Children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) transition from kindergarten to primary school and need more time to adapt than ordinary students.
With a funding of RMB 270,000 from the Children’s Commission, the Rhenish Grace School’s teacher team spent more than a year producing parent-child interactive books and apps to facilitate parents’ early preparations for SEN children’s school life in elementary school. The content includes classroom routines, Manage schoolbags, socialize and deal with emotions.
The principal, Xie Qingsheng, reminded parents not to use the "adult mentality" to treat their children's adjustment problems, and they still need to spend time and effort to support them after school starts.
The principal, Xie Qingsheng, reminded parents that they must not use the "adult mentality" to treat their children's adjustment problems, and they still need to spend time and effort to support SEN children after school starts.
(Photo by Hu Jiaxin)
The Rhenish Church Grace School specializes in enrolling students with moderate intellectual disabilities. Its school teacher team received a sponsorship of 270,000 from the Children’s Affairs Committee at the beginning of last year. It spent more than a year producing parent-child interactive books and apps to help SEN students entering Primary One adapt to the campus. Life includes understanding class procedures and routines, cultivating self-care skills such as carrying school bags and going to the toilet, as well as learning social and emotional handling methods.
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Xie Qingsheng said that 80% to 90% of mentally handicapped students are generally diagnosed with autism tendency, while those with autism are more stubborn and have difficulty adapting to new things. In kindergartens, they usually learn in thematic style, with no divisions. Different disciplines are set up to teach specialties. Children with autism may not understand the situation immediately. They may "switch" when they go to school, or it may take more time or even half a year to adapt. If parents can prepare early, the burden of care can be reduced. .
The Rhenish Church Grace School teacher team produced a parent-child interactive book to help SEN students adapt to primary one.
(Photo by Hu Jiaxin)
If you have experienced high school SEN students who don’t know how to handle schoolbags, you can use interactive books for exercises
Teacher Huang Ziying said that the book emphasizes visual and interactive elements, such as the large rotating clock in the book, with procedures from school, lunch, school, homework, etc., so that students can understand the flow of primary school life.
She pointed out that in the case of high school students who don’t know how to handle schoolbags, parents can use the interactive book to arrange their children’s exercises: "Understand that you don’t want to be in the wild. You must put the appropriate ones. ."
Interactive books are available for free at the special education child care center for parents in need
The interactive book has Chinese and English editions, and a total of 1,800 copies are printed. They are not for sale. Some of them are distributed to 43 special education child care centers, and they are also available for parents in need.
Don’t treat adaptation problems as an adult
Xie Qingsheng reminded parents not to use the "adult mentality" to treat their children's adaptation problems, "Don't think that you can use this book to solve problems". After school starts, you still need to spend time and effort to support your SEN children. For example, you can play interactive books with your children before school. You can also ask one question and one answer, "asking about the situation of going to the bleating subjects and going to the toilet today" to help your children adapt.
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