Animal Assisted Intervention Social Skills Group

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    Animal Assisted Intervention Social Skills Group

    Providing Animal Assisted Intervention (AAI) social skills therapies for children with special educational needs

     

     

    With the help of a trained therapy dog, the venture aims to improve the language and social communication skills of children with special educational needs (SEN) through Animal Assisted Intervention (AAI) social skills therapies.

    A total of 70 children with SEN aged from 4 to 17, mainly from the grassroots and with high functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD), will receive an eight-week AAI social skills group therapy led by professional behavioural therapists.

    Animal Assisted Intervention Social Skills Group
    Animal Assisted Intervention Social Skills Group

    Name of Organisation

    Rise Wise Limited

    Approved Funding Amount

    HK$482,200

    Funding Period (Status)

    1 year and 6 months (Ended)

    Impact/Outcomes

    • Recruited 60 grassroots children with SEN and 10 children with SEN from normal-income families
    • Launched 12 programmes for grassroots children with SEN and 2 programmes for children with SEN from normal-income families

    Website

    www.risewise.com.hk