Dr. Winnifred Tang
Ph.D. Special Education (Learning Disabilities), University of British Columbia
M.Ed. English Language Education (TESL), University of British Columbia
B.A. History of Fine Arts, University of British Columbia
Dr. Winnifred Tang holds a Ph.D. in Special Education from the University of British Columbia. She specialized in the diagnosis and intervention of dyslexia in her doctoral work. Dr. Tang focused on teaching academic reading and writing for ESL/EFL college students in her Master of Education degree; as such, she has an in-depth understanding on how non-native English speakers learn to read and write in English. This has helped her tremendously in her present work where she has to diagnose learning disabled ESL students who are dyslexic and not able to benefit from regular ESL instruction in school.
Dr. Winnifred Tang has had extensive experience in doing teachers’ training for academic institutions. She has taught pre-service elementary and high school teachers at UBC in courses dealing with learning disabilities; as well, she has trained ESL teachers in China for post-secondary institutions.
In the 1980’s, Dr. Winnifred Tang lived in Hong Kong for a period of time where she worked in various higher education institutions, recruiting and training English teachers as well as designing English language programs. Dr. Tang’s expertise in the recruitment and training of teaching staff for academic institutions is an asset for her present work. She regularly recruits and trains tutors to deliver Special Education Intervention to her clients according to the specifications of her intervention design.
Dr. Tang believes in life-long learning and keeps current on research in her professional field as well as in related fields through the UBC library on a daily basis through the use of high-tech tools. She also uses high-tech learning tools to help her Special Education clients to maximize their potential in academic learning.
According to Dr. Winnifred Tang, she became involved in Special Education and focused her research on learning disabilities because she loves life and everything that makes us “human”. She believes that without a mastery of language, we miss out on many good things in life. This is why she has devoted her professional life to helping those with a language-based learning disability such as dyslexia.
Dr. Tang’s background in Art History and her love of music have an influence on her approach to Special Education Intervention. She believes in training students with minds that can operate on multiple levels and tries to engage students in “multi-sensory learning” as much as possible.
Having a wide and varied network of professional friends gives Dr. Tang an advantage in recruiting tutors for her clients. As a rule, she chooses multi-talented individuals to train as tutors for each Special Education Intervention assignment.
Cecil Chau
M.Sc. Molecular Biology, Simon Fraser University
B.Sc. (Hon.) Genetics, University of British Columbia
Cecil is currently involved in brain research with an emphasis on children’s cognitive development. He is one of those multi-talented individuals that Dr. Winnifred Tang loves to work with.
Cecil’s background is in the sciences but he is also musical and artistic. Our *Early Bird School Readiness Assessment VIP Card was designed by Cecil as are many of our pamphlets and brochures. Cecil is a guitar enthusiast and occasionally finds time to teach a few students.
Away from the Brain Research Lab, Cecil engages in “single subject” research on learning with his toddler daughter, together with his “research assistant”, his wife.
Cecil’s expertise is in the cognitive development of young children. He helps our clients deal with high-tech learning tools and assists in the design of interventions.
*This card enables parents to take advantage of our screening for children between the ages of 3 ½ to 5 before they enter school. Early identification and intervention is crucial in dealing with children’s learning problems.
簡介
鄧詠儀博士
特殊教育博士 (學習障礙) (UBC)
英語教育碩士 (TESL) (UBC)
藝術史學士 (UBC)
鄧詠儀博士畢業於卑詩大學(UBC),專門研究讀寫困難症。在攻讀碩士學位期間,她主修英語為第二語言教學,針對加強大專學生的英文讀寫能力。因此,鄧博士對於以英語為第二語言的學生有深入的了解, 幫助她更有效的診斷有讀寫困難症的華人 ESL 學生。
鄧博士對於老師的培訓有豐富的經驗，她曾在卑詩大學 (UBC)教育學院教授導有關學習障礙的科目。鄧博士在八十年代時在香港拔萃男書院任教，之後於明愛成人教育及浸會大學擔任英文教育統籌，負責聘請和培訓英文教師。
周銘揚先生
分子生物學碩士 (SFU)
遺傳學榮譽學士 (UBC)
現在從事兒童腦部發育及認知功能發展研究。
