GPS To Friends - Social Skill Training for Adolescents
The project aims at developing a social skills curriculum with local context in support of about 30-40 S1-S4 students with ASD from 5 secondary schools; enhancing schools' and the community's awareness of the need to nurture and develop ASD students' social skills; training their peers to be 'social coaches' to help them acquire social skills and build social network; as well as empowering teachers and about 40 parents in improving the social skills of students with ASD. Major deliverables include the production and distribution to all local secondary schools a curriculum package on developing the social skills of young people with ASD and dissemination seminar for secondary school teachers and social workers for sharing the project outcomes.
Project Period :
2014-12-01 To 2016-11-30
Grantee:
Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Ho Yuk Ching Educational Psychology Service Centre
Project Nature:
All Round Education
Category:
Catering for Learners’ Diversity
Sub-category:
Guidance and Personal Growth / Moral and Civic Education
Applicant Sector:
Tertiary Education
Grant Approved:
$2,041,300