Integrated Programme in Kindergarten-cum-Child Care Centre

Introduction

Since 1978, Hong Kong Christian Service started providing integrated services for children with special needs. We are one of the first organisations in Hong Kong to provide "Integrated services for children with disabilities in kindergartens and child care centres". At present, we provide a total of 72 integrated programme places in 7 nursery schools.

Purpose and Objectives

• Provide early training and quality care for children with special needs in nursery schools so that they can learn and grow together with other preschoolers
• Ensure children with special needs have holistic development in all aspects, including physical fitness, cognition, language, social emotions, self-care, as well as maximising individual potentials
• Provide children who have been assessed to have special needs with various supportive learning models such as "Individual Support", "Group Support", "Class-based Support", "Integrated Learning Curriculum" and "Daily Life Application"
• Different models are applied based on each child's uniqueness, differences and abilities, which facilitate their integration into school life and everyday life at ease

Target Service Users

Children aged 2 to 6 who are with special needs or with mild disabilities.

Application Procedure

Children who need to apply for service may be placed on the waiting list of the Social Welfare Department's (SWD) "Central Referral System for Rehabilitation Services: by referral from Maternal and Child Health Centres, Child Assessment Centres, Integrated Family Service Centres, medical social workers, pediatricians or psychologists. Upon receipt of admission notice from the SWD, the nursery school will inform parents for processing enrolment procedures.

Withdrawal Procedure

If parents choose to withdraw the services, they must notify the nursery school in writing and complete the related procedures one month in advance.

Fees

No additional charges apart from the fees for the nursery school.