SWELE Program: An Unstructured Outdoor Play With Mindfulness-based Interventions to Promote Mental Health Among Students With Special Education Needs

"This 16-week programme focuses on Supporting Wellness in E-Child Learning Environments (SWELE) programme by combining unstructured outdoor play with mindfulness-based interventions to promote mental health in SEN students, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is no such SWELE programme to promote mental health for SEN students in Hong Kong, especially in the context of COVID-19 pandemic.~A playful approach of unstructured play has also been found effective on promoting positive emotions and emotional competence among early adolescents (Harn \& Bo, 2019). Unstructured Outdoor Play coupled with Mindfulness-based Interventions via SWELE programme to Promote Mental Health for children and adolescents with SEN during COVID-19 pandemic. Very limited unstructured outdoor play-based programme integrated into the extra-curricular activities in the special schools in Hong Kong."