Author: Tina So
Autism Intervention 2: Alternative Treatment with Social Robots (Webinar)
中大教育學院及醫學院耳鼻咽喉—頭頸外科學系言語治療科將舉辦【自閉症介入：以社交機械人作替代治療 基本認知課程】，課程包括網上研討會、工作坊和實體訓練。講者包括蘇詠芝教授、李月裳教授和特殊學校團隊，講解自閉症兒童的溝通障礙，並分享社交機械人於治療過程的應用。
完成整個訓練後，參加者可獲頒修畢證書及HKIST證可的CPD-ST 4.5分。活動詳情如下：
日期：
1. 網上研討會（兩小時；只需參加其中一場）：7月21日, 1900-2100或9月17日, 1000-1200
2. 工作坊（半天；只需參加其中一場）：9月開始，日子待定
3. 實體訓練（半天；只需參加其中一場）：9月開始，日子待定
地點：香港中文大學
對象：言語治療師
語言：廣東話
費用：免費（報名按金港幣500元，完成全部課程後全數退還）
Register here:https://forms.gle/oVZz4V4j7hDjbwsP7
Please direct your enquiries to:
Miss Evelyn Lau (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Email: evelynlau@cuhk.edu.hk
Telephone: 3943 0851 / WhatsApp: 6825 8138
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有嘅話，有個計劃好啱您! 名額得10個，快D睇下以下詳情啦!🤓
係呢個計劃入面，張建國教授同埋佢嘅團隊會培訓全職媽媽學習中醫嘅小兒推拿手法。團隊過往五年運用小兒推拿治療左超過300名自閉症學童，實證顯示小朋友接受左三個月小兒推拿療程之後感覺統合增加左15%，問題行為減少左22%，社交反應好左8%，自閉症嚴重程度仲少左10%。
團隊除左提供恆常小兒推拿服務之外，仲希望培訓全職媽媽學小兒推拿技巧，培訓之後唔單止係屋企同小朋友按摩，又可以服務自己社區嘅小朋友，之後仲可以投入市場添。
完成培訓(10個鐘工作坊，20個鐘臨床培訓，全部費用全免)，就可以同10個小朋友做小兒推拿，仲可以攞到最多$24000津貼添。
快D報名啦! 截止日期係5月20日。
如有任何疑問，請於辦公時間致電/whatsapp 56397392
Thanks to the support of parents and students participating in RABI® this year, the RABI® team has been given the "Hong Kong ICT Awards 2021: Smart People (Smart Education and Learning) – Gold Award"! Our team will endeavor to help more students on the autism spectrum learn social skills!
Interested in RABI® courses? Click here!
The Speech Therapy Department under The Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and CUHK College of Education will hold an [Autism Intervention: Alternative Treatment with Social Robot] on August 28. Speakers include Professor So Wing Chee, Professor Lee Yuet Sheung, Professor John-John Cabibihan and the Rotary Club of HK Island West Hong Chi Morninghope School. They will explain the communication barriers of children with autism and share the application of social robots. The details of the activities are as follows:
Date: [Webinar (attend only 1 session)] Nov 22, Dec 14, Jan 20, Feb 19
[Workshop (attend only 1 session)]: Nov 27, Dec 18, Jan 29, Feb 26, Mar 26, Apr 30
[Practical training (attend only 1 session)] To be confirmed (June - July 2022)
Venue: (Workshop & Practical Training) The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Target participants: Registered speech therapists in Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese / English
Registration Fee: Free of charge (Deposit HKD 500; to be fully refunded to those who complete the whole course)
Register here:
https://forms.gle/oVZz4V4j7hDjbwsP7
Note: After completing the whole training, you are eligible for a completion certificate and 4.5 CPD-ST points accredited by the HKIST.
Please direct your enquiries to:
Miss Evelyn Lau (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Email: evelynlau@cuhk.edu.hk
Telephone: 3943 0851 / WhatsApp: 6825 8138
Event Information
Intervention for Autism: Alternative Therapy with Social Robots
Webinar (2nd Run)
The Speech Therapy Department under The Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and CUHK College of Education will hold an [Autism Intervention: Alternative Treatment with Social Robot] on August 28. Speakers include Professor So Wing Chee, Professor Lee Yuet Sheung, Professor John-John Cabibihan and the Rotary Club of HK Island West Hong Chi Morninghope School. They will explain the communication barriers of children with autism and share the application of social robots. The details of the activities are as follows:
Organizer:
School of Education and School of Medicine (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Mode: ZOOM
Target participants:
- People whose work is related to autistic children (including but not limited to speech therapists, social workers, special education teachers, occupational therapists)
- Carers of children with autism
Language: Cantonese / English
Date: Saturday, 28 August 2021
Remarks: Part of the content of this seminar might coincide with the seminar held in October 2020, but participants are welcome to register again for the latest information and to learn more from the sharing of new speakers.
Registration Fee & Deadline: (non-refundable)
On or Before 26 July, 2021 – $60 [Early Bird Period Extended]
After 26 July 2021 – $110
Full-time Student – Free (Student Card is required for verification)
Click on the following link to register:
https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13368356
Please direct your enquiries to:
Miss Evelyn Lau (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Email: evelynlau@cuhk.edu.hk
Telephone: 3943 0851 / WhatsApp: 6825 8138
Radio Television Hong Kong — New Management Thinking
Professor So Wing Chee was interviewed by the Radio Television Hong Kong — Management New Thinking program on June 13, 2021, with the theme "Smoothly Along the Direction of Nature".
Smoothly Along the Direction of Nature
Presenters: Andrew Chan, Poon Ga Yeung, Lee Jing Yee, Fiona Ching
Hosts: Professor Andrew Chan Chi-fai, Dr. Elsie Tsui
Guest: Professor So Wing Chee (Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Please click on the hyperlinks below to review the exciting content of the program.
https://www.rthk.hk/radio/radio1/programme/NovaManagement/episode/753996
HONG KONG, April 22 (Reuters) – A Hong Kong professor has developed an educational programme using role-playing robots to help children with autism improve their social skills, part of an initiative adopted by non-profit groups and schools.
The programme, Robot for Autism Behavioral Intervention (RABI), is designed for people with autism between the ages of 3 and 18, and aims to help them be more social and to resolve issues such as conflicts and bullying.
Catherine So, associate professor of educational psychology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, told Reuters more than 1,200 children have used the programme since its 2015 launch.
“Individuals with autism have low motivation to interact with others, and hypersensitivity to the world around them,” So said. “So we use the social robots to teach them social skills in order to reduce their anxiety.”
The robots engage the children with role-playing and verbal interaction. A typical class involves two small robots acting out social scenarios on a table top, helping the children see the difference between appropriate and unacceptable behaviour such as tantrums or screaming.
Muse Wong, 41, said her 5-year-old daughter has been in the programme for seven months and her social and communicative skills have improved vastly.
“She has started to have some degree of social life”, Wong said.
After interacting with the robots, the children are encouraged to try out their social skills with a human tutor.
More than 20 non-profit groups financed by governments and public schools in Hong Kong and Macau have adopted the programme. So hopes the project will help fight against exclusion.
“We believe RABI can help children with autism improve their social and behavioural skills, and in turn enhance the quality of their life”, she said.
Reporting by Yoyo Chow; Editing by Karishma Singh and Gerry Doyle
Please click here for full article – Hong Kong robots help autistic children boost social skills
Professor So Wing Chee, an associate professor of the Department of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) , was recently appointed by the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) as the "Global Senior Leader" as the only representative of Hong Kong. She will be responsible for promoting cooperation between local and international research institutions and promoting global autism research.
According to government statistics, the number of school children diagnosed with autism in Hong Kong has increased significantly in the past ten years, reaching nearly 10,000 in 2018-19, causing many school children to have social and emotional problems. Professor So Wing Chee has been focusing on the study of children's language and cognitive development, especially the development of typical and atypical children using gestures. She found that children with autism have a lower understanding and adaptability to gestures, so she concentrated on this aspect of research.
In 2015, Professor So launched a social robot project to specifically design interventional treatment programs for children with autism. The use of social robots to help educate children with autism is a major innovation in the field of medicine or special education. It improves children's behavior and emotional performance through repeated situational interpretation of robots. So far, it has served more than 1,200 Hong Kong autistic children aged 3-18. In 2019, Professor So and her colleague Dr. Sarah Luk established a social enterprise funded by the CUHK Sustainable Knowledge Transfer Service Fund to bring years of research efforts to communities and schools to help more autistic patients.
Professor So said: "I am very honored to be elected as the representative of INSAR Hong Kong. During the two-year term of "International Leaders", CUHK will serve as a research base to actively promote and lead autism research and research in Hong Kong and the entire Asia-Pacific region. Academic exchanges, especially the establishment of autistic behavior and social communication databases, are expected to provide suitable, even tailor-made, interventional treatment programs for each person with autism, supported by research evidence."
About the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR)
The International Society for Autism Research was established in 2001. Its mission is to promote the world's top academic research related to autism and improve the lives of patients and their families. The society organizes an international autism research conference every year. In 2019, it also established a Global Senior Leaders Committee, inviting top scholars from different countries and regions to join, forming an international network to promote exchanges and collaboration, and promote academic research on autism.
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