Heep Hong Society
Children Development Series
With a large team of professional staff and years of experience in serving children with developmental and learning problems and their families, Heep Hong has published the following publications and training package in Chinese to share its knowledge and experience with peer practitioners, parents and students.
Workplace Stories of Autistic Youths
Just like their normal peers, autistic youths are keen to earn their living and lead an independent life. Nevertheless, owing to the absence of general understanding and acceptance of their unique mode of communication, they are confronted with great challenges of standing on their own feet. To deepen the public understanding of autistic youths and equip the latter with job skills, the ‘Pre-job Training for Autistic Youths’ project has been held by Heep Hong Society in partnership with MSIG Insurance (Hong Kong) Limited since 2008 to provide the youths with training and internship opportunities. Workplace Stories of Autistic Youths is a collection of workplace stories shared by the participants to deepen public understating of their characteristics, strengths and needs. Employers are welcome to contact the Hoi Fu Centre of the Society at 2777 5588 for free copies of the booklet. More book & CD-ROM on the topic: A Job Opportunity for Autistic Youth The Autistic Youth Pre-job Training Project - Self-learning CD-ROM (Please contact Hoi Fu Centre for free copies)
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- To be distributed for free to participants in relevant seminars or functions.
Ethnic minority (EM) families in Hong Kong may find it difficult in accessing community resources in raising their children due to cultural and environmental differences, language barrier and lacking of knowledge. To meet the parenting needs of EM families, this parenting handbook has been translated into different languages, including English, Urdu, Nepali, Hindi and Thai. This handbook covers four developmental milestones of children from birth to aged six, which are “Childcare”, “Language Stimulation”, “Cognitive and Social Development”, and “Gross Motor and Self-care Skills”. Relevant home-based training skills and tips for parents in raising their children on different topics has been incorporated.
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- To be given out for free to the parents in needs.
Adversity Quotient (AQ) Training Package
Autistic children often have difficulties of communicating with others. In view of this, AQ training package has been designed and published for trainers to coach autistic children’s socio-emotional and problem-solving skills. Through a series of innovative and creative activities, such as story-telling, treasure-hunting and problem-solving, the children who used to get irritated when facing frustration will then know how to read other’s emotions, express their own feelings, communicate and co-operate with others as well as to solve problems/difficulties encountered in daily life.
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- US$5.99
Introductory Guide to Relationship Development Intervention Program (RDI®)
According to the RDI® model, autistic children are not able to adjust their own behavior to cope with the changing environment and share feelings and opinions with other people in the absence of Dynamic Intelligence. The RDI® Program is a parent-led training approach to enhance the Dynamic Intelligence of autistic children step by step, thereby improving the quality of life of the children and their families. This introductory guide serves to help parents better understand the approach.
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- To be distributed for free to participants in relevant seminars or functions.
The majority of children with special needs suffer from physical developmental problems, in particular, the soft tissue tightness, which adversely affects the daily lives and learning performance of the children, such as their sitting postures in class, writing, getting dressed, cycling and swimming. Passive stretching is one of the most commonly used treatment techniques applied by physiotherapists to ease the soft tissue tightness problem, and facilitate their gross motor development, thereby contributing to a higher quality of life of the children affected. The publication marshals the clinical experience of the Physiotherapist Team of Heep Hong and is dedicated to parents of children with special needs for their training at home. The booklet expounds on the types and causes of soft tissue tightness, and demonstrates with pictures the skills of stretching children’s neck, body, upper extremities and lower extremities. Parents are advised to follow the instructions and guidelines mentioned in the booklet in doing stretching for their children. Practice always makes perfect! The booklet was sponsored by the Partnership Fund for The Disadvantaged.
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- To be distributed for free to parents of children in need of stretching
The book, compiled by the Occupational Therapist Team of Heep Hong Society under the sponsorship of the Partnership Fund for the Disadvantaged, is an introduction to sensory integration. With examples from daily life, the book outlines sensory integration dysfunction of children and related training activities, and serves as a practical reference book for parents, teachers and front-line child care workers.
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- To be distributed for free to participants in relevant seminars or functions.