Academic Staff
Mr Johnny LAM
Assistant Professor of Practice
MEd (SE/ EML), BScOT, HKROT, SIPT Cert., TL Cert.
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- +852 2766 6747
- johnny.wh.lam@polyu.edu.hk
Biography
Mr Johnny W. H. Lam graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy, and completed his master’s studies in Special Education and Educational Leadership and Management. He is specialised in developmental disabilities and has provided rehabilitation services in a wide variety of local settings including special child care centres, mainstream primary/secondary schools, employment centres for youth with autism, public hospitals and private clinics before joining The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. With over two decades of experience in paediatric rehabilitation, and a passion for sharing his skills and experience, he has been regularly invited as a guest lecture speaker, and served as a Clinical Educator for both undergraduates and postgraduates in Occupational Therapy since 2013. Over the last 20 years, he has been actively involved in charity-funded community projects, as well as training workshops and seminars for diverse education and rehabilitation stakeholders in Hong Kong, Chinese Mainland, Taiwan and Macau. His particular interests include sensory-friendly environment design, sensory processing, fine motor development and executive functioning.
Education and Academic Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Master of Education, The Education University of Hong Kong
- Sensory processing
- Executive functioning
- Fine motor development