藍芷芊醫生
榮譽教授
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MB BS (HK)
FRCP (Edinburgh)
FHKAM (Paediatrics)
Specialist in Developmental-Behavioural Paediatrics (DBP)
Chair of the DBP Subspecialty Board
Profile
Dr. Catherine Chi-Chin LAM served as Consultant Paediatrician of Child Assessment Service (CAS), Department of Health until 2014 and currently works at CAS responsible for training and service development. Dr. Lam is a paediatrician with an interest in developmental paediatrics and the neurobiological basis of developmental and learning disorders. After graduation from the University of Hong Kong Medical Faculty and obtaining her Membership in Paediatrics from the United Kingdom Royal College of Physicians, she pursued subspecialty training in child neurology and developmental paediatrics at various institutions including the Child Assessment Service of Hong Kong, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of New York and the Department of Neurology of Harvard Medical School. Dr. Lam holds Fellowship Degrees from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine.
Dr. Lam promotes attention to children and individuals with developmental disabilities through working with professional, non-governmental and parent associations. Dr. Lam is an active participant in cross sector collaborative work and related policy issues. Over the past years, she has worked with many medical professional bodies and was a founding member of the Hong Kong Society for Child Neurology and Developmental Paediatrics. From 2008 she led the formation of a Subspecialty of Developmental-Behavioural Paediatrics (DBP), resulting in its accreditation as a Paediatric Subspecialty in 2013 under the Hong Kong College of Paediatricians and Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. She is the current Chair of the DBP Subspecialty Board. Dr. Lam is active in joint activities in DBP between Hong Kong and the Mainland of China. She is a founding member of a charitable organization for helping children with learning and attention disorders in Hong Kong.
Selected publications
1. Wong AMY, Ho CSH, Au Terry KF, Kidd J C, Ng AKH, Yip LPW, Lam CCC. (Dis)connections between specific language impairment and dyslexia in Chinese. Reading and Writing (2015) Volume 28, Issue 5, pp 699-719.
2. Wong AMY, Leung M, Siu E, Lam CCC. Validating the language domain subtest in a developmental assessment scale for preschool children. Research in Developmental Disabilities 33 (2012) 1633-1641
3. Wong SWL, McBride-Chang C, Lam CCC, Chan BMY, Lam FWF, Doo S. The joint effect of risk status, gender, early literacy and cognitive skills on the presence of Chinese dyslexia among a group of high risk children. Dyslexia 18:40-57 (2012)
4. Lam CCC. Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Emerging in Hong Kong and the way ahead. Brainchild, HKCNDP November 2011 Vol. 12(1) 52-54
5. Leung C, Cheung J, Lau V, Lam C. Development of Preschool Developmental Assessment Scale (PDAS) on children’s social development. Research in Developmental Disabilities 32 (2011) 2511-2518.
6. Wong AMY, Leung C, Siu EKL, Lam CCC, Chan GPS. Development of the language subtest in a developmental assessment scale to identify Chinese preschool children with special needs. Research in Developmental Disabilities 32 (2011) 297–305
7. McBride-Chang C, Lam FWF, Lam C, et al. Early predictors of dyslexia in Chinese children: familial history of dyslexia, language delay, and cognitive profiles. J of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 52:2 (2011), pp 204-211
8. Leung C, Mak R, Lau V, Cheung J, Lam CCC. Development of a preschool developmental assessment scale for assessment of developmental disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities 31 (2010) 1358–1365
9. Lam CCC. Developmental Dyslexia : Neurobiological perspectives. In: Ng SY, Lam CW, eds. Working together to unlock the potential of students with dyslexia: The Hong Kong Institute of Education. September (2010) 17-20
10. Siu E, Tam E, Sin D, et al. A Survey of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Service Provision in Hong Kong. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (2010) Vol. (26) 4, pp 1-10.
11. Wong AMY, Au TKF, Ho CSH, Kidd JC, Lam CCC, Lam FWF, Yip LPW. (2010). Word reading in Chinese kindergarten children with SLI. Poster presentation at the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Berlin. July 2010.
12. Wong AMY, Ho CSH, Au TKF, Kidd JC, Lam CCC, Yip LPW, Lam FWF. Word reading in Chinese kindergarteners with and without specific language impairment (SLI). Poster presentation at the Research in Reading Chinese Conference, OISE/University of Toronto. July 2010.
13. Kidd JC, Wong AMY, Ho CSH, Au TKF, Lam CCC, Yip LPW, Lam FWF. In search of shared deficits underlying SLI and dyslexia in Chinese. Poster presentation at the 31st Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, June 2010.
14. Lam CCC. Dyslexia in Hong Kong: Perspectives of Definition and Assessment. Journal of Basic Education (2009) Vol. 18(2) 45-62
15. Lam CCC, Lam FWF. Hong Kong Summit on Specific Learning Disabilities. Brainchild, The Official Publication of The Hong Kong Society of Child Neurology and Developmental Paediatrics. September 2008; 9(2):5-21.
16. Lam FWF, McBride-Chang C, Lam CCC, Wong SWL, Chow Y, Doo S. Towards Early Identification of Dyslexia in Chinese Preschool Children: A Study on Reading and Cognitive Profile in Children with Genetic Risk of Dyslexia in Hong Kong. HK J Paediatr (new series) 2008; 13: 90-98.
17. Lam CCC. The use of word processors by students with SLD as an accommodation at open examinations 2008. In Lam CCC eds: Special Issue on Specific Learning Disabilities, Brainchild, The Hong Kong Society of Child Neurology and Developmental Paediatrics. November 2008 Vol. 9(2) 31-38
18. Lam F, Lam C, Chan B. Mathematics Disorder – What we understand today. In Lam CCC eds: Special Issue on Specific Learning Disabilities, Brainchild, The Hong Kong Society of Child Neurology and Developmental Paediatrics. November 2008 Vol. 9(2) 42-47
19. McBride-Chang C, Lam FWF, Lam CCC, Doo S, Wong SWL, Chow Y. Word Recognition and Cognitive Profiles of Chinese Pre-school Children at-risk for Dyslexia through Language Delay or Familial History of Dyslexia. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, Vol. 49, Number 2, Feb 2008, pp.211-218(8)
20. Chan CW, Lam CCC, Lau J, Lee T, Leung P, Liu S, Shiu LP. Position Paper on Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children by Working Party on AD/HD (2007).
21. Mak RHK, Lam CCC, Ho CCY, Wong MMY, Editors. A Primer in Common Developmental Disabilities – Experience at Child Assessment Service, Hong Kong. (2006)
22. Lam CCC. Child Assessment Service in Hong Kong. In: Mak RHK, Lam CCC, Ho CCY, Wong MMY, eds. A Primer in Common Developmental Disabilities – Experience at Child Assessment Service, Hong Kong. (2006) 1-16
Selected projects
1. 2016: Development of locally validated and normed comprehensive assessment instrument for 2-4 year old children in Hong Kong. Research partners: Child Assessment Service, The University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The Hong Kong Institute of Education.
2. 2015: Development of language assessment tool for preschool children in Hong Kong. Research partners: Child Assessment Service, The University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
3. 2011-2014: Development of a dyslexia screening test for preschool children in Hong Kong. Research Partners: Child Assessment Service, The Hong Kong Institute of Education and The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
4. 2009-2014: Research project to develop a locally validated and normed comprehensive preschool developmental assessment scales for Hong Kong preschool 3-6 year old children. Research partners : Child Assessment Service, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University of Hong Kong and The Hong Kong Institute of Education.
5. 2011: Queen Elizabeth Foundation for the Mentally Handicapped Project: Development and Provision of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) system for children with intellectual disabilities (Project No.: QEFMH 3/51/10)
6. 2011: Quality Education Fund Research Project: The effectiveness of literacy intervention program for secondary students with dyslexia and specific reading and writing difficulties and significant underachievement” (Project No.: 2010/0180)
7. 2009 -2011: Working Group for establishment of guidelines on Support Services to Students with Specific Learning Disabilities (Dyslexia) in Hong Kong Tertiary Institutions. Research Partners: The Hong Kong Society of Child Neurology & Developmental Paediatrics, Hong Kong Association for Specific Learning Disabilities and Representatives from 10 Hong Kong tertiary institutions.
8. 2009-2011: 2-year Study on Multidimensional Developmental Profiles of Primary School Children with Significant Hearing Impairment in Hong Kong. Child Assessment Service, Department of Health and Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages.
9. 2008-2013: Specific Language Impairment (SLI) and Dyslexia in Cantonese Chinese: Co-morbidity and underlying deficits. A Longitudinal Study. Research Partners: Child Assessment Service and University of Hong Kong.
10. 2007-2013: Territory-wide Language Evaluation for Students with HI in collaboration with the Jockey Club Sign Bilingualism and Co-enrollment in Deaf Education (JC-SLCO) Programme. Partners are Child Assessment Service of Department of Health and Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages.
11. 2007-2008: Development of training programme on School Based Speech Therapy Service for Hong Kong speech therapists at HKU SPACE.
12. 2006-2010: Longitudinal study of cognitive profiles of Chinese pre-school children at-risk for dyslexia through language delay or familial history of dyslexia and outcomes by school age; and potential application of findings for development of preschool dyslexia screening tool in Hong Kong. Research Partners: Child Assessment Service and The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
13. 2003-2006: Development of the Hong Kong Cantonese Oral Language Assessment Scale, Child Assessment Service, Department of Health HKSAR & Language Information Sciences Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong