Search results for "Special Education"

Tensions in the New Millennium : Inclusion Ideology and Education Policy in the Finnish Comprehensive School

2017

This article examines the discrepancy between the ideology of inclusive education and the national education policy in the Finnish comprehensive school education. The study covers twenty years and is based on observations that indicate that the change in comprehensive school education, grounded in inclusive education ideals, has been slow. This has been the case, even though Finnish education policy has, on principle, committed to many international statements that promote inclusion ideology. The data consists primarily of statistics indicating the number of students in special education and national and international research on the subject. It confirms our supposition, but also the fact t…

Students with Severe, Permanent Disabilities and Their Educational Inclusion in Spain

2014

This article analyses the educational inclusion of students with severe and permanent disabilities in the different autonomous communities of the Spanish State. After describing the Spanish socio-economic context, a comparative analysis is carried out based on the following indicators: the conception of severe, permanent disabilities; the regulation framework; responsibility of schooling and provision of services; identification and assessment of flaws; incidence in the population; curricular proposals (model and modalities of support); specific centers and units; human and material resources; the role of families and funding. The analysis of the implemented policies concludes by pointing o…

Early literacy skills in Latvian preschool children with specific language impairment

2014

The present study explores differences in early literacy skills of Latvian preschool children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) compared to children from general population. The participants were 21 children with diagnosis of Specific developmental disorders of speech and language (F80; ICD-10) and 21 children as matched control group (in each group: mean age=79 months, 88% boys). Both samples were selected from the adaptation and standardization study of Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS Next) in Latvia (Good & Kaminski et al., 2011; Latvian version, Rascevska et al., 2013a). The results show significant differences between two groups in DIBELS Next composite …

Il Protocollo RE4BES per il potenziamento delle abilità cognitive, emotive e sociali di un bambino con disturbo dello spettro autistico

2020

The study reports an intervention study on a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The intervention was conducted using some activities included in the RE4BES protocol, a collection of guidelines for the implementation of educational robots intervention for children and young people with special educational eeeds. To assess the efficacy of the intervention, an A-B-A quasi-experimental design was used, in which the involved child was repeatedly evaluated before, during and after treatment. The results showed that robotics activities produced significant changes in his fine motor skills, verbal and preverbal skills, social reciprocity and emotional expression. Furthermore, it was possible to o…

The Work of Special Education Teachers in the Tiered Support System : The Finnish Case

2023

This study investigated primary school special education teachers’ (SETs’) (N = 283) conceptions on their work descriptions and uses of pedagogical documents after a reform in the national support framework. The respondents of this survey reported working mostly in Tiers 1 and 2 when all their tasks (instruction, consultation, and managerial tasks) were considered. The responsibilities of the SETs were, however, more clearly defined in Tier 3. The SETs allocate their work autonomously, but their work description is related to their workload. Clarifications in work descriptions and further elaboration of school’s tiered support functions, emphasizing collaborative practices, are suggested. p…

Perceptions of EFL learning and teaching by autistic students, their teachers and their school assistants

2017

Englannin kielen opetuksen toteutuksesta autistisille oppilaille Suomessa on vain niukasti tutkimustietoa, vaikka autismia ja autististen lasten opettamista on tutkittu varsin kattavasti. Autismi on yleensä ennen kolmatta ikävuotta havaittava kehityksellinen häiriö, joka vaikuttaa merkittävästi verbaaliseen ja nonverbaaliseen viestintään. Autismin peruspiirteiseen kuuluvat sosiaalisten taitojen puutteellisuus, heikentynyt viestintäkyky, kuuloherkkyys, impulsiivisuus, rajoittuneet mielenkiinnon kohteet ja toistuvat maneerit sekä puheessa että toiminnassa. Tutkielman tarkoituksena on selvittää, mitä käsityksiä autistisilla oppilailla, heidän opettajillaan ja koulunkäyntiavustajillaan on engla…

"Osallisuutta ihmistä suuremmasta" : uskonnonopetus luokkamuotoisessa erityisopetuksessa

2000

Peruskoulun erityisopetuksen laatu oppilaiden, huoltajien, koulunkäyntiavustajien, opettajien ja rehtorien arvioimana

2011

Nuoren sosiaalinen sopeutumattomuus : tapaustutkimus

1998

ADHD in the context of Finnish basic education

2014

Students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are a growing group served under special education services in many western societies. This article describes the history and current state of the services, as well as the assessment procedure. Our conclusion is that the status of students with ADHD in Finnish basic education (Grades 1 to 9) is still unclear. Based on the comparison of the prevalence and the population served in special education we can assume that this group is probably underserved in the Finnish school system. We also present findings from two recent studies among families with ADHD children in Finland. Family viewpoint can contribute to our knowledge and under…