ORKIDS, Petaling Jaya

ORKIDS (Our Kids Are Special) was established on 6 April 2012 and is officially known as Persatuan Kebajikan Anak-Anak Istimewa Selangor. It started off as a support group by parents to Down Syndrome children.  After 10 years of operations, ORKIDS has now turned into a full-blown non-profit educational resource centre for special-needs children, managed by a group of dedicated parents, teachers and support staff.

Therefore, we are pleased to organize our inaugural fund raising Charity Luncheon as per details below. All proceeds from the event will be channeled to ORKIDS school to support its operations and provide continuous education (including vocational programs) for our special-needs children.

The program structure is as below:

Junior Program

Emphasising the capability to have the necessary attention skills in learning and class room environment. The students will be nurtured to have the basic skills (reading, writing and counting. At the same time, their skills will be developed into enhancing their hobbies and creativity.

School Age Program

School age program facilitates the students into more in depth school syllabus which complements the PPKI Program in government schools.
The main aim is for the students to be able to read, write and count with minimal/no guidance.
As the students embark into secondary schools, they will be streamed into advanced school age program or pre vocational program in ORKIDS

Advanced School Age Program

Advanced school age program provides the students with the ability to enhance their cognitive skills through advanced writing, reading and counting capabilities. Living and social skill is also embedded into the program with the emphasis to prepare them into teenager phase.
70% of the program focuses on cognitive enhancememt and 30% is on living skills and social development

Pre Vocational Program

Pre vocational program gives the opportunity to those students who are more suitable to embark into self-help and further enrich their living skills. Some emphasis shall be the ability to follow through and understand instructions as well as basic understanding to vocational introduction. Areas to be developed are arts & handicrafts, basic use of internet and computer, basic cooking/baking and table manners.
30% of the program focus on cognitive enhancememt and 70% on pre vocational and living skills
Below diagram illustrates the prorgam structure. Note: the age is just a guide for the program, actual classification will follow the children’s level of capability.