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Oct – Dec 2016
Content
Policy Address
Personnel Changes
Special Activities
News of DS Centre
Activities of DS Centre
Schedule of Saturday Programs
IP Project
DS Centre Address: Room 1303, 13/F, Tung Wah Mansion, 199-203 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Telephone: 3462 2305 Fax: 3694 0997
Bradbury Parents Resources Centre
Address: No.1, G/F., Wing A, Chun Tung House, Tung Tau Estate, Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong
Telephone: 2718 7772 Fax: 2718 081
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Written by Katie Lok
Health Care Handbook for Person with Down Syndrome
Since 1993, our Association collaborated with the Princess Margaret Hospital to launch the
first Down Syndrome Special Clinic (aka Down’s Clinic below). This was an attempt to step
beyond the boundary, a model that connected medical service and social service together,
to support the families and children with Down Syndrome. Nowadays, there are four
Down’s Clinics in Hong Kong, located at the Caritas Medical Centre (Kowloon), Prince of
Wales Hospital (Shatin), Alice Ho Nethersole Hospital (Tai Po) and Tuen Mun Hospital (Tuen
Mun), providing one-stop medical and social services support for people with Down
Syndrome from new born to aged 18. However, please note that these hospitals only
accept patients under their geographical clusters, or cases referred by doctors. Thus,
self-application is not applicable.
Providing a systematic health recording for the children, a “Healthcare Handbook for
Persons with Down Syndrome” is jointly produced by our Association and Caritas Medical
Centre. Hence, the health conditions of people with Down Syndrome can be consistently
recorded after every clinical visit. Those record does help provide holistic information to
doctors for better following up, and also raise the awareness of parents on the health
issues of their children with Down Syndrome. We highly recommend you to keep this
Healthcare Handbook for better communication with the doctors, kindly contact us for
more information.
In order to review the effectiveness on the usage of the Healthcare Handbook, a “Parents
Group of Policy Address” will collect data from parents and understand their experience of
using the handbook by phone calls in November. The data will be analyzed by our
Association and Caritas Medical Centre for understanding the collective needs of persons
with Down Syndrome.
Promoting the ‘DS Members Artistic Talent Program’
Children with Down Syndrome have a gifted talent of art – painting, dancing, and
handicrafts, etc. In view of this, our Association is contacting companies to do media
promotion and fusion with those art for electronic greeting cards to show the artistic
talents of our children to the world. Our Association will collect and use the art work in
batches coincided with specific holidays such as the Mid-Autumn Festival, Christmas and
New Year. Please do not hesitate to send your children’s art works to our Shatin Head
Office, highlighting “Artistic Talent Program”, for our selection.
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The 8th 4-City Conference on Services for People with Intellectual Disability
‘Focus – the Macau Exchange’
The 8th 4-City Conference was held in May 2016, and the theme of this year was
‘Togetherness, Focus, Progress, Creativity, and Value’. Our 10 parents participated in this
great event and they gained the opportunity to exchange their own ideas and experiences
with parents from Hong Kong, Macau, Mainland and Taiwan. The experts, scholars and
social workers shared their discoveries, experiences, lessons and studies in the
rehabilitative services. Their sharing helped parents obtain the latest news of rehabilitative
services. Indeed, our parents gained a lot of supports and encouragements!
Lastly, we had also visited the Macau Down Syndrome Association for exchanges, and that
brought the entire trip to a wonderful end because we believed that every parent can gain
mutual supports regardless of geography and distance. The 9th Conference will be held in
Taiwan in May 2018, and we are looking forward to more inspiring and new developments
in the rehabilitation services – parents should not miss this opportunity!
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Personnel Changes
Program Assistant Ms Pat Ho has resigned from her present positions with
effectiveness from 18th August. We thank Pat for her serving in our association.
The vacancies are open for recruitment immediately.
Hello everyone! I am Elaine, Service Manager of Integrated Family Support
Services. I have just reported my duty on 22 August 2016 and I feel glad to be a
member of DSA. I am looking forward to meeting with all of you and working
together!
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Special Activities for you!!!
Know more about Pre-school services – Watchdog Visit
Have you ever heard Watchdog? You may have heard this name, and how
about their services?
Watchdog Early Education Centre provides intensive and well-rounded early
intervention and therapy programmes for pre-school children with special
educational needs. Their pre-school rehabilitation services are operated in
English and Cantonese separately. If you want to know more information
about pre-school education or even further English Education in Hong Kong,
please go with us to visit.
Date: 21/9/2016 (Wed)
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Venue: Watchdog Hong Kong Centre
Address: G/F, 12 Borrett Road, Central, HK
Watchdog’s website: http://www.watchdog.org.hk/
Enquiry: 3462 2305 Ms. Jothy Kwan ([email protected])
/ 2718 7777 Ms. April Chan (april.chan @hk-dsa.org.hk)
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Special Activities for you!!!
DS.4/SocG/2016-21 Playgroup with friends
Content: Joining playgroup can learn English and develop social skill in a relaxing
atmosphere.
Content Singing Vowel Songs to learn the pronunciation of words with ‘A, E, I, O, U’,
matching words with relevant pictures. Also, kids can explore different
things with different sense of taste and different sense of touch.
Date 25th October to 22nd November 2016 (Tuesdays, 5sessions)
Time 3:45pm - 4:45pm
Venue Dancing room, DS Centre
Target HKDSA Members aged from 1 to 6
Places 6
Fee HK$40 for one session or HK$200 for the whole session
Instructor Miss Natalie (Parent of member), Founder of Churchill Nursery (Hong Kong)
Inquiries 3694 0996 Ms. Jothy Kwan
DS.5/Edu/2016-10 Learn some Cantonese
Can you speak Cantonese? It is funny and quite challenging. Do you want to learn some?
Content English would be the main communication media, and you can learn some
simple Cantonese while sharing daily topics and hobbies.
Date From 8th October to 10th December 2016 (Saturdays, 10 sessions)
Time 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Venue Computer Room, DS Centre
Target HKDSA Members aged within 10-15
Places 3
Fee HK$40 for one session or HK$400 for the whole session
Instructor Mrs. Shih, Sonja (Parent of member)
Inquiries 3694 0996 Ms. Jothy Kwan
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NEWS OF
DS CENTRE
The Center will be temporarily closed for the following days
1st October, 2016 (Saturday) National Day
9th October, 2016 (Sunday) Chung Yeung Festival
18th October, 2016(Tuesday) IFSS staff retreat day
17th-18th December, 2016 Independent Training Camp
(Saturday-Sunday)
25th December, 2016 (Sunday) Christmas
27th December, 2016 (Tuesday) The second weekday after Christmas Day
Centre Notice Activity register process of DS Centre
For activity registration, please fill in the attached registration form and
prepare the activity fee, and submit to the centre or E-mail to
[email protected] . We will draw lots to decide the application if the
registered members more than the quota. The deadline of registration is 4th
September, 2016 (Sunday) 5:30pm, and the draw will held on 7th September,
2016 (Wednesday). The draw’s result will be public on DS Centre on 9th
September, 2016 (Friday). We will distribute the receipt during 24th
September to 30th September. You can ask reception for the receipt during
that period.
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Words from Centre-in-charge
Dear members,
Greeting from DS Centre.
I would like to say Thank you and well done to all the Island dancers who
joined the annual performance of Island dance on 11th June. I can see you all
practice hard and hope you also enjoy the performance. This year we will
have the Charity performance of Discovery Bay Recreation Club on 24th
September, 2016. Please come to show your talent.
We would like to also say thank you to Mr. Saim – our volunteer teacher of
drawing class. He tough our members drawing for over 1 year. He raised their
interest of drawing. He cannot teach us from July 2016 due to the personal
business. We wish Saim all the best.
I would like to share the news about the European Down Syndrome Congress
2016 which was held on 5-7 August in Turkey. There will be over 100
presentations and workshops to people who care about down syndrome.
Unfortunately they decided to cancel the congress due to the threat of
terrorist attack in Europe. Wars and terrorism cause the congress cannot
benefit to people. We hope the world peace and terrorism can be stopped.
Centre-in-charge of DS Centre
Chris Cheung
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Activities of DS Centre DS.14/Art/2016-22 African Drum
We aim to train the sense of rhythm and physical coordination through the percussion training
with African Drum. We will teach the traditional African song “Wa Wa”
Date 8th October - 10th December 2016 (every Saturday , 10 sessions)
Time 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Venue Dancing studio, DS Centre
Target HKDSA Members aged 10 or above
Places 9
Fee $1200 full term or $120 per lesson
Instructor Mr. Tommy Hung
Inquiries 3460 5094 Johnny Wong
DS.06/Spo/2016-40 iRun – Hong Kong Jockey Club Marathon 2017
iRun is the Marathon activity which is held by “Tung Wah Group of Hospitals”. iRun is the only
Marathon for people with special need and their pair-up runner run together. We are now
coordinate the register.
Date 15th January,2017 (Sunday) (Racing day)
Time 10:00AM (Race starting time) To be confirm (Meet-up time)
Venue Tamar Park (Admiralty)
Target HKDSA Members aged 12 or above
Fee $30/members (iRun register fee, and free for pair-up runner)
Inquiries 3460 5094 Johnny Wong
Remarks 1. The marathon organized by TWGHs. The role of DS Centre is to handle the
registration issue and to assist the marathon arrangement on the racing day.
2. For details about marathon, please go to iRun website :
http://i-run.tungwahcsd.org/index_en.html
3. For registration, please also submit the name of the pair-up runner to us. We
may ask for some personal information about the participant and submit to iRun
for register.
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Happy Friday Night
DS.6/Spo/2016-38 Wing Chun (One of the Chinese Martial Art/Kung-Fu)
The course focuses on the basic of Wing Chun technique. “Siu Nim Tao” is the first and most
important in Wing Chun. Due to the emphasis on the center line, the straight punch is the most
common strike in Wing Chun. The course emphasizes body’s reaction especially. It can
help you strengthen your muscles and reduce the risk of osteoporosis.
Content (1) Basic of Wing Chun technique (2)“Siu Nim Tao”
Date 7th October - 16th December 2016 (Fridays, 9 sessions except 28th October & 25th
November)
Time 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Venue Dance Room, DS Centre
Target HKDSA Members aged 10 or above
Places 10
Fee $630 full term
Instructor Mr. WONG Ka Ming, Samson
Inquiries 3694 0996 Ms. Tai Po Yi
Note Please dress in sportswear
DS.9/Int/2016-10 We Wii & Xbox One
Do you think of fictitious sport games are exciting sport? They are home video game consoles, we can
experience the exciting sport together! Dancing, Climbing…
Content Play “Wii Sport” and “Xbox One” games, such as dancing, climbing etc.
Date 7th October - 16th December 2016 (Fridays, 9 sessions except 28th October & 25th
November)
Time 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Venue Dancing room, DS Centre
Target HKDSA Members aged 5 or above
Places 10
Fee HK$90 full term
Inquiries 3694 0996 Ms. Tai Po Yi
Note Please dress in sportswear
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Saturday Programs
DS.14/Art/2016-26 Modern Jazz
Adding the elements of Modern Dance into Jazz, the course consists of the exuberant and fast-moving of
Jazz and floor movements of Modern Dance. It emphasizes a whole-body approach including flexibility,
sliding, body’s reaction and body awareness to allow freedom of expression. The course helps you to
express and relieve the daily pressure. Experience the fun of Modern Dance through Jazz Dance!
Content (1) Element of Modern Dance (2) Basic of Jazz Dance
Date 8th October - 10th December 2016 (Saturdays, 10 sessions)
Time 10:00am - 11:00am
Venue Dancing room, DS Centre
Target HKDSA Members aged 5 above
Places 10
Fee HK$80 per session or HK$800 full term
Instructor Miss MA Man Huen, Christy Poinsettia
Inquiries 3694 0996 Ms. Tai Po Yi
Note Please dress in suitable wear
DS.6/Spo/2016-39 Physical Fitness and Stretching Exercise Class
Having physical fitness training and stretching exercises with simple equipment under the instruction of
the coach. It can help strengthen your muscles and gross motor skill. It can also improve your
coordination and flexibility of the body at the same time.
Content (1) Physical Fitness (2) Stretching Exercise
Date 8th October - 10th December 2016 (Saturdays, 10 sessions)
Time 11:45am - 12:45pm
Venue Dancing room, DS Centre
Target HKDSA Members aged 5 or above
Places 10
Fee HK$80 per session or HK$800 full term
Instructor Mr. LO Man Yau, Ray (He obtained the certifications in Physical Fitness Foundation
issued by the Physical Fitness Association of Hong Kong, China in 2014 and Sensory
Integration Training issued by the HKFYG Continuous Learning Centre in 2015.)
Inquiries 3694 0996 Ms. Tai Po Yi
Note Please dress in sportswear
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DS.14/Art/2016-25 Island Dance
Island Dance taught by the English native tutor, it is easy to learn and you may have
opportunities to perform. Let’s get everybody dancing!!!
Code DS.14/Art/2016-25
Content Learning Disco and Modern Jazz
Date 8th October - 10th December 2016 (Every Saturday, 10
sessions)
Time 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Venue Dancing Studio, DS Centre
Target HKDSA Members aged 6 above
Places 15
Fee $130 per session or $1300 full term
Instructor Tutor from Island Dance Limited (Ms Nimi)
Inquiries 3694 0996 Ms. Ho Wing Ki
DS.9/Int/2016-11 Juggling Class
Juggling, juggling and juggling. Let’s learn Plate Spinning, Chinese Yoyo and juggling three
balls, etc. Juggling can improve coordination and concentration. Let’s be a smart Downs
Juggler!
Content Learning easy juggling skills
Date 8th October - 10th December 2016 (Every Saturday, 10 sessions)
Time 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Venue Dancing Studio, DS Centre
Target HKDSA Members aged 5 above
Places 8
Fee $100 per session or $1000 full term
Instructor Tutor from A To Z Magic Company (Mr So)
Inquiries 3694 0996 Ms. Ho Wing Ki
New Class
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DS.5/Edu/2016-07 Cantonese Class
Do you want to learn traditional Cantonese in daily lives? Join Cantonese Class and you will learn
communication skills and understand more Cantonese culture.
Content Pronunciation, typeface and mean of traditional Chinese
Date 8th October - 10th December 2016 (Saturdays, 10 sessions)
Time 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Venue Computer Room, DS Centre
Target HKDSA Members aged 16 or above
Places 3
Fee HK$40 per session or HK$400 full term
Instructor Mrs. SHIH, Sonja (Parent of member)
Inquiries 3694 0996 Ms. Tai Po Yi
Chinese Brush Painting
Chinese brush is mixed with pigment of brush painting, you can make creative work of painting art. It
also helps to develop your peaceful and meditative mind to release the pressure from our stressful city
life.
Code DS.14/Art/2016-27 DS.14/Art/2016-28
Class Chinese Brush Painting A Chinese Brush Painting B
Content A mixture of Chinese brush and pigment of brush painting
Date 8th October - 10th December 2016 (Saturdays, 9 sessions except
15th October)
Time 1:00pm - 2:00pm 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Venue Activity Room, DS Centre
Target HKDSA Members aged 5 above
Places 6 6
Fee HK$80 per session or HK$720 full term HK$80 per session or HK$720 full term
Instructor Miss LAU Ho Yan, Cindy
Inquiries 3694 0996 Ms. TAI Po Yi
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DS.15/Live/2016-09 I Love Kitchen
Learn and practice cooking skills and you may become a famous cook! Hope that you enjoy cooking and
you can share your happiness and delicious food with your family.
Content : Homemade dishes cooking, such as healthy recipes, Chinese recipes……
Date : 8th October - 10th December 2016 (Saturdays, 10 sessions)
Time : 11:00am - 1:00pm
Venue : Meeting Room, DS Centre
Target : HKDSA Members aged 5 above
Places : 6
Fee : HK$60 per session or HK$600 full term
Instructor : Ms. TO
Inquiries : 3694 0996 Ms. Tai Po Yi
DS.15/Live/2016-10 Smart Cookery
That is cool to learn how to cook easily and have delicious snack for tea time.
Content : Snacks making, such as noodles, cookies, cakes……
Date : 8th October - 10th December 2016 (Saturdays, 10 sessions)
Time : 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Venue : Meeting Room, DS Centre
Target : HKDSA Members aged 5 above
Places : 6
Fee : HK$50 per session or HK$500 full term
Instructor : Staff or Ms. Irene CHAU (Parent of member) (Provisional)
Inquiries : 3694 0996 Ms. Tai Po Yi
Individual Musical Instruments Training on Saturdays
Fees (per lesson) Piano Jazz
drum
30 mins $110 $140
45 mins $150 $195
60 mins $200 $260
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Schedule of Saturday Programs
※Period: 8th October 2016 - 10th December 2016
*English is the main language in classes
*Teachers and Volunteers will assist to English speaking members in other classes.
Time Class Target Fees (per
quarter)
Fees (per
session)
10:00am - 11:00am Pop Jazz
Tutor: Christy Ma
Aged 5 or above
$800 (10 Sessions)
$80
11:45am –12:45pm
Physical Fitness and Stretching Exercise Class
Tutor: Ray Lo
Aged 5 or above
$800 (10 Sessions)
$80
11:00am – 1:00pm I love kitchen
Tutor: Ms To/DS Staff
Aged 5 or above
$600 (10 Sessions)
$60
1:00pm – 2:00pm Chinese Brush Painting A
Tutor: Cindy Lau #except 15/10
Aged 5 or above
$720 (9 Sessions)
$80
1:00pm –2:00pm *Island Dance Tutor: Ms Nimi
Aged 6 or above
$1,300 (10 Sessions)
$130
2:00pm – 3:00pm Chinese Brush Painting B
Tutor: Cindy Lau #except 15/10
Aged 5 or above
$720 (9 Sessions)
$80
2:00pm-3:00pm *Cantonese Class Tutor: Sonja Shih
Aged 16 or above
$400 (10 Sessions)
$40
2:00pm-3:00pm Juggling Class Tutor: Mr So
Aged 5 or above
$1000 (10 Sessions)
$100
3:00pm – 4:00pm *Learn some Cantonese
Tutor: Sonja Shih
Aged 10 or above
$400 (10 Sessions)
$40
3:00pm – 4:00pm African Drum Tutor: Tommy Hung
Aged 10 or above
$1,200 (10 Sessions)
$120
3:00pm – 4:30pm Smart Cookery Tutor: Ms. Irene Chau/DSC Staff
Aged 5 or above
$500 (10 Sessions)
$50
4:30pm-5:30pm Musical Tutor: Kit
#except 8,15,22/10,19/11
Aged 10 or above
$660 (6 Sessions)
$110
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IP Project
HKDSA is promoting a mentor-partnership program for people with
Down Syndrome/Mentally-impaired. We will continue to provide a
series of exciting activities for members, and now heartily invite
your participation!
All activities with the sign are IP Project activities. To
register the activities below, please send an email to
[email protected] before 15/9/2016.
DS.6/Spo/2016-18 Musical Gymnastic Love doing exercise? Love listening songs? Let’s do the exercises with the songs with the volunteers. Content: Learn fitness exercises with volunteers to establish healthy habit. Date: 23rd October – 11st December 2016 (Sunday, 8 sessions) Time: 11:30am-12:30pm Venue: Dance Studio, DS Centre Target: Members aged 18 or above Places: 12 Fee: $120 Instruction: Mr. Ng Kai Wan Inquiries: [email protected] / 3460 5092 Ms. Yu
DS.6/Spo/2016-17 Happy Chair Dance Happy Chair Dance comes from UK which having different dancing steps with songs. It helps to maintain the balance and muscle coordination of limbs. Come and join! Content: Learn happy chair dance with volunteers to establish a healthy lifestyle. Date: 14th October – 2nd December 2016 (Friday, 8 sessions) Time: 5:30 - 6:30pm Venue: Bradbury Parents Resource Centre Activity Room Target: Members aged 18 or above Places: 12 Fee: $120 Instruction: A professional instructor from the Jade Club Inquiries: [email protected] / 3460 5092 Ms. Yu