'Little Newcomers' Programme Helps SEN Pupils Integrate into Primary School; Research Shows Children's Resilience Rises and Parental Stress Falls Sharply

Research on the 'Little Newcomers' programme, run by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service in Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai, shows that participating SEN pupils have made significant improvements in learning, social and emotional adaptation, while parents' parental stress has also dropped markedly. The study conducted from October last year to August this year covered 76 groups of SEN pupils entering primary school and their parents, with parents' parental stress score falling from 54.52 to 50.88.