Overview
- Presents the history, current status and future directions of education for children with autism in China and Finland
- Equips readers to handle evidence-based practices in special-education schools and inclusive settings in two countries
- Provides explanations and strategies that are easy to find and address the variety of developmental characteristics, learning styles and abilities inherent in school-aged children with autism or Asperger’s in two countries
Part of the book series: New Frontiers of Educational Research (NFER)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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About this book
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
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Educating Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder in China and Finland
Editors: Xiaoyi Hu, Eija Kärnä
Series Title: New Frontiers of Educational Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8203-1
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8202-4Published: 01 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8205-5Published: 01 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-8203-1Published: 17 October 2019
Series ISSN: 2195-3473
Series E-ISSN: 2195-349X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 236
Number of Illustrations: 36 b/w illustrations
Topics: Educational Psychology, Child and School Psychology, Pedagogic Psychology