Pre-primary to primary schooling
Cross-bureau/ department collaborative mechanism
A collaborative mechanism is in place among the Education Bureau (EDB), the Social Welfare Department and the Child Assessment Service under the Department of Health (DH) and the Hospital Authority (HA) to ensure that when children with special needs proceed to primary schools from pre-school centres/ kindergartens, the primary schools can have an early understanding of their special needs and arrange support for their smooth transition into learning life of primary school. Every school year, upon parental consent, the child assessment centres of the DH and HA will send the assessment information of the children concerned to the EDB so that the EDB could contact the schools before the commencement of the new school year and transfer the assessment information of these children to their recipient government/ aided/ Direct Subsidy Scheme primary schools. For details, please refer to the respective circular.
“Summary of Transition Support for Primary One Student” for parents
The Student Support Team (SST) in schools have to scrutinise the assessment information and/ or progress reports of the Primary One (P.1) students concerned and discuss with their parents the daily performance of these students as early as possible. After understanding the conditions of the students, the SST has to enter their information into the student support register and make appropriate support arrangement for them according to their actual needs. Upon parental consent, the SST should record the support measures in the “Summary of Transition Support for P.1 Student” in the Special Education Management Information System (SEMIS) in or before late October. Schools have to provide a copy of the “Summary of Transition Support for P.1 Student” to parents in or before late October so that they can understand the support arrangements provided by schools and make suitable complement to enhance the effectiveness of support and home-school communication. For details, please refer to the respective circular.
“Early Identification and Intervention Programme for P.1 Students with Learning Difficulties“
The EDB has been implementing the ‘Early Identification and Intervention Programme for P.1 Students with Learning Difficulties’ (EII Programme) in all public sector ordinary and Direct Subsidy Scheme primary schools. To ensure P1 students who have pre-school rehabilitation services can receive appropriate follow-up after entering primary school, starting from the 2019/20 school year, apart from those who are suspected with learning difficulties, teachers should also complete the Observation Checklist for Teachers (OCT) to identify P.1 students with assessment information and/or progress reports so as to monitor their progress and provide support at an early stage. For details, please refer to the respective circular and information of EII Programme Resources.