More than 100,000 students with special educational needs (SEN) in Hong Kong need to receive applied behavior therapy. However, the government does not provide behavior therapy subsidy services. The cost of behavior therapy services provided in the market is generally expensive, ranging from 20,000 to 100,000 yuan a month at any time. .
Huang Junwen, CEO of Beizhi Artificial Intelligence, said that for ordinary grass-roots families, "behavioral therapy may not be an option."
In view of this, the team developed a behavior therapy matching platform Kinnectus: Connect Us, which allows parents of SEN students to match qualified registered special teachers (CSNT), and the course fee is further reduced to about 2,000 yuan a month, and currently there are more than 200 to 300 yuan. SEN schoolchildren receive services on the platform.
Xu Huizhuang, whose main job is a wine merchant's private account manager, becomes a part-time registered special teacher every Saturday after receiving 42 hours of training and passing the assessment.
She said that she will prepare lessons according to the classroom tasks and indicators set by the classroom director.
On the day of class, it is also necessary to adjust the teaching method in a timely manner depending on the mood of the students. Successfully, "from the first time the children ignored me to the beginning, I thought that I have made great progress and I am grateful."
Kinnectus: Connect Us, a behavior therapy matching platform, allows parents of SEN students to pair with qualified Registered Special Teachers (CSNT), and the course fee is further reduced to about RMB 2,000 per month.
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Huang Junwen said that one-to-one behavioral therapy can cost anywhere from 20,000 to 100,000 yuan a month, and the class duration can range from two hours to a full day.
The behavior therapy courses offered by Kinnectus: Connect Us, a behavior therapy matching platform from Bridge AI, a subsidiary of Beizhi Educational Institution, are 90% cheaper than those in the market, and the monthly cost of therapy for school children is only about 2,000 yuan. , school children receive at least one therapy session per week.
At present, there are more than 200 to 300 SEN students receiving services on the platform.
Huang Junwen said that the behavior therapy matching platform Kinnectus: Connect Us can be "like an uber, anytime, anywhere".
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Huang Junwen pointed out that parents can make an appointment for an evaluation for their children first, complete the evaluation within one month, and receive treatment the next month.
Parents can match registered special teachers through the platform, and then choose the nearest community center as the class location.
Special instructors are composed of college students, flight attendants, parents of SEN schoolchildren, etc. They all have to undergo 42 hours of training, and they must pass 80% of the test scores such as role-playing tests and written tests before they can provide treatment services. There are currently 50 staff in the institution. Special teacher.
Chen Siting, deputy clinical director of Beizhi artificial intelligence, said, "After each class, the teacher will mark the data into the (Baizhi artificial intelligence system), and scare the (school children) whether it is successful or not." The AI system will be based on the students' classroom performance. , analyze the data, and recommend some training suitable for them among the 10,000 training tasks.
At the same time, the classroom director will formulate an individual learning plan (IEP) based on the classroom video, "to see if the recommended AI system is suitable or not, and the course should not be adjusted again."
The AI system will analyze the data according to the students' classroom performance, and recommend some training suitable for school children among the 10,000 training tasks.
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Huang Junwen said that part-time registered special teachers earn 120 to 150 yuan an hour, and the average monthly additional income is only about 1,000 to 2,000 yuan. Therefore, special teachers are all interested in providing behavioral therapy to SEN students.
And Xu Huizhuang, the personal account manager of the wine merchant, is one of them. She just joined as a part-time special teacher in August this year.
Although she needs to deal with various affairs of her regular job from Monday to Friday, she still finds time every Saturday to become a special teacher and provide behavior therapy courses for SEN students.
She said to herself that she felt very happy whenever she saw SEN school children, and the troubles she encountered in her regular job were immediately swept away.
Xu Huizhuang, the personal account manager of the wine merchant, said that three days before the class starts, the course director will hand over the course guide and suggestions to the special teacher for preparation, and she will then prepare the course and design the classroom process.
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Xu Huizhuang said that three days before the class starts, the course director will hand over the course guidelines and suggestions to the special teacher for preparation, and she will then prepare the course and design the classroom process, such as what toys to give the children to play with, so as to complete the task and achieve the course goal.
You will also pre-set the behavior pattern of school children to "try it once".
However, even if all preparations are made, the key is still the children's emotions on that day. The teacher needs to observe the children's various emotions and then adjust their teaching methods, and the two SEN students she taught at the beginning "didn't play with me", and the situation continued. Nearly a month and a half later, "(one of the) children suddenly invited me to play on the slide, and I was going to rush 10 times! When we were buried together, I have to say goodbye to Miss O (I want to say goodbye to Miss O) ).” She believes that she must be patient and persistent when facing SEN students, so she continued to teach even though she suffered a foot injury. A channel of communication."
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Huang Junwen pointed out that although special teachers are different from professional therapists, special teachers are "semi-professional" and need to be equipped with scientific and technological resources to assist in the construction of treatment courses. Therefore, the price is relatively low, which increases the chances of SEN children from grassroots families receiving behavioral therapy. It is hoped that the platform can be "like an Uber that can be reached anytime, anywhere" and match parents with "special teachers who can help them" as soon as possible.
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