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AIM (Tiered Autism Intervention Model) Project (AIMT2)
AIM(Tiered Autism Intervention Model)Project is launched by Education Bureau(EDB) and SAHK is one of the collaborating organisations. The project aims to provide tier-2 support for students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) attending mainstream primary and secondary schools so as to help them make better social and academic integration at school.
AIMT2 has divided into two programmes ,namely "Support Programmes” and "Strength-based Programmes”.
Target group(s):1. Support Programmes
- Students with ASD in mainstream primary and secondary schools;
- The parents, teachers and peers of the ASD students.
- Students with ASD at mainstream senior secondary level.
- The parents, teachers and peers of the ASD students
1. Support Programmes
- To enhance ASD students’ overall psycho-social adaptive skills and competencies for successful participation in school, family and community activities. Different evidence-based intervention strategies with tailor-made training themes will be used to facilitate their development according to their needs in different life stages;
- To provide ASD-related knowledge, skills and emotional support for parents with ASD children through individual consultation and support programmes;
- To build up the capacity and capability of school personnel in catering for students with ASD by enhancing their expert knowledge and skills through seminar, workshop and consultation;
- To promote mutual understanding and acceptance among ASD students and their peers in school.
- To facilitate the students applying and generalising the social, communication, executive functioning and adaptive skills that they have learnt in previous structured group training to further consolidate their psycho-social skills and behaviours in naturalistic settings.
- To assist the students to understand their own strengths and weaknesses, coming up with goals and plans to further develop and utilise their strengths and overcome their weaknesses, as well as exploring future study and career choices.
1. Support Programmes
- SAHK has served around 146-147 Support Programmes in each year.
| No. | Targets | Service components |
| 1. | Students with ASD | Structured small group training after school on psycho-social adaptive cognition and skills such as social thinking, social communication, social skills, and emotional regulation strategies |
| 2. | Parents | Consultation or training on positive behavior support strategies for offspring with ASD |
| 3. | Teachers | Consultation or training on effective instructional and management strategies for students with ASD |
| 4. | Typically developing peers | Peer-mediated activity on understanding, accepting and supporting students with ASD |
- SAHK has served 3-4 Strength-based Programmes in each year.
| No. | Targets | Service components |
| 1. | Students with ASD at senior secondary level | Group training programmes by the Instructors from tertiary institutions on technology or skills that the students have strengths and might use in their career after graduation from schools or universities e.g. urban planning, coding, digital media, and magic with scientific principles. The Trainer facilitates the smooth delivery of the training sessions rendered by the instructor, and provides on the spot support to students with psycho-social adjustment issues. |
| 2. | Typically developing peers | Consultation or training on effective instructional and management strategies for students with ASD for the teachers and/or parents concerned |
- Educational Psychologist
- Speech Therapist
- Registered Social Worker
- Counselor
For further enquiry of the details of the project, please contact our Project Manager.
Office: Rm1810&1821, 18/F, New Tech Plaza, No. 34 Tai Yau Street, San Po Kong.
Tel: 3643 1770
Fax: 3643 1789
Email: aimt2@sahk1963.org.hk
Mon to Fri, 8:45a.m. to 5:30p.m.
