STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS (SEN)

STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS (SEN)

The Team includes the SEN coordinator, a senior student counselor, three school social workers, two Educational Psychologists, a counselling psychologist, an administrative assistant, and teachers with special educational trainings.

Aims of the SEN Team:

• Help students with SEN to meet the academic standards with consideration for both the strengths and challenges resulting from their special needs, arrange special examination adjustments (SEA), and individual education plans if needed
• Support students with SEN to realize their potential and self-concepts, and achieve their goals not only in academics, but also in personal and social growth, and career development
• Provide individual and group counseling services for catering to their emotional health and social adjustment
• Identify students who may need to be assessed to determine special education
• Create a harmonious learning environment by promoting Inclusive education in the school

3-tier Support Model

Among students with the same type of learning difficulty, their needs and the degree of support required may differ from one to another. The team adopts a 3-tier support model to provide appropriate support for students according to their diverse needs. These include classroom adjustments (e.g. seating arrangements, peer support, class visits), individual and counseling sessions, speech therapy service, social skills support groups, subject-based support, special examination adjustments (SEA), and individual education plans. It is expected that through various supportive measures, the school can effectively cater to the learning diversity of our students.

Moreover, with the help of the school educational psychologists (Mr. Rickie Hung and Dr. Bernard Wong), counselling psychologist (Dr. Phoebus Tsui), senior student counselors (Ms. Chloe Lam), administrative assistant (Ms. Maggie Law) and social workers (Mr. Leo Leung, Mr. Jacky Suen and Mr. Kieran Fong), the team is able to provide one-to-one follow-ups for students with special educational needs. Besides, the team values collaboration with the Guidance Team, the Discipline Team, the Careers Guidance Team, and all form and subject teachers to provide comprehensive support for our students.

* Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Intellectual Disability (ID) / Hearing Impairment (HI) / Visual Impairment (VI) / Physical Disability (PD) / Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) / Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders (ADHD) / Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) / Speech and Language Impairment (SLI) / Mental Illness (MI)