The Children’s Institute of Hong Kong offers inclusive special needs education

Established almost 20 years ago, The Children’s Institute Hong Kong is one of Hong Kong’s most significant Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) related charities, offering students with ASD the best possible evidence based educational outcomes. 

“When we started in 2003, there were just a few students, but we always had a clear goal to include students into mainstream classrooms,” says Dr. Jeremy H. Greenberg, director of The Children’s Institute Hong Kong.

Applied behaviour analysis (ABA) is one of the techniques The Children’s Institute Hong Kong uses to help utilise the behavioural principles and shape students behaviours in an organised manner. “Some of our students come in for specialised instruction, while others, particularly those that have been with the programme longer, are integrated either partially or fully in classrooms at international schools,” says Dr. Greenberg.

“Students integrated into classrooms will typically have a one to one ABA Teacher with them to assist the child in accessing the general education curriculum.”

The goal for most students at The Children’s Institute Hong Kong is to teach them to a point where support can be faded out and they can partake in mainstream classrooms without any support. “We fade out around one to two students (5 percent) each year,” says Dr. Greenberg, “this may not sound like a huge number, but given the population we work with and effort it takes to get them truly integrated in mainstream classrooms without support, that is something well worth celebrating.”

The Children’s Institute Hong Kong

Address: 8/F M Place, 54 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Wong Chuk Hang

Website: www.tcihk.org

Phone: 2812 2144

Email: info@tcihk.org