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School-based speech therapy services, established by the Hong Kong Education Bureau, are a critical initiative to support students with speech and language disorders. Through close collaboration between professional therapists and schools, these services provide personalized assistance to students. Below is a detailed explanation of how these services holistically support schools, teachers, and students:

At our school-based speech therapy service, we provide a comprehensive range of therapeutic interventions tailored to meet the unique needs of primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong. Our services aim to enhance students’ communication skills, academic performance, and overall well-being. Through individualized treatment plans and specialized programs, we strive to empower students to reach their full potential.

1. Support for Schools: Optimizing the Educational Framework

1. Building a Systematic Support Network
   • Speech therapists help schools develop a Tiered Intervention Model, integrating speech training into daily teaching. For example, pronunciation practice games are incorporated into English classes, and post-class group sessions focus on social communication skills.
   • Regular workshops for teachers have shown significant results: great improvement in educators’ understanding of language development.
2. Enhancing Resource Allocation
   • Therapists recommend specialized teaching tools based on the proportion of students with special educational needs (SEN). For instance, interactive speech recognition software for students with articulation disorders has greatly improved pronunciation accuracy. 
   • Establishing cross-disciplinary teams (including counselors, educational psychologists, etc.) has increased the efficiency of case meetings.

2. Professional Empowerment for Teachers

1. Integrating Training Strategies into Lessons
   • Therapists demonstrate how to embed language training into subject teaching. For example, using visual cue cards in Chinese classes helps students with sentence structure issues organize their thoughts.
   • Personalized adjustments for assessments, such as extended response times for students with fluency disorders (e.g., stuttering), ensure fair evaluation.

3. Comprehensive Support for Students

1. Personalized Training Programs
   • Dynamic Assessments are used to create Individualized Education Plans (IEPs). For example, "minimal pair training" (e.g., distinguishing between similar sounds like /g/ and /j/ in Cantonese) reduces articulation errors within six months.
   • Social Thinking Programs for students with pragmatic language disorders use "scenario-based comic analysis" to improve non-verbal cue interpretation, tripling peer interaction frequency.
2. Cross-Context Generalization Training
   • Home-School Collaboration Programs provide parents with training manuals and video guidance, increasing therapy effectiveness.
   • "Communication Corners" in school, paired with a peer mentoring system, extend classroom skills to real-life social settings.