At the beginning of 2020, we noted of the severe pandemic in Hong Kong, whereby schooling was suspended, and parents and children were trapped home without any outlet.  In view of the situation, we called on nearly 40 experienced play therapists with degrees in social worker or counseling in April, and then recruited 200 parents through a number of kindergartens and primary schools.  Then, we offered 6 sessions of "Child Parent Relationship Therapy" (CPRT) training for these parents through online groups (6-10 parents in each group) voluntarily. We offered all together 29 groups at the time. The goal was to equip these parents with the skills of play therapy, so that they could be their children's "counselors".

From the establishment of the Association at the end of 2020 to January 2024, the Association has completed another 94 classes, and more than 400 parents have participated in the CPRT training. In the past year or so, we have been working hard to improve the effectiveness of our CPRT training. With the funds from our sponsoring Foundations, we have been able to increase the number of lessons to 7, and to provide free CPRT toy-set to parents who have attended most of the lessons.

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Thanks

We are very grateful in the past that the Association, with the support of the following Charity Funds, can provide CPRT courses for parents of kindergarten or primary school children:

• AM730 Charity Fund

• Kaleidoscope Charity Fund

• Chan Cheung Mun Chung Charitable Fund

• Shih Wing Ching Foundation