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香港大學教育學院二零一零年冬季研究所

2010年12月03日

 

香港大學教育學院言語及聽覺科學部作為新興的策略研究主題(emerging Strategic Research Theme)的負責人，肩負起推動知識交流的使命，重點為教職員在溝通科學上的研究成果。

香港大學教育學院言語及聽覺科學部轄下的溝通障礙中心將聯同新興的策略研究主題，於本星期六舉行「終生健全的溝通」專題研討會。研討會上來自海外及本地的學者將會探討及推廣終生健全的溝通方法。

現誠邀傳媒出席專題研討會，詳情如下：

日期：  2010年12月4日(星期六)
時間： 上午8時45分至下午6時
地點： 香港大學柏立基書院
語言： 研討會將以英語進行

傳媒查詢，請聯絡香港大學教育學院言語及聽覺科學部講座教授Brendan Weekes教授 (電郵：weekes@hku.hk )。

「終生健全的溝通」專題研討會
- 專題研討會程序 -

Registration 8:00am - 8:45am

Introduction 8:45am - 9:00am
Stephen Andrews (Dean of Education), Brendan Weekes, Tara Whitehill, Steve Xue and John Burns

Keynotes      
Helen Chenery, Queensland - Dementia Education Programs (9:00am - 9:45am)
Terry Au, Psychology, HKU - Salvaging a Childhood Language (9:45am - 10:30am)

Proposed Chair
John Burns, Shepherd of eSRT in Communication Disorders at University of Hong Kong                

Break 10:30am - 10:45am

Plenary 1 - Chair, Bruce Abernathy, Institute Human Performance (IHP)
Jubin Abutalebi, Milan - Bilingualism - Good for your Health (10:45am - 11.15am)
Karen Chan, SHS, HKU - Preventing Teacher Voice Problems (11:15am - 11.45am)
Lawrence Ng, SHS, HKU - Speaking without a Voice Box (11:45am - 12.15pm)
Olga Zayts, Linguistics - Genetic Counseling (12:15pm - 12:45pm)

Lunch 12:45pm - 2:00pm

Plenary 2 - Proposed Chair, Pak Sham, Psychiatry
Jane Hornickel, Northwestern - Audiology and Reading (2:00pm - 2:30pm)
Carol To, SHS , HKU - Multilingual Acquisition and Disorder (2:30pm - 3:00pm)
Graine McAlonan, Psychiatry, HKU - Autism and Brain Imaging (3:00pm - 3:30pm)

Break 3:30pm - 3:45pm

Plenary 3 - Chair, Tara Whitehill, Speech and Hearing Sciences (SHS)
Cindy Sit, IHP, HKU - Promoting Physical Activity (3:45pm - 4:15pm)
Stavros Skouras, Frei Berlin- Music and Learning Disability (4:15pm - 4.45pm)
Estella Ma, SHS, HKU - Voice Disorders in Children (4:45pm - 5:15pm)

Break 5:15pm - 5:30pm

Discussant, Brendan Weekes - Speech and Hearing Sciences (5:30pm - 6:00pm)