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臨床腦智心培訓服務 Clinical Neuropsychology Service
Clinical Cases
Autistic Doing Well at School
Background
Client ID: WC
Gender: M
Age: 5 years old
Level of Education: K3 at a local kindergarten
Level of Intelligence: Normal
Diagnosis: Autism Spectrum Disorder with significant language delay
Difficulties Before Clinical Training:
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Lack of speech
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Limited comprehension ability
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Very short attention span
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Failed to remain seated for a few minutes
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Ignored others in social context
Achieve Satisfactory Performance in a Mainstream School After Clinical Training
Before obtaining clinical training from our center, according to WC's mother, WC was recommended to study at special education primary school by a helping professional.
WC has been receiving individualised target-oriented clinical training once per week since 2012. After training for half year at our center, WC began to
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talk and sustain conversation with others
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have better control of his impulsive behaviours and remain seated in class
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show higher awareness of the surrounding people and environment
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have better learning ability and understanding of various concepts
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demonstrate ability to meet academic demand at a mainstream primary school and achieve satisfactory academic results in Primary 1
Now, WC is 12 years old and he is still receiving clinical training at our center. At school, he maintains his satisfactory academic results in Primary 6. His mother says that WC can even teach classmates on English subject as he achieves excellent results in English. WC is going to enter a mainstream secondary school in the following year.