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Patron
YAB Menteri Besar Selangor
President
Tan Sri Dato Lim Kok Wing
Vice President
I Datuk Datin Paduka Ruby Lee
II Puan Satinah bt Syed Salleh
Hon. Secretary
Puan Noriah bt Abdul Rahman
Hon. Treasurer
Ms Carole Ho Soon Len
Council Members
Datin Joanne Lee
Puan Fadilah bt Mohd. Yakin
Mrs. Evelyn Chan
Ms. Jennifer Peters
Mdm. Cheong Soh Cheng
Encik Izanee b. Ismail
Mr. Richard Leong Peng Fatt
Puan Nafsiah bte Haji Abu Bakar
Trustees
Ms. Teo Lee Fun
Mr. Yang Chang Wah
Mr. Yong Chong
Internal Auditors
Mdm. Judy Wong Chooi Wan
Ms. Linda Ching Bee Lee
External Auditors
Emst & Yong - Chartered Accounts
Administrator
Mr. Bernard Loo
Asst. Administrator
Mr. Tham Keng Seng
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Brief History
The Society for the Severely Mentally Handicapped, Selangor and Wilayah
Perseketuan is a voluntary welfare organization established and registered with the
Register of Societies in 1984 with the objective of providing rehablitation facilities to children
and youths with severe mental and physical (multiple) disabilities in Selangor and Federal
Territory. Following this objective, A Day Care and Training Centre was set up in June 1985.
The Centre started with a small group of severely mentally disabled children and four staff.
Today, the Society has nine full time Staff comprising of an Administrator, an Assistant
Administrator, an Occupational Therapist, five Teachers and a Houskeeper and an enrollment
of 15 children on our Individual Education Program, 9 youths/adults on our Living Skills Group.
The Centre program has expanded from a simple day care with some physical activities to
the current training program which provides training to maximize the children's functional skills
which include motor cognitive, communication, social and self-help skills. In the current
program, each child goes through the following phases:-
(i) Individual Education Program
(ii) Living Skills Group
(iii) Home Visit Program
Working with the full-time Staff are volunteers which include pediatricians, physiotherapist,
occupational therapists, speech therapists, home makers and representative from regligious
and lay organizations - all of whom have dedicated invaluable time and services for the
efficient running of the Centre.
Currently, rehablitation services for the severely mentally disabled are being provided by both
the Government and private voluntary organizations. However, it must be emphasized that not
all centres are for those with multiple disabilities. Hence the Society is trying it's best to meet
the increasing need of this category of disabled people.
Today, the Society requires an estimate of RM 250,000/- annually to maintain and run the
Training Centre. Donations received are mainly from the general public. The Society also
receives annual government grant and subsidy from the Department of Social Welfare.
Appeals are made to various organizations to help meet our annual budget by donating to
our Society. The generous support of many caring Malaysians has indeed gone a long way
to help us make life more meaningful for these children.
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