International Cooperation

2024.10.01

Department
of Special Education at Penn State University, USA, gave a presentation on
the topic of ‘Trends and Methods in Special Education Research’ in the
Seminar on Special Education course.

2024.09.24-25

Professor
Sven Degenhardt from the Department of Education at the University of
Hamburg, Germany, led a delegation of six to Taiwan on an academic visit,
following an invitation from Professor Chien-Huey Sophie Chang of the
Department of Special Education at National Taiwan Normal University. The
visit was part of Professor Chang’s project funded by the National Science
and Technology Council aiming at fostering international academic
collaboration. The delegation, consisting of six members, included lecturer
Christoph Holborn and four graduate students. During the visit, Professor
Degenhardt delivered a special lecture in the “Seminar” course,
with the theme “Universal Design for Learning and Born Accessible Textbooks
Publishing.” 

2024.08.17-20

PHD
students Chyong-Wen Yan and Chiao-Wen Wu have received funding from the
National Science Council to attend The 18th Asia-Pacific Conference on
Giftedness (APCG2024) held in Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan.

Essay
title
Exploring the
Self-concept of Language Gifted Students in the 7th Grade from the
Perspective of Self-metaphor

2024.08.17-20

Doctoral student Lai Ying-Hsiu received a
subsidy from the National Science and Technology Council for domestic
graduate students to attend the 2024 International Symposium on APCG 2024:
The 18th Asia-Pacific Conference on Gifitedness in Takamatsu, Japan and
presented a paper titled’ Friendship Beyond Categories and Boundaries:
Collaboration of the Twice-Exceptional
Disabled and Talent Students Between Taiwan and Hong
Kong Through Art
.

2024.8.2-8.4

LI
YI-YAN has received funding from the National Science and Technology Council
to attend the International Symposium of the Asian Society for Adapted
Physical Education and Exercise (ASPAE) in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. He
delivered an oral presentation, A Two-Year Action Plan on Promoting Adapted
Physical Education in Taiwan’s Compulsory Education.

2024.08.2

Forty-seven secondary school students from
Macau visited, including students from 23 schools such as Pui Ching Middle
School, Instituto Salesiano, Sacred Heart Canossian College, Santa Rosa de
Lima English Secondary School, Premier School Affiliated to Hou Kong Middle
School.

2024.07.3-26

Dr. Hank
Bohanon, Professor, Loyola University Chicago, provides a workshop on
Positive Behavior Support in the summer master’s program for working
professionals.

2024.06.13

Dr.
Howard Wills
from the University of Kansas
visited.

2024.06.06-07.01

Dr. Katie K Tackett (Associate Professor of
Practice, Department of Special Education) and 13 students from the
University of Texas at Austin visited.

2024.06.03

Prof.
HUE,Ming-Tak from the Counseling and Psychology at Hong Kong Shue Yan
University and Prof. WANG, Li-Chih from the Department of Special Education
& Counseling at the Education University of Hong Kong  visited.

2024.05.28

Dr. Lucy
Lach, Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at McGill University
in Canada visited.

2024.02.27

Dr. Man
Koon Ho of the Chinese University of Hong Kong gave a presentation on the
topic of “Application of Information Technology and Cognitive Theories on the
Study of Dyslexia” at the Seminar on Special Education course.

2023.12.27

Professor
Chen Jingyi from the School of Career Development and Educational Sciences at
Kent State University in the United States visited.

2023.12.11

Dr. Chien-Chun Lin, Associate Professor of
Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling from the University of Western
Oregon, visited Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Counseling and delivered
a lecture introducing the current status of rehabilitation counseling in the
United States.

2023.12.08

Prof.
Rushen Shi from the Department of Psychology at the University of Montreal,
Canada, visited the Special Education Department, delivering a lecture and
sharing research findings on “Early Grammatical Acquisition (including
notions in generative grammar) and Abstract Rule Generalization.”

2023.11.29

Dr.
Reuben Escorpizo from University of Vermont visited Graduate Institute of
Rehabilitation Counseling and delivered a lecture on Facilitating Return to
Work After Work Injuries in the United States.

2023.11.28

Dr. Kuan-Hua
Chen of the University of Nebraska Medical Center gave a presentation on the
topic of “Studying Socioemotional Processes and Health Outcomes in Clinical
Populations Their Family Caregivers” at the Seminar on Special Education
course.

2023.11.22-24

Ph.D.
student Man-Yat Lee from Department of Special Education has received funding
from the National Science and Technology Council to attend the ERAS ( The
Educational Research Association of Singapore ) International Conference and
WERA ( The World Education Research Association ) Focal Meeting 2023 in
Singapore, Singapore. ( poster presentation, title: Learning Outcomes for
Preschoolers with Special Needs during Inclusive Physical Activities: A
Mapping Review )

2023.11.16

Professor Angharad
Beckett from the University of Leeds visited and delivered a lecture
on “The Power of Play”

2023.11.7

Ms.
Fang-Yu Lin & Hon. Ret. Prof. Jane Squires of the University of Oregon
gave a presentation on the topic of “Early Childhood Social-Emotional
Development” at the Seminar on Special Education course via video conference.

2023.10.13

Dr.
Branton Shearer from the Kent State University visited and delivered a
lecture on Multiple Intelligences after 40 Years: Lessons from Neuroscience
Principles and Best Practices.

2023.9.11

Mdm Yong
Song Ling from the Pedagogical Excellence Branch at Academy of Singapore
Teachers in the Singapore visited.

2023.8.15-17

Professor
Cynthia P.S. Lau from the Faculty of Creative Industries at Universiti Tunku
Abdul Rahman in the Malaysia visited.

2023.7.18

Associate
Professor Chung-Yi Chiu from the University of Illinois visited Graduate
Institute of Rehabilitation Counseling and delivered a lecture on ”
Reasonable accommodations: Successful strategies andchallenges in the US”.

2023.7.24-2023.7.28

Student
Kuo Enyun from Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Counseling has received
funding from the National Science and Technology Council to attend the 45th
International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology
Society in Sydney, Australia.

2023.05.29

Professor
Karen van den Berg from Zeppelin University in Germany visited the Love
Cottage in Bo-Ai Building.

2023.05.26

Professor
Roger Slee from the University of Leeds visited and delivered a special
lecture on inclusive education titled “UNCRPD – An Article(24) of Faith: More
Inclusion, More Segregation?”

2023.05.24

Dr. Robb
from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign visited and attended the
112th Graduation Exhibition.

2023.4.26

The
Ministry of Education has commissioned the British Council to visit the
bilingual program and tour the Bo-Ai Building. (Tom Spain, EMI Consultant and
Senior Trainer, Oxford EMI)

2023.4.21

Professor
David Strauser from the University of Illinois visited Graduate Institute of
Rehabilitation Counseling and delivered a lecture on the services provided by
rehabilitation counseling in the United States for individuals with
disabilities after high school.

2023.3.21

Dr.
Krista Gurko of the University of California gave a presentation on the topic
of “How to use ASQ as a Screening Tool to Refer Children for IDEA Part C
Services in the US” at the Seminar on Special Education course via video
conference.

2022.12.21

Professor
Chen Jingyi from the School of Career Development and Educational Sciences at
Kent State University in the United States visited.

2022.10.4

Assistant
Professor Huan-Ching (Trina) Chang of California State University gave a
lecture on the topic of “Exploring Social Emotional Development through Play:
A Roadmap for Educators and Families” in the Seminar on Special Education
course (via video conference).

2022.10.3

Dr.
Reuben Escorpizo, Clinical Associate Professor of Department of Rehabilitation
and Movement Science, The University of Vermont, USA, visited and gave a
lecture: Functioning and Disability Through the Different Stages of Life

2022.4.26

Directors
Dr. Rick Smith & Dr. Joe Dracobly University of North Texas Behavior
Analysis Resource Center, USA, give lecture: Severe Challenging Behavior
Analysis and Interventions

2022.3.1

Dr.
Ronaldo Rodas Jara gives lecture: Effect of an Early Numeracy Intervention
Program for Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Low and
Middle Income Countries

2020.5.12

Dr.
Chi-Ching Chuang, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate
University, gives lecture: Applying a Public Health Model in Educational
Settings

2020.3.24

Dr.
Yun-Ching Chung Department of Special Education, Illinois State University,
gives lecture: Promoting Peer Interactions Outcomes for Students with Severe
Disabilities

2020.3.4

Dr.
Katie K Tackett(Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Special
Education) and Mr. Parker Pflaum(Program Coordinator) from UT Austin visited.

2020.1.12

Visitby
Huang Weilun, Ph.D. student at California State University East Bay,
California State University, and Chen Kang, Member of the International Deaf
Sports Committee, Lecture: 2020 Taiwan Love Voice – Deaf Culture
(Huang Weilun Topic: Bilingual Dual Culture Education) Chen Kang Lecture: How
the Deaf Break selves and Get Out of the World)

2019.11.16

Jeffrey
S. Bravin, Executive Director of the American School of the Deaf, and Joel
Barish, Executive Director of the Deaf Expo, and Joel Barish, Host of the
World Travel Channel, give lectures on the sharing of deaf culture in
American Deaf Education in the United States

2019.11.1-2019.11.3

Ph.D.
student Wu Qiaoxuan received a grant from the Ministry of Science and
Technology for domestic graduate students to attend the International
Symposium of Tokyo (IAFOR-ACE)

2019.10.22

Dr.
Karen Wolffe, Career Counselor/Consultant, Private Practice Adjunct Faculty,
College of Education and Rehabilitation, Salus University, Philadelphia, PA
gives lecture: Transition Programming for Students with Visual Impairments
and Those with Additional Disabilities.

2019.8.19-2020.8.18

Ph.D.
student Wang Xuanhui was awarded the Ministry of Science and
Technology’s “108-year subsidized doctoral student study
abroad” and went to the Center for Preventive Education Risk Prairie
Center at the University of Texas at Austin to conduct a study on “The
Development and Effectiveness of Discipline Reading’s Teaching Intervention”

2019.5.29

Visiting
Associate Professor Xu Baoliang, Head of Preschool Education Department,
School of Education and Science, Lingnan Normal College

2019.5.23

Associate
Professor Xuan Na, Department of Social and Behavioral Applied Sciences, City
University of Hong Kong, and 19 other people conducted academic exchange
visits

2019.5.3-2019.8.31

Interview
situation al-Hilda Ho, Ph.D. candidate of the Institute of Clinical
Developmental Psychology, York University, Canada

2019.4.30~2019.5.2

 Singapore
Education Bureau Visits Taipei City for Dyping Education Study Group Members:
Dr. Lin Meijun, Wang Yanyan, Zheng Wei, Liu Meilian, Ling Haoqiang Visit

2019.4.28~2019.5.2

Thailand
KVIS Mr. Surakrai NANTABUROM, Head of Humanities and Liberal Arts Department
(Team Leader and others) visit

2019.2.15-2019.3.31

Study of
visiting chinese doctoral student Li Hengqing of Fujian Normal University

2019.1.19

Hyorg!
This department Teacher Qiu Chunyu received AAIDD’s International Awaed!!

2018.12.6

Ph.D.
student Wang Xuanhui, approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology 108
years “subsidized doctoral students to study abroad” (The Qianlima
Project), to the University of Texas at Austin research for 12 months!

2018.11.6

Dunman
High School Principal Liu De-rong and director Jiang Ling visited.

2018.11.7

Uppsala
University Danielle Ekman Ladru(Associate professor in
Social and Economic Geography, senior lecturer in Child and Youth Studies)
and Ingrid Olsson(PhD in Psychology, senior lecturer in
Education)

2018.10.3

(Associate
Professor of Political Sociology, School of Sociology and Social Policy,
University of Leeds)Dr.  Angharad Becket 
visited.

2018.7.27

Dr.Pro
Cooc speech Modeling Inclusive Education as an Outcome.

2018.6.19

Dr. Hank
Bohanon Professor, Loyola University Chicago, gives lecture: Positive
Behavior Support

2018.6.13

Chen Gongxiang, vice dean of School of Education and
Psychology, Jinan University, Shandong, visited.

2018.6.12

Dr. Smita Mehta, University of North Texas visited.

2018.6.11

Professor James Russell Patto from University of Texas
at Austin visit

2018.6.6

Visiting Deputy Director of the Department of Special
Education, Kansas University

2018.6.5

Dr. Jean Andrews Professor, Lamar University, gives
lecture: Language and Communication for Hearing Impaired Students

2018.5.24

The head of the Xiamen Xinxin Kindergarten Chen Jun
visited the mainland

2018.5.22

Dr.
North Cooc
Professor, University
of Texas at Austin
speech Teacher
professional development

2018.5.15

Prof. North Cooc from University of Texas at Austin
visits academic exchange for 3 months

2018.5.14-2018.7.29

Professor North Cooc from the UT Austin visited for
academic exchange for 3 months

2018.4.25

Dr. Henrik Edgren and Ms Jenny Langwagen, Directors of
Uppsala University, Sweden Visit

2018.3.26

David R.Strauser Professor Special Speech
Transition-Taking lllinnois Model as an Example

2018.1.15

Prof. R. Malatesha Joshi, Professor of A&M
University, Texas, USA, 
Componential
Model of Reading Applied to Different Orthographies
 and Access

2018.1.2-2018.1.12

Department of Special Education The University of Texas
at Austin Assistant Professor North Cooc visits

2017.12.18

Guangzhou
Qicong School Visit

2017.11.7

Council
for Exceptional Children (CEC) Division for Early Childhood (DEC) CEO Dr.
Peggy Kemp to the department’s keynote speech “Hand in Hand: Cooperating
with Family in Early Stage of Treatment”

2017.11.6

Mr. Tony
Low, Principal of Deming Government Secondary School, Singapore, and Director
of Mdm Jiang Ling, Jiang Linghua, Head of Department

2017.10.17

Eeva
Kaisa Hyry-Beihammer, Universität Wien, gives lecture: multi-grade teaching
as a promising pedagogy for teacher education

2017.10.5

Visit by Dominican First Lady Advisor Ambassador Miguel
Reyes S
anchez

2017.10.3

GRACE L.
FRANCIS  (Assistant Professor of Special Education George Mason
University)

2017.9.1

Dr. Hong
Ruicheng, a doctoral student, received a grant from the Ministry of Science
and Technology for a 12-month study at the University of Central Florida’s
School of Education and Human Performance.

2017.9.1

Doctoral student Wang Xinyi received a grant from the
Ministry of Science and Technology to the University of British Columbia in
Canada for 12 months

2017.9.1

Doctoral student Hong Ruicheng received a grant from
the Ministry of Science and Technology to University Of Florida for 12
months.

2017.8.31-2018.1.31

Director Li Wenge of the School of Special Education of
South China Normal University visited for one semester (the first semester of
the 2017 academic year)

2017.8.30 

Li Wenge, Director of School of Special Education,
South China Normal University, visits one semester (106 semesters)

2017.8.1

Teacher Liu Xiudan leads 6 students to specialize in
rural education in Weining, Guizhou, China

2017.7-9

Associate Professor Xu Nana, Department of Applied
Behavioral Studies, City University of Hong Kong, visited

2017.6.1

Doctoral students Zhang Jiarui and Feng Li interpret
the top talent jump plan to go to University of British Columbia in Canada
for six months

2017.5.23

Prof. Rune J. Simeonsson, School Psychology and Early
Childhood Education, University of North Carolina, gives lecture: Enhance
school participation for students with disability

2017.5.2 

Dr.
Helen Hanna (Institute of Childhood and Education Leeds Trinity University)

2017.4.11

Prof.
Brian MacWhinny, Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, gives
lecture: Competition model

2017.3.24

Zhejiang Provincial Special Education Center, Special
Education Branch of Zhejiang Institute of Education, Hong Jialin, President,
etc. Five Visits

2017.1.9

About 20 students and teachers from Dr. David Strauser
of the University of Illinois at the United States attended the special
lecture 
Contrasting Vocational
Rehabilitation in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the United States.

2017.1.3

Professor Hua You Jia, The University of Iowa gives
lecture: Application of single-subject research in evidence-based special
education

2016.12.7

Visit by Michel Lanners and Pierre Reding, Chief
Education Advisor of Luxembourg

2016.11.29

Dr. Rick Smith, Department of Behavior Analysis at
University of North Texas, gives lecture: Functional Analytic Methodological
Innovations to Reduce Risk to Participants

2016.11.15

Dr.
Jerome Bickenbach, Department of Philosophy and Faculties of Law and
Medicine, Queen’s University, gives lecture: World-wild ICF and future trends

2016.11.14

The Tianjin Special Education Visiting Group visited

2016.8

Huang
Yingyuan, master student, exchanges one semester at Osaka University of
Education in Japan

2016.8

Dr. Hong Ruicheng was awarded the 106th Maxima Project
of the Ministry of Science and Technology to the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee Campus

2016.8 

Doctoral student Wang Xinyi received the 106-year-mile
plan from the Ministry of Science and Technology to the University of British
Columbia in Canada

2016.4.20 

Ge Xinbin, deputy dean of School of Special Education,
South China Normal University Dean of the Department of Special Education
Dean Li Wenge, Zhang Hao, Zhang Haochen, Xiaoming Qi, etc., visited five
people.

2016.3.31

Dean of the School of Education, Guangdong Second
Normal University Zhou Feng Director of the Department of Special Education
Liu Baochao Professor

 

Dr. Wang Shilu, Deputy Director of the Department of
Special Education, and Dr. Li Bo, a full-time teacher from the Department of
Special Education, visited

 

2016.3.29

Speech
by Dr.Wu-Yi Hsie 
Promoting the teaching
and learning of early literacy through coaching

2016.3.14

Visit by
Dr. David Rosenthal from University of Wisconsin Madison 

2016.3

Doctoral
student Jiang Junhan won the project to study in the University of Väskylä,
Finland

2016.2-2016.7

Zhou
Ruihe, a grade 105 student, went to South Korea as an exchange student at
Dongguk University for one semester

2016.1

Doctoral
student Yan Jingfang was awarded the 2016-year Maxima Program of the Ministry
of Science and Technology to go to the University of British Columbia in
Canada for one year

2016.1

Doctoral
student Zeng Qiongzhen was awarded the 2016-year Maxima Program of the
Ministry of Science and Technology and went to the University of Toronto,
Canada for seven months

2016.1.20

Three
professors from Guizhou Normal University, including Yang Juan, Zhu Ziqiao
and Tian Jing, visited

2016.1.15

A group
of 20 visitors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2015.9.30

Prof. Lisa Dieker (Central Florida University, USA)
Visited the Department

2015.9-2016.2

105
students Zhou Ruihe visited DongGuan University in Korea for a semester

2015.8-2016.2

Doctoral
student Jiang Junhan receives the Maxima plan for a semester at Jyväskylä
University in Finland

2015.8.12

4 special teaching students from the University of
Changwon, Korea visited the department

2015.5.1

Professor Zheng Jianhong, Vice Dean of the School of
Educational Science, Lingnan University, visited the department

2015.3.10

Prof. Taeko N. Wydell Special Lecture (Brunel University, UK) Characteristics of Developmental Dyslexia in
Non-Alphabetic Orthographies: Implications for Remediation

2015.2-2015.7

Lingnan
University Teacher Shi Mengliang served as visiting scholar

2014.10.15-17

Guizhou
Institute of Engineering and Applied Technology – Cross-Strait
Special Education Symposium

2014.9.15

Zengjiang Normal College He Yunpeng and Dr. Zhang
Minting visited the department.

2014.8.6

The 2nd
Malaysian Chinese Independent Chinese Language Education Symposium

2014.6.6

Dr. Kevin Callahan, Dr. Heather Hughes Special Lecture (University of North Texas Autism Center)

 Functional
Communication Training

2014.6.3

Dean of the Bijie College in Guizhou visited the
department

2014.8-2015.1

104-year student Zhu Yaozu goes to Swedens Hallamstad University to exchange students for a
semester

2014.4.9

President Zhanjiang Normal College, President Luo
visited the department

2014.3.25

Prof.
Dr. Gabriele Maria Weigand gave a speech on Outside the door? Inclusion,
integration or separation of gifted students

2014.3.18

Prof.
Asha K. Jitendra gave a speech on Meeting the needs of elementary and
secondary students struggling in mathematics: Strategy instruction and visual
representations.

2014.3–2015.1

Visit by
professor Shiou-Min Chen from Suihur University

2013.10.24

Thirty
people visited the school, including Principal Vincent Fu Yiu Yeung, from the
Hong Kong Youth College 

2013.9–2014.1

Visit by
doctoral student Xiao-Meng Chen from East China Normal University

2013.9–2014.1

Visit by
bachelor’s exchange student Nan Zhang from East China Normal University

2013.08.20 

Visit by
18 teachers, including the head of the Education Department at Minnan Normal
University, Ling-Cong Zhang

2013.08.06

Visit by
various leaders, including Vice Principal Cai from the University of Jinan,
Shandong

2013.8–2014.2 

Master’s
student Wan-Chun Huang visited the Ewha Womans University in South Korea as
an exchange student

2013.7.29-9.2

Weng
Yifang, a grade 103 student, went to the United States for an overseas
internship at The Carroll Center for the Blind

2013.03.26

A group
visited from the Hong Kong Po Leung Kuk Centennial School

2013.2-2013.7

Vist by
bachelor’s exchange student Zhizhi Liu from East China Normal University

2012.06.05

Speech
by Dr. Marion Porath

2012.03.20

British
scholar Prof. Lewis gave a keynote speech on The Relational Self: The
Development of Typical and Atypical Social Understanding

2011.12.9–10

Chinese
regional conference on The Practice and Prospect of Gifted Education Action
Program

2011.10–11

Dr.
Martha E. Snell from the University of Virginia was hired as a visiting
professor

2011.9–2012.2

Visit by
master’s exchange student Yin-Juan Yuan from East China Normal University and
Minshi Wang from Beijing Sport University

2011.06.24

Presentations
on the analyses of applied behavior

2011.06.24

Applied
behavior analysis outcome exhibition

2011.05.27

Support
from 4 groups of senior supervisors (comprising 5 members) from the Hong Kong
Education Bureau of Special Education

2011.04.28

A group
of 51 visitors from the Hong Kong Yaumati Catholic Primary School (Hoi Wang
Road)

2011.04.11

Visits
by High-level managers from Shanghai Municipal Education Commission along
with exchange visiting group of Taiwan Junior-High School Innovation Gifted
Education

2011.03.31

Departmental
visit to the Kyoto University of Education

2011.2.14 

Sino-Japanese
special education academic exchange 2011.1.16 —IARLD learning disability
society conference

2011.2-2012.1

Lin
Jiaxuan, a grade 100 student, went to Temple University in the United States
as an exchange student for one year

2011.1.14–16

Annual
IARLD Conference

2010.12.24

Hong
Kong visiting group

2010.12.15

A
delegation of primary schools under Po Leung Kuk, Hong Kong visited.

2010.12.02

Hangzhou
Education Delegation visited.

2010.11.22

Delegation
from Hong Kong Language Education Bureau visited.