DR TAI-HWA EMILY LU

Professor, National Taiwan Normal University
Executive Board Member, Special Education Association of the Republic of China
1st Vice President, Asian Federation on Mental Retardation

• Academic Experience
  BA majoring in Education, National Cheng-Chih University, 1969-1973
  MED majoring in Special Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA. 1983-1984
  PhD majoring in Special Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA, 1990-1992
  
  
• Working Experience
  Special Education Teacher, Taipei Municipal Ming-lun Junior High School, 1973-1986
  Assistant Researcher, Special Education Center, National Taiwan Normal University, 1986-1992
  Associate Professor, National Taiwan Normal University.1992-1996
  Full Professor, National Taiwan Normal University. 1996-till now
  
  
• Expertise 
  Curriculum and Instructional Design for Children with Special Needs
  Education for the Intellectually Disabled
  Education for the Learning Disabled
  Education for the Gifted and Talented
  
  
• Publication 
  Dr. Lu has approximately 100 publications concerning the education for the children with special needs, which include research papers, books, and journal articles. Major contents cover teaching materials and methodologies, especially in mathematics, and curriculum and IEP designs. She has also been advising more than thirty doctoral and master students’ dissertations and theses. In addition, she was invited to numerous national and international symposiums and conferences to give speeches, present research papers, and conduct workshops and to help the development of special education in Taiwan and some other Asian regions.