STU 10th Anniversary Symposium – The Future of Speech Therapy in Hong Kong

Neurocognitive, affective and social consequences of sleep deprivation: from sleep apnea, depression, to sleeplessness

Dr. Esther Yuet-ying LAU

The Education University of Hong Kong

Telepractice in speech therapy during and beyond COVID-19

Facilitator: Dr. Cymie Wing-yee NG

Mr. Joseph Hin-ching HUNG

Hong Kong Christian Service

Mr. Joshua King-lok LAI

Tung Wah Group of Hospitals

Dr. Ka-ming LAU

Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Education Services

Ms. Sharon Sze-ki YEUNG

Caritas Lok Jun School

Dr. Janet Ho-yee NG

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Workshop 1

Using Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives (MAIN) to assess the narrative comprehension and production abilities of Cantonese-speaking children

Dr. Angel Wing-shan CHAN

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Upon workshop completion, participants will be able to:

1. Appreciate some current conceptual perspectives related to the acquisition of narratives, an important component when assessing school-aged children;
2. Recognize the current status and knowledge gaps of our knowledge base on narrative abilities in children with and without Developmental Language Disorder;
3. Analyze some narrative samples using the Cantonese version of the Multilingual Assessment Instrument for narratives (MAIN);
4. Reflect on the application values of MAIN in clinical practice.

Workshop 2

Assessing the pediatric voices from different perspectives: some latest development in the local contexts

Dr. Elaine Yee-lan KWONG

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Upon workshop completion, participants will be able to:

1. Understand the importance of taking into account the client’s, parent(s)’s and clinician’s perspectives in pediatric voice assessments;
2. Apply the CVHI-10(HK) and CVHI-10-P(HK) questionnaires in clinical practice;
3. Appreciate the potential of ultrasound imaging in pediatric voice assessments.

Workshop 3

A digital tool to assess Chinese character writing

Dr. Dustin Kai-yan LAU

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Upon workshop completion, participants will be able to:

1. Understand a psycholinguistic theory of Chinese character writing;
2. Assess the Chinese character writing abilities of individuals with writing problems;
3. Analyse accuracy and fluency measures of handwriting data;
4. Interpret the results with reference to the psycholinguistic theory introduced.

Workshop 4

Learn an effective way of Cantonese language sample analysis in 40 minutes

Dr. Man-tak LEUNG

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Upon workshop completion, participants will be able to:

1. Understand the rationale and procedures of CanLARSP for language sample analysis;
2. Utilize CanLARSP as a tool with objective measurements for analyzing the syntactic profiles of children;
3. Explore the use of CanLARSP as a guide to the therapeutic management of language disorder in children.

Workshop 5

Integrating mobile apps use into evidence-based speech therapy practice

Mr. Eddy Chun-ho WONG

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Upon workshop completion, participants will be able to:

1. Understand the needs of evaluating available mobile apps;
2. Describe the proposed appraisal tool for mobile apps;
3. Evaluate the available ST-related mobile apps by using the proposed appraisal tool.

Workshop 6

Introducing a novel reading passage for the assessment of dysarthria in Cantonese speakers

Dr. Min Ney WONG

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Upon workshop completion, participants will be able to:

1. Understand the need of a novel Cantonese reading passage for dysarthria assessment;
2. Appreciate the concepts involved in the development of a novel reading passage;
3. Evaluate the potential of the novel reading passage in differentiating dysarthric and non-dysarthric speakers.