (2012).pdf
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