The Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation Community Rehabilitation Network Symposium 2026

Symposium on Beyond Impairments:

Working with ICF Personal Factors in Rehabilitation Practice

Symposium Programme

Programme Overview

Date: 5th December, 2026 (Saturday) (HKT)

Welcoming Speech and Opening Ceremony

09:30 – 10:00

9/F Auditorium

Opening ceremony

Keynote Session I

10:00 – 11:00

9/F Auditorium

Morning Plenary Session

Why Personal Factors Matter: From ICF Principles to Rehabilitation Outcomes and Equitable System

Objectives: To highlight how ICF personal factors can be recognised and intentionally addressed across rehabilitation systems, service design, and everyday rehabilitation encounters to strengthen engagement, commitment, equity, and outcomes.

Speakers:

What do personal factors mean for the design of a person-centred and equitable rehabilitation system?

Dr. Vanessa Seijas
MD, MPH, PhD
Guttmann Institute, Spain
University of Antioquia, Colombia

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Process of Rehabilitation

Dr. Stephen Mann
Registered Clinical Psychologist, United Kingdom, Australia & New Zealand
Registered Counselling Psychologist, HKSAR
Chartered Psychologist (Clinical), UUnited Kingdom
Registered Occupational Therapist, HKSAR

Moderators:

Dr. TONG, Ka-Ho Adrian
Dr. Sheila Purves

Language: To be presented in English

Break

11:00 – 11:15

Break

Keynote Session II:

11:15 – 12:05

9/F Auditorium

Morning Plenary Session (Continued)

Speakers:

From Biopsychosocial to Biomechanical: Translating Psychological Flexibility into Physical Rehabilitation (ACT in Motion)

Dr. Tony WONG Chi Ming
Registered Clinical Psychologist, HKSAR
Chair, Division of Clinical Psychology, The Hong Kong Psychological Society

Dr. LEE Ho-wai, Ray
PhD (HKU), Registered Physiotherapist, Australia, HKSAR & New Zealand
President of Asian Federation of Rehabilitation & Preventive Medicine

Empowering Persons with Chronic Conditions: Working with ICF Personal Factors in Community Rehabilitation

Ms. Jessica ZHANG Shu Ue
Senior Psychosocial Well-Being Officer, The Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation

Ms. Zita MAN Choi Wui
Manager (Service Development), The Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation

Moderators:

Dr. TONG, Ka-Ho Adrian
Dr. Sheila Purves

Language: To be presented in English

Panel discussion

12:05 – 12:45

9/F Auditorium

How personal factors shape service access, participation, engagement and outcomes, and how services can respond?

Panelists:

Dr. Vanessa Seijas

Dr. Tony WONG Chi Ming

Dr. Ray Lee

Dr. Stephen Mann

HKSR CRN representative

User representative

Moderators:

Dr. TONG, Ka-Ho Adrian
Dr. Sheila Purves

Language: To be presented in English

Lunch Break

12:45 – 14:00

Lunch Time

Parallel sessions

14:00 – 15:30

(Venue: TBC)

Parallel session A

Body Functions: Working with Thoughts and Feelings to Improve Body Functions

Objectives: To explore intervention approaches that support symptom management and physiological outcomes in rehabilitation through working on attitude, thoughts and feelings.

Symptom Management in Rehabilitation: ACT for Chronic Fatigue

Dr Cho Lee Wong, JoJo
Associate Professor, The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Dr. Yobie LAM Ching Yee
Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Hong Kong Metropolitan University

Dysphagia Intervention with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (DiACT) in patients with Parkinson‘s disease: A pilot study

Ms. Anges FONG
Speech therapist, Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong
PhD student, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Parallel session B

Activity and Participation: From Motivation to Activities, Participation and Lifestyle Redesign

Objectives: To explore how personal values, motivation, and meaning-making shape individuals’ engagement in activities and participation, and to identify practical strategies for facilitating lifestyle redesign and sustained participation in social roles.

Designing a Life That Matters: From Motivation to Meaningful Participation

Ms. Janice LUI
Occupational Therapist, Department Manager, Occupational Therapy, Queen Elizabeth hospital, HKSAR

Rep from the Geriatric Rejuvenation Hub, The Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation

Unlocking Engagement: Harnessing Motivational Interviewing to Bridge Personal Factors and Lifestyle Redesign

Ms. Choi Fong SIU
Senior Social Worker, The Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation

Break

15:30 – 15:45

Break

Parallel sessions

15:45 – 17:15

(Venue: TBC)

Parallel session C

Context: Building Personal Factors for Environmental Navigation and Advocacy

Objectives: To understand how personal factors such as self-efficacy, identity, and empowerment enable individuals to navigate environmental barriers, and to examine approaches that strengthen self-advocacy.

“Seeing the warmth”: Photovoice as community- based low intensity intervention for caregivers of children with SEN

Dr. CHUNG, Man-chi Sandrine
Assistant Professor, Department of Counselling and Psychology, Hong Kong Shue Yan University

Transforming Barriers into Facilitators: Motivating PWDs Throughout Their Rehabilitation Journey

Ms. KWAN Cheuk-yin, Jackie
Executive Director, The Hong Kong Blind Union (Confirmed)

Dr. NGAI, Tsz-kin Joe
Assistant Professor, Department of Counselling and Psychology, Hong Kong Shue Yan University

Parallel session D

Digital Bridges: Technology‑ Assisted Approaches to Personal Factors in Rehabilitation

Objectives: To introduce technology-assisted interventions that target personal factors (e.g., values and committed actions).

Dr. TONG, Ka-Ho Adrian
Assistant Professor, Department of Counselling and Psychology, Hong Kong Shue Yan University

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Virtual Reality–Based Mindfulness Intervention to Reduce Depressive Symptoms in Patients with Autoimmune Arthritis: Addressing WHO ICF Personal Factors in the Rehabilitation Journey

Mr. WU Chung Ming Timothy
Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Hong Kong Metropolitan University

Closing Ceremony

17:15 – 17:30

Closing speech

Day Ends