Providing help and support to people with diverse educational needs, their caregivers and other stakeholders, promoting special/inclusive education and counselling, nurturing excellent educators and carrying high quality academic studies in the relevant fields are the ultimate goals of the Department of Special Education and Counselling. I believe that they are also the goals of colleagues who dedicate themselves in this area. With an essential involvement of the expertise and commitment of all of us, the spirit of special education and counselling can be effectively practiced.
Under the umbrella of special education and counselling, the academic and teaching staff in our Department are specializing in diverse areas, including special/inclusive education, speech-language pathology, school guidance and counselling, neuroscience in education, etc. Our colleagues are devoted to contributing to and informing the practice of special/inclusive education and school guidance and counselling with cutting-edge research studies, updated knowledge, effective products and tailor-made services. We emphasize cross-disciplinary collaboration, internationalized perspectives and innovation. We highlight a multi-dimensional and dynamic mode of development by blending research, teaching, knowledge transfer, and community engagement together.
We consider special/inclusive education and counselling as a holistic system, and all stakeholders are important components of it. We endeavour to coordinate and collaborate with all other stakeholders locally, regionally and internationally, to make the system positive and vibrant. Let us work together for our very initial and very ultimate goals of joining in this field.
Please visit our website to learn more about the Department. You are also very welcomed to contact us for any enquiries.
Sincerely,
Dr YUM Yen Na, Cherry
Acting Head, Department of Special Education and Counselling
