Prepared by the
Curriculum Development Council
Issued by the
Curriculum Development Institute
Education Department

• 1.1 Definition of Children with Special Educational Needs
• 1.2 Aims of the Special Education Curriculum
  • General Aims
  • Specific Aims
• 1.3 Flexibility in Curriculum Planning
• 1.4 Special Education Co-ordinating Committee
• 1.5 Curriculum Guides for Children with Special Educational Needs

• 2.1 Definitions of Hearing Impairment
• 2.2 Specific Learning Difficulties
• 2.3 Objectives

• 3.1 Curriculum Framework
• 3.2 General Principles in Structuring the Curriculum and Selecting the Curriculum Content
  • 3.2.1 Breadth and Depth
  • 3.2.2 Continuity
  • 3.2.3 Previous Knowledge
  • 3.2.4 Individual Differences
  • 3.2.5 Communication Competence
  • 3.2.6 Residual Hearing
  • 3.2.7 Language Across the Curriculum
• 3.3 Suggested General Teaching Strategies
• 3.4 Assessment
  • 3.4.1 Purpose of Assessment
  • 3.4.2 Methods of Assessment
• 3.5 Teaching Resources
  • 3.5.1 Computer Assisted Learning
  • 3.5.2 Educational Television
• 3.6 Special Equipment
  • 3.6.1 For Classroom Teaching
  • 3.6.2 For Speech Training

• 4.1 Speech and Language
  • 4.1.1 Learning Areas
  • 4.1.2 Record-Keeping and Assessment
• 4.2 Chinese Language
  • 4.2.1 Text Teaching
  • 4.2.2 Composition
  • 4.2.3 Dictation
  • 4.2.4 Reading
• 4.3 English Language
  • 4.3.1 Approach
  • 4.3.2 Skills Focus
  • 4.3.3 Teaching Strategies
• 4.4 Music
  • 4.4.1 Suggested Musical Activities

• 5.1 Diagnosis
• 5.2 Grouping Arrangements
• 5.3 Planning of Teaching Tasks
  • 5.3.1 Learning Areas
• 5.4 Implementation of Teaching Plans
  • 5.4.1 Close Coordination among Staff and Parents
  • 5.4.2 Spiral Curriculum Design
  • 5.4.3 Design Special Teaching Materials and Activities
  • 5.4.4 Handling Emotional and Behavioural Problems
• 5.5 Record Keeping and Evaluation

• Appendix 1 - Sound Range of the Ear and Range of Hearing loss
• Appendix 2 - Category and Range of Hearing Loss and Communication Ability
• Appendix 3 -
  • Individual Hearing Aids
  • Group Hearing Aids in a Deaf School
  • Hearing Aids used in Speech Training Room
  • Audiogram