The summer holidays are almost here! Beat the heat and keep your kids busy having fun, socializing, and learning at these great summer camps for all ages - babies, kids, pre-teens, and teens in Hong Kong. Choose from sports, music, arts and crafts, Mandarin, coding, and much more from the Little Steps list of summer camps. Editor's...
Special needs assessments are in high demand and identifying the right specialist to provide an assessment, diagnosis, and offer next steps for intervention can be challenging. The emotional journey is never quite straight forward and many times, families zig and zag before they get on the right path. Referrals are typically the best move toward...
Occupational therapy uses occupations, i.e., meaningful activities, to help children with a wide range of difficulties in performing their daily tasks. Since these difficulties are multifaceted and potentially overlapping, occupational therapy begins with a detailed assessment, followed by an individualized program's development. Occupational therapy is highly collaborative, in many ways holistic, and life-changing. We’ve shortlisted...
Communication is a fundamental human skill, and language and speech are their most explicit and precise forms. With an impaired ability to receive and share information, clearly express themselves and receive messages, humans have a significantly harder time finding their place under the sun and being an active part of a community. Speech and language...
At Little Steps, we have long been dedicated to providing resources surrounding Special Needs for parents. We find that there is always more to do here and will continue to seek out big-hearted and experienced experts to pick their brains on specific issues. We recently spoke to Pippa Gresham about a topic we hear a...
The outbreak of COVID-19 has changed routine life for everyone! From homeschooling to social distancing, life is stressful for both parents and their children. Coping with stress will make you, the people you care about, and your community stronger. We have asked our little wellness guru, Tatum, at Little Steps Asia to share her top...
How do you motivate kids who know the answers already from being bored in the classroom? Simple. Keep it challenging. At The Harbour School (THS), every student’s academic and socio-emotional needs are met at her level using a variety of differentiation strategies. Hence, every student’s learning experience is calibrated to her abilities and interests. Founded in 2007,...
Little Steps continues to dive deep into the hot and heavy topic of homeschooling, but this time with a focus on kids with special needs, i.e. learning differences. We spoke with the team from ChiLD, Dr. Alexandra Sanderson, Helen Handley, and Lisa Low - experts in supporting children with learning differences, their communities, as well...
At Little Steps, one of our goals is to keep parents informed of any types of disorders that children might have. We aim to promote knowledge, understanding, and discussion to help parents who may face such situations. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common disorders occurring in little humans and teenagers...
Little Steps aims to take all possible steps to raise awareness, widen understanding, generate positive discussions, and ultimately, positive changes around issues that children face while navigating their experiences. The world is new and often scary to our little ones; even adults, more experienced in the art of life, rarely master self-soothing to the point...
Good news! A special needs school has opened up in Tung Chung. This HK$335 million dollar investment has been 13 years in the making. The Thelloy Development Group will build this school which is specifically for children with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities. Opening in 2019, the school has 18 classrooms and will be able...
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