TITLE:
The Integration of Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Kindergartens of General Education
AUTHORS:
Elisavet Tsamoura
KEYWORDS:
Autism, Co-Education, Inclusion, Special Education, Teaching Methods, Teacher, Differentiated Teaching, Mainstream School, Legislative Framework
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.7 No.2,
February
25,
2020
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the attitudes of preschool and early childhood teachers as well as the views of special education teachers on the inclusion of autism spectrum students in general education schools. The main goals of the research work are to study classroom practices, as well as to highlight the correlations of their main perceptions regarding the inclusion of children with ASD, the possible gender differences of these children as well as if the years of professional experience and qualifications of teachers have a significant influence on their academic development. The paper is structured mainly in theoretical framework. In the first part, there is a general introduction to ASD ending with 5 main research questions. Then in the second part, a detailed description of the disorders of the autistic spectrum, its general characteristics, as well as its attributes, its causes and its epidemiological evidence are presented. The third part is about education in students with ASD, the alternative teaching methods used, and the modern educational approaches. Inclusion policy in cases of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder is discussed for its placement application.