Founded in 1954, The Mental Health Association of Hong Kong (MHAHK) is a non-profit social service organization with the goal of educating the public on mental health. The Association started direct service operation in 1967 and since then, has developed a comprehensive spectrum of rehabilitation services in the community, including residential care, community support, day training, vocational rehabilitation, employment support and special education, providing holistic care for persons in recovery, persons with intellectual disabilities and the disadvantaged. MHAHK currently operates over 50 subvented welfare service units / projects serving over tens of thousands of service users. The Association also manages self-financed supported apartment for persons in recovery, a non-profit training and counselling centre, a special school with boarding places for students with severe mental intellectual disabilities and multiple handicaps, a social enterprise operating over 30 SE projects, and a training institute providing long-term consultation and supervision to mental health projects in the Mainland and the Greater Bay Area.
For over 25 years FOCUS has been a trusted resource for Hong Kong parents, educators and medical professionals seeking to learn how to better support the academic and social lives of children with mainstream learning differences. FOCUS aims to improve educational and life outcomes of children with AD/HD and SpLD by expanding understanding and raising awareness of what it means to have a mind that learns differently
Our mission is is to improve the education of mainstream students who are challenged by Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD) and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) by providing accurate evidence-based information, practical strategies and support to parents and professionals in education and healthcare and by improving understanding of how learning differences impact youth both emotionally and academically.
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1st Floor, Jockey Club Building, 2 Kung Lok Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon
Rm 617, 6/F, One Island South, 2 Heung Yip Rd, Wong Chuk Hang, HK
Mental Health Association of Hong Kong, The
"F. O. C. U. S." (Focus On Children's Understanding In School)