Ms Kimberly Barthel, an acclaimed expert in neurodevelopment and sensory integrative therapy from Canada, will deliver two advanced courses for over 100 occupational therapists, speech therapists and physiotherapists of Heep Hong Society in April to enhance their professional skills in training autistic children.

The first course named “Seeing through Autism” centers on clinical analysis and training of autistic children, will be organized in collaboration with the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, between 7^th – 8^th April for Heep Hong’s occupational therapists.

The second course entitled “New Concepts in Sensory Integrative Therapy” focuses on the difficulties in sensory integration encountered by autistic children and training, will be jointly held with The Institute of Human Communicative Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, during 10^th – 11^th April for Heep Hong’s speech therapists and physiotherapists.

Ms Barthel is an experienced therapist for children. She shared her experience with counterparts around the world, and was invited to provide training to therapists in Hong Kong with impressive results.

Heep Hong Society strives for excellence in training children with special needs. From time to time, the Society has invited world famous professionals to hold training sessions for its staff and fellow practitioners in a bid to provide premium services for children in need and their families.