Kean Poon

Dr Kean Poon is an expert in educational psychology and special education. She is a registered psychologist with AHPRA, a Chartered Educational Psychologist of the British Psychological Society, and a Registered Educational Psychologist of the Hong Kong Association of Educational Psychologists. Dr Poon is currently a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. Dr Poon obtained a doctoral degree from the University of Hong Kong, specializing in cognitive deficits in students with reading difficulties and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Her research interests are (1) executive function in special education; (2) adolescents with ADHD and/or RD; and (3) juvenile delinquency. She has published numerous research papers in peer-reviewed international journals and book chapters in the areas of executive function in children with ADHD as well as antisocial and moral behavior. In addition to her publications, Dr Poon has also developed three evidence-based electronic training applications: i-maze, Task-switching, and the Mr Fox games, which are the first training apps to enhance executive function in Chinese children with special educational needs (SENs). She won the silver medals and special awards at the 2019 Silicon Valley International Invention Festival as well as at the 2020 and 2022 International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada. She was selected among the Top 10 best woman inventors of the competition. In recognition of her outstanding contributions in knowledge transfer to the local and international fields, Dr Poon was awarded the 2020/21 President’s Award for Outstanding in Knowledge Transfer. executive function, adhd, special education, cognitive training, juvenile delinquency