Educating Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder in China and Finland (eBook)

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2019 | 1st ed. 2019
VI, 236 Seiten
Springer Singapore (Verlag)
978-981-13-8203-1 (ISBN)

This book addresses the difficult challenges that children with autism present educators. By comprehensively examining the scientific knowledge underlying educational practices, programs and strategies in China and Finland, it provides valuable information for parents, administrators, researchers, and policy makers.
This book examines the following fundamental issues related to the education of children with autism:
•How children's specific diagnoses should affect educational assessment and planning
•How we can support the families of children with autism
•Features of effective instructional and comprehensive programs and strategies
•How we can better prepare teachers, school staff, professionals and parents when it comes to educating children with autism
•What policies at the national and local levels will best ensure appropriate education, examining strategies and resources needed to address the rights of children with autism to appropriate education

Xiaoyi Hu, associate professor of Department of Special Education and the Director of Education Research Center for Children with ASD, Faculty of Education Beijing Normal University. Xiaoyi Hu received her PhD in Special Education for University of Kansas in 2011. She is also the adjunct researcher at the Beach Center on Disabilities, University of Kansas. She has been worked on several national grants and research projects in interventions for children with ASD and family support. Currently, she is leading a national grant in China on Teaching Children with Autism in Special Education Schools in China, a national grant on implementing Lego-therapy to school-aged children with autism in China, an international grant on Supporting the Strengths and Activity of Children with Autism in a Technology-enhanced Learning Environment with Finland and United States, and a state-level grant on developmental Assistive Communication Technology to Children with Autism in Beijing.

Eija Kärnä, Ph.D., professor, has worked as Professor of Special Education as part of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Eastern Finland since 2002. Professor Kärnä received her PhD in Special Education from Syracuse University in New York, USA, in 1993. During her career, Professor Kärnä has worked on several international development and research projects, and she has conducted multidisciplinary research with rese

archers from several scientific fields (e.g., linguistics, psychology, nursing science, computer science). She has worked as a co-leader (Technologies for Children with Individual Needs project, IISS) or a leader (EvTech, CASCATE) on several research projects that have addressed the interaction between technology and children with special educational needs.

This book addresses the difficult challenges that children with autism present educators. By comprehensively examining the scientific knowledge underlying educational practices, programs and strategies in China and Finland, it provides valuable information for parents, administrators, researchers, and policy makers. This book examines the following fundamental issues related to the education of children with autism: *How children's specific diagnoses should affect educational assessment and planning *How we can support the families of children with autism *Features of effective instructional and comprehensive programs and strategies *How we can better prepare teachers, school staff, professionals and parents when it comes to educating children with autism *What policies at the national and local levels will best ensure appropriate education, examining strategies and resources needed to address the rights of children with autism to appropriate education

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.10.2019
Reihe/Serie	New Frontiers of Educational Research
Reihe/Serie	New Frontiers of Educational Research
Zusatzinfo	VI, 236 p. 36 illus.
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik
Schlagworte	Asperger Syndrome • autism research • China • Education Replacement • Evidence-based Practices • Finland • Inclusive Education • Special education • Special schools • Teaching Strategies
ISBN-10	981-13-8203-4 / 9811382034
ISBN-13	978-981-13-8203-1 / 9789811382031

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