RESEARCH PROJECT

Main Content

Intellectual Disabilities

(2018 - Now) Advisory Service on Developing Learning Elements of Life Planning Education (LPE) for Students with Severe Intellectual Disability (SID) (Sole Advisor, commissioned advisory service by Education Bureau, HKSAR)

(2017 – Now) Evidence-based Study on Using Positive Behaviour Support Model to Improve the Quality of Life of Adults with Intellectual Disability for MH Service Units of the Mental Health Association of Hong Kong (Principal Investigator, contract research by the Mental Health Association of Hong Kong)

(2014 – 2015) Quantitative Study on Self-Determination and Personal Wellbeing of Adults with Mild Intellectual Disabilities in Chinese culture (Principal Investigator)

(2013 – 2014) Qualitative Study on Self-Determination of Adults with Mild Intellectual Disabilities in Chinese culture (Principal Investigator)

(2011 – 2012) Research on Resilience of Parents of People with Intellectual Disabilities (Principal Investigator, contract research by Hong Chi Association)

(2007 – 2010) Scale validation on the Chinese versions of QOL.Q (Schalock & Keith, 1993) and AIR Self-Determination Scale (1994) (Principal Investigator)

(2005 – 2006) Survey on Leisure Patterns and Constrains of Adults with Mild Grade Intellectual Disabilities in Tuen Mun/Yuen Long District (Principal Investigator, collaborated with Fu Kong Society)

(2005 – 2006) Evaluating a Self-Determination Group for Adults with Mild Grade Intellectual Disabilities – A Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design (Principal Investigator)

(2002 – 2004) Evaluating a Staff Development Programme Using an Interpersonal-environment Approach in Facilitating Self-Determination of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities in Hong Kong – A Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design (Principal Investigator, collaborated with Mental Health Association of Hong Kong, funded by The Queen Elizabeth Foundation for the Mentally Handicapped)

Physical Disabilities

(2014) Survey on Sports for All: Participation of People with Physical Disabilities in Hong Kong (Research supervisor, collaborated with 1st Step Association)

(2009) Investigation on the Barrier-free Environment in Chained Fast Food Shops in Hong Kong (Research supervisor, collaborated with Direction Association for the Handicapped)

Seeing Disabilities

(2016 – Now) Programme Evaluation on the Project Generation Next (for Families of Persons with Disabilities) (Principal Investigator, JCCT Funded Project)

(2016 – Now) Employment Situations of Tertiary Graduates Who Have Visual Disabilities in Hong Kong (Principal Investigator, collaborated with Hong Kong Blind Union)

Social Work Education

(2014 – Now) Adapting the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) to Assess Students’ Casework Performance in the Social Work Practice Laboratory Course (Co-Investigator, University of Hong Kong, Departmental Teaching Development Fund)

(2012 – 2014) Research on Social Work Skills Laboratory Course: Its impact on students and service agencies (Co-Investigator)