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What is ASD? Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder characterized by problems with social communication, unusual behaviors such as fixed interests, being inflexible, having repetitive behaviors, or abnormal responses to sensations. 

Morning Star Center has 18 classes that are arranged according to age of discretion, disability types and intervention models to optimize the quality of intervention and ensure the safety for the children, the Center always focuses on the layout.

At Binh Minh early intervention center located in Son La province, two companies provided 200 gifts valued 60.000.000 VND for children in need and children with disabilities in the province. Besides, Morning Star Center provided them with 3 cartons of milk boxes, cookies and candies, 10 cartons of new clothes and 02 cartons of new shoes, sandals for children, 50 cartons of clothes donated by Morning Star Center’s staff and their friends.

After attending a training course at Morning Star Center on speech therapy, many teachers from other provinces return their establishments and apply their learnt knowledge in their daily work effectively, contributing to raising prestige of their establishment Therefore, more parents are confident to take their children to local facilities to access the intervention services instead of sending their children to the centers that are far from their home.

It is said that ESDM, the multiple environment-based method, is the most effective intervention model for children with autism at Morning Star Center. After being applied in group context for 1 year, the model is getting more and more perfect. The center purchased the course book on G-ESDM and got it translated into Vietnamese to become a guiding materials for teachers. Besides, the participation of parents in teaching children at home was encouraged by the center to optimize the intervention outcomes for young learners.

Dated 19 and 20 May, 2018, a group of staffs from Morning Star center, under the lead of Doctor Do Thuy Lan (Director of Morning Star center), successfully organized a training session about therapy methodology, early intervention for delayed speech in kids for the teachers and the students’ parents. At the same time, Morning Star did the test and examination for those kids who have the symptoms of developmental delay and autism spectrum disorder.

From 7 April to 8 April 2018, a group of volunteers from Morning Star center organized a program named “Led by Love 2018” at Tuyen Quang province. This is Morning Star annual charity program In this program, Morning Star volunteers did  not only examine, diagnose and early detect children with autism spectrum disorder and developmental delay, but also gave advices tothe parents and gaveaway the presents to the children at mountainous area. Furthermore, we wish to share as much knowledge as possible with the teachers of provincial center and spread out the message to the society for better understanding about ...

Morning Star Center is a NGO, non-profit organization founded in 1995 under the governance of Vietnam Relief Association for handicapped chidren. The center carries the missions of providing services of early detection, early intervention for children with intellectual disabilities including Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, mental delay, sensory disorders, ADHD and developmental disorder – asperger, autism spectrum disorder. Besides, the center implements education programs including pre-primary education, vocational training programs.  

Morning Star Center locating at No. 6 Lane 9 Hoang Dao Thuy, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi is one of the centers providing early detection-early intervention high quality services. The center monthly provided intervention services to nearly 200 children with autism, developmental disabilities