Transition for a student with special educational needs from primary to secondary school in Hong Kong

Transition for a student with special educational needs from primary to secondary school in Hong Kong

• Forlin, Chris Dept. of Special Education and Counselling, Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Sin, Kenneth Kuen Fung Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Maclean, Rupert Hong Kong Institute of Education

Australasian Journal of Special Education, 37(1), 49-63, 2013

Routledge

2013

• E Special Education
• E Special Education
  • EG Inclusive Education
• N Students & Student Services
  • NC Charactieristics & Conditions of Students; Opinion & Attitudes of Students, Problems of Adjustment

Transition Special Educational Needs Secondary Schooling Support Collaboration

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Primary Education
• Secondary Education

In this paper the authors employ a case study approach to investigate the transition process for a student with special educational needs from a Hong Kong subsidised primary school into a secondary school. An analysis of transcripts from individual and focus group interviews with the student, his parents, his 4 primary teachers and his 10 secondary teachers, as well as government documents and notes of school observations, indicated that a lack of formal procedures for supporting a student's transition can result in a range of significant difficulties. The discussion focuses on the urgent need to develop strategic guidelines at a systemic level within Hong Kong, with a much greater focus on a collaborative school approach rather than the current overreliance on the parents to lead this process.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 10300112

• 10.1017/jse.2013.8

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2014-05-29