The Child Development Centre

Social Mission

To provide quality learning experiences for the individual child and empower their families.

The Child Development Centre (“CDC”) is a not-for-profit organisation, informally set up in 1976 and officially constituted in 1978. For over 40 years, the CDC has provided support to a wide spectrum of children with special educational needs (SEN) in English and Chinese.

 

Business Model

Our staff members adopt an interdisciplinary approach to facilitate children’s development taking into account the children’s individual needs. We provide them with services such as assessments, group setting early intervention programmes, speech therapy, occupational therapy, sensory processing, social skills training, attention and behavioural support to ignite their learning journeys. Aside from providing educational services for children, the CDC is also committed to serving their families as well as the whole community. We help empower parents as well as child-care professionals through family support and counselling services, professional school support and child development training.

 

Founding Team

The CDC informally began in 1976 under the guidance of Mrs. Sarah Roe, an occupational therapist.

 

Social Impact

This can be partly demonstrated by the organization achievement in 2017/18,

  • Served 430 children in program, assessments & consultations
  • Provided 2541 hours group intervention program
  • Provided 1589 hours of individual therapy
  • Through funding, supported 180 in outreach programs to enhance their parenting skills
  • Through funding, gifted 315.5 hours of financially-assisted services to support underprivileged children to attend our intervention program

 

Proposed Project for Students 

A business plan for a self-financed centre, i.e. we will operate a subvented and a self- financed centre as from August 2021.