On 9 May 2024 (Thu), 17 special educators from Beijing, Xiamen, Guangzhou and Wenzhou visited the Integrated Centre for Wellbeing (I-WELL), including Primary School Teachers, Teaching Officers, Chief Executives, Program Managers and District Supervisors, etc., who are from different fields of special education.
Dr YUM Yen Na, Cherry, Acting Head of the Department of Special Education & Counselling, Dr LIU Duo, Associate Head of the Department, Dr WANG Li-Chih, Director of the Centre and Prof. LEUNG Chi-hung, Co-Director of the Centre, shared the current policy on integrated education in Hong Kong, the latest trend of the department and the professional development programmes.
Prof. Leung made use of practical examples, demonstrated diversified assessment tools and shared project results to bring out the strengths of integrated education in Hong Kong.
The delegation was very interested in the assessment tools, such as electroencephalogram (EEG), eye tracker and the Hong Kong Scales for Assessment of Theory of Mind (HKAToM) especially in the support for children with dyslexia, which laid a foundation for further exchange and collaboration with the mainland in the future.
We would like to thank the representatives of the following organizations for their visit to I-WELL!
Names of Visiting Organizations (in no particular order)
北京市曉更助殘基金會
北京市第八中學附屬小學
北京市西城區融合教育中心
北市海淀區融愛融樂心智障礙者家庭支持中心
廈門市教育科學研究院
廈門市海滄區小海星特殊兒童服務中心
廣州市天河區華陽小學
廣州市揚愛特殊孩子家長俱樂部
溫州市鹿城區同星園家長互助會
