Resources for Staff

Resources for staff

PolyU is committed to providing a campus environment that is nurturing and inclusive. To support this direction, SAO does not only provide a wide array of quality services and programmes for students with special educational needs (SEN), but also provides training and support to empower fellow staff to jointly provide an equitable learning environment for these students.

Guidelines and communications

• Guidelines on Supporting Students with Special Educational Needs
• Supplementary protocol/ rules governing the conduct of examinations for students with special needs having special examination arrangement
• Network on Students with Special Needs (NSSN)

Training and support

• Training workshops:

• Details of the upcoming workshops:
  

  Workshop on Supporting Emotionally Unstable Students

  Date: 20 September 2024 (Friday)
  Time: 10.00 am – 12.00 noon
  Venue: BC301

  
  Workshops on Supporting Students with Special Educational Needs (SEN)

  Workshop 1: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Mental Illness (MI)

  Date: 26 September 2024 (Thursday)

  Time: 10.00am – 12.00noon

  Venue: HJ303

   

  Workshop 2: Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD)

  Date: 4 October 2024 (Friday)

  Time: 10.00am – 12.00noon

  Venue: DE306

   

  Workshop 3: Inclusion and Communicating with Students with Visual Impairment (VI), Hearing Impairment (HI) and Physical Impairment (PI)

  Date: 17 October 2024 (Thursday)

  Time: 10.00am – 12.00noon

  Venue: Y301

      Please refer to our email sent via MLM.

• E-learning materials for supporting students with special educational needs (Please go to LEARN@PolyU, then login with your NetID and password and choose the course “SRSS E-learning Materials for Supporting Students with Special Needs”)

External resources

• Learning more about Disabilities Discrimination Ordinance (Equal Opportunities Commission)
• Materials on Teaching Students with Disabilities (Western University, Canada)
• Online training modules on SEN, Disability and Equality in Higher Education (Module one and two) offered by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Hong Kong Baptist University.  To access, please:

• Click the tag “Universities Login (via HKAF)” to log in to HKMOOC (click HERE)
• Select and complete “Module 1: Integrated Education and Related Ordinances in Hong Kong” and "Module Two: Understanding Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Academic Adjustments" 

If you have questions on SEN support, you are welcome to contact SEN officers (Tel: 2766 6800, email: sen.support@polyu.edu.hk).