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Behavioural Supports for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Practice, Policy, and Implications for Special Education Reform in China
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Han, Chen; Cumming, Therese M. – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2022
The educational inclusion of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can be challenging, due to behavioural issues. Scant research has been conducted to investigate behavioural interventions for students with ASD in the Chinese context. Since special education in China varies greatly from that in western countries such as Australia,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Students with Disabilities
An Evaluation of a Professional Development Programme in Functional Behavior Assessment for Educators in Australia
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Bitsika, Vicky; Warren, Amalia C.; Sharpley, Christopher F. – International Journal of Special Education, 2017
The efficacy of delivering autism-focused Functional Behaviour Assessment (FBA) training within a six-session professional development (PD) framework was investigated with 23 Australian educators. FBA knowledge, self-efficacy (SE), and confidence were measured pre-to-post-PD series as markers of educator ability to address the challenging…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Teachers, Foreign Countries
Including an Analysis of Difficult Behaviour in the Assessment of Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder: Implications for School Psychologists
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Bitsika, Vicki – Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2008
School psychologists who contribute to the assessment of children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are required by various Australian state government authorities to use standardised testing of cognitive skills, adaptive behaviour and some autism-based symptomatology to demonstrate the eligibility of those children for support funding in the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Foreign Countries, Behavior Problems