Comprehensive Child Development Service

• Background
• Referral Flowchart
• Roles of Teachers
• Supports for Pre-primary Institutions
• Referral Forms for MCHC Service
• Reference: Pre-primary Children Development and Bahaviour Management - Teacher Resource Kit

Background

A pilot programme on Child Development, which is now called ¡§Comprehensive Child Development Service (CCDS),¡¨ was announced in the 2005 policy address with the aim to establish a new inter-departmental service on providing comprehensive and integrated support to needy children and their family. It includes health and educational activities, and counseling services. This is jointly organised by the Department of Health (DH), Hospital Authority (HA), Education Bureau and Social Welfare Department (SWD).

One of the components of the CCDS is to develop a referral and feedback system to enable pre-primary educators to identify and refer their children with developmental or learning problems to the Maternal and Child Health Centres (MCHCs) for assessment and timely assistance. Under this referral and feedback system (see diagram below), kindergartens/kindergarten-cum-child care centres (hereafter collectively referred to as "kindergartens") need to work in collaboration with the MCHCs and Integrative Family Service Centres (IFSCs)/ Integrative Service Centres (ISCs) so as to ensure prompt referral for appropriate intervention and training services.

Referral Flowchart

Upon receiving a referral, the MCHC will follow up the case with reference to the flowchart below:

Roles of Teachers

Pre-primary teachers always come into close contact with children apart from their parents, and thus are more likely to notice their varied needs. Upon identifying a child with early signs of special needs, the teacher should communicate with the parents for a timely referral, and professional assessment and assistance at the MCHC.

Supports for Pre-primary Institutions

To enable teachers to identify children with special education needs at an early stage and to have better understanding on the service mode, the Pre-primary Children Development and Bahaviour Management - Teacher Resource Kit (Chinese version only) was prepared by Family Health Service of DH in collaboration with the Education Bureau and SWD in 2008. Kindergartens were invited to collect two copies of the resource kit at the Regional Education Offices in November 2008. The Kits are also made available in the public libraries and libraries of the tertiary institutions. The Education Bureau and DH conducted two identical briefing sessions on the resource kit for the pre-primary institutions in November 2008.

This referral and feedback system has been implemented in all districts of Hong Kong since December 2008. Kindergartens can make use of the following series of referral forms to refer children with special education needs to MCHCs for timely assistance.

Referral Forms for MCHC Service

Referral Forms for MCHC Service
Hong Kong	Kowloon	New Territories East	New Territories West

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Hong Kong
Central & Western	1.	Sai Ying Pun MCHC
Hong Kong East	2.	Anne Black MCHC
	3.	Chai Wan MCHC
	4.	Sai Wan Ho MCHC
Islands	5.	Cheung Chau MCHC
	6.	Mui Wo MCHC
	7.	Tung Chung MCHC
Southern	8.	Ap Lei Chau MCHC
Wan Chai	9.	Tang Chi Ngong MCHC

Kowloon
Kowloon City	1.	Hung Hom MCHC
Kwun Tong	2.	Lam Tin MCHC
	3.	Ngau Tau Kok MCHC
Sai Kung	4.	TKO Po Ning Road MCHC
Sham Shui Po	5.	West Kowloon MCHC
Wong Tai Sin	6.	East Kowloon MCHC
	7.	Robert Black MCHC
	8.	Wang Tau Hom MCHC
	9.	Wu York Yu MCHC
Yau Tsim & Mong Kok	10.	Yaumatei MCHC

New Territories East
North	1.	Fanling MCHC
Sha Tin	2.	Lek Yuen MCHC
	3.	Ma On Shan MCHC
Tai Po	4.	Wong Siu Ching MCHC

New Territories West
Kwai Chung & Tsing Yi	1.	North Kwai Chung MCHC
	2.	South Kwai Chung MCHC
	3.	Tsing Yi MCHC
Tsuen Wan	4.	Maurine Grantham MCHC
Tuen Mun	5.	Tuen Mun Wu Hong MCHC
	6.	Yan Oi MCHC
Yuen Long	7.	Madam Yung Fung Shee MCHC
	8.	Tin Shui Wai MCHC