In the early 1990s, Heep Hong Society introduced TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication handicapped CHildren), an internationally acclaimed approach, from Division TEACCH of the University of North Carolina to Hong Kong. In 1997, Heep Hong published the first assessment and training package on the TEACCH approach in Chinese, and the Revised Edition of the Chinese Psycho-educational Profile (Chinese PEP-3) assessment manual in 2009. Throughout the years, the TEACCH approach has benefited thousands of autistic children in Greater China.

To facilitate the planning of training programmes after conducting the PEP-3 assessment, Heep Hong has designated a cross-discipline team of psychologists and therapists to redevelop the Chinese training package with enriched content on training concepts, detailed illustrations and a full range of training activities. The Training Package for Autistic Children (New Edition) will be officially launched in the 50^th Anniversary Seminar on Autism: Recent Advances in Knowledge and Intervention. On the same occasion, Dr Laura Klinger, Director of the University of North Carolina TEACCH Autism Program and Dr Lam Chee Meng from the Autism Resource Centre in Singapore will present recent advances in knowledge and treatment of autism as well as successful applications of the TEACCH program. Their presentations, together with sharing by distinguished speakers from Hong Kong, will give the audience a complete view of the application of the TEACCH program to people with autism from early childhood to adult years.

Enrolment is now open for the 50^th Anniversary Seminar. Details are as follows: