Resources for Students

Resources for students

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 trainings to all students for enhancing inclusion awareness on campus. 

Training and support

• Training workshops:

• Training workshops are arranged from time to time. Please watch out for our promotion sent via MLM.
• Workshops on Inclusion Awareness

  Key content of the workshops is as follows:

  • Major features of the specified SEN types and its diagnostic criteria
  • Intervention and treatment available for these SEN types
  • How to create a supportive environment for these SEN types
  • Understand the accommodations for these SEN types

Workshop 1: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Date: 8 September 2026 (Tuesday)
Time: 2.30pm – 4.30pm
Venue: DE307

Workshop 2: Mental Illness (MI)

Date: 16 September 2026 (Wednesday) 
Time: 2.30pm – 4.30pm
Venue: BC303

Workshop 3: Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Date: 22 September 2026 (Tuesday)
Time: 2.30pm – 4.30pm
Venue: DE309

Workshop 4: Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD)

Date: 28 September 2026 (Monday)
Time: 2.30pm – 4.30pm
Venue: R602

Workshop 5: Inclusion and Communicating with Students with Visual Impairment (VI), Hearing Impairment (HI) and Physical Impairment (PI)

Date: 7 October 2026 (Wednesday)
Time: 2.30pm – 4.30pm
Venue: BC202

These workshops will be conducted face-to-face in English. The facilitator would be Mr Kenneth Chow, registered Educational Psychologist.

To register, please complete this e-form on or before 3 September 2026 (Thursday). You are welcome to join part or all of these workshops. First-come-first-served. A confirmation email will be sent to successful participants in due course. Should you require any special support for joining these workshops, please indicate in the e-form by the aforementioned deadline. 

• E-learning materials for supporting students with special educational needs.  To access, please 
  • Go to this link, then login with your NetID and password
  • Click "Sumbit" at the page of "Self enrollment" of “E-learning Materials for Supporting Students with Special Needs”
  • Select "OK" to continue the course

External resources

• Online training modules on SEN, Disability and Equality in Higher Education (Module one) 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”

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