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Professional dialogue

專 業 訪談 7.11.2022專訪

Interview on November 7, 2022

司徒勝營博士

香港教育大學助理教授及特殊學習需要及

融合教育中心聯席總監司徒勝營博士

Dr. Elson Szeto Sing Ying

Assistant Professor,

The Education University of Hong Kong Co-Director,
Centre for Special Learning Needs and Inclusive Education

從感官看未來 Seeing the future from senses

感官與人類生活息息相關，感官帶來的影響除 Senses have an important place in our daily lives. Deficits in
了有可能影響至眼睛不能見、耳朵不能聽外，甚至 senses may not only affect our body functions, such as our ability
可能會帶來其他生活上的不便，司徒勝營博士深信 to see and hear, but they could also lead to other inconveniences
in life. Dr. Szeto Sing Ying firmly believes that sensory training has
感官訓練對學生的發展有着深遠的影響。
a profound impact on students’ development.
司徒博士曾提問：「人的大腦只用到3-4%， Dr. Szeto once asked, “Humans only use 3-4% of the brain.
有方法可以多用一些嗎？」大腦至今都是非常神 Is there a way to use more?” To this day, the brain is still very
秘，司徒博士認為，感官訓練就是幫助大腦發展的 mysterious. Dr. Szeto believes sensory training is the key to
關鍵，特別對於有特殊學習需要的學童，感官訓練 helping the brain develop. Sensory training is even more important
則更為重要。 for students with special educational needs.

團隊的重要 The importance of the team

Caritas Lok Yi School recently renovated the sensory room,
明愛樂義學校近來翻新了感官室，司徒博士亦 and Dr. Szeto became the school’s consultant. The sensory room
成為學校的顧問。現在的感官室比以前更先進，更 is now more advanced and attractive than before, but Dr. Szeto
吸引，但司徒博士認為團隊才是最重要。司徒博士 believes that the team is what is of the utmost importance. Dr.
非常欣賞學校團隊，從治療訓練，延伸到課堂的教 Szeto appreciates the school team of therapists and teachers
育，治療師與教師都能互相配合。司徒博士更認為 for being able to collaborate in students’ training and also extend
在感官室裡，學生並非單一的用家，治療師、老師 their training to the classroom. He thinks students are not the only
與學生都是共同創作者，他們在感官室一起進行音 users in the sensory room. Therapists, teachers, and students
are co-creators who work together to create music, art, dance,
樂、藝術、舞蹈或戲劇等等的不同創作，在這些創 and plays, etc. in it too. During these creative processes, various
作過程中，各種感官都受到這些富有趣味的刺激而 senses are stimulated by these interesting inputs and developed
同步發展。 simultaneously.

感官訓練普及化 Popularization of sensory training

感官訓練可以刺激腦部的海馬體，海馬體便 Sensory training can stimulate the hippocampus in the
會把認知連結成網絡，這個網絡會變成經驗，要成 brain, which will connect cognitive input into a network, and this
功讓認知連結成網絡，記憶力和感官訓練就是關鍵 network will become an experience. To successfully build cognitive
networks, memory and sensory training are the key. Dr. Szeto
了。司徒博士希望將來感官室的發展能擴展至課 hopes to extend the development of sensory rooms to classrooms
室，甚或走入社區，讓感官訓練普及化，可以幫助 or even the community in the future, so that sensory training can
更多的人。 be popularized and can help more people.

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