Special Needs - Resources, links and ideas for special needs teaching

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

Guides:
- How to Support Children With... Pamphlets
- Overview
- Special School Profiles and Information
- Where to Get Special Needs Assessment in HK

- 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:
      - Classroom Strategies
      - Pencil Grips Guide
      - 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
- ODD (Oppositional Defiance Disorder)
- Reversing Letters: FAQ

EDB Programmes + Grants

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 Care Service Scheme
- After-School Learning and Support
      - School-Based Grant (SBG) Circular
        [$400-600 per student]
- Free School Lunch
- QEF Computer and Internet Support
     [$6400 per student]
- SAS Fund (Student Activities Support Fund)
     [$350/student on CSSA or SSTA assistance]
    - Latest EDB Circular (2025)
    - 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
          - 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 for NCS
Newly-Arrived Children (NAC)
[Mainland and NCS]
- Education and Support Services
      - Support Unit Contact Details
- School-Based Support Scheme Grant (SBSS)
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