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A profile of early childhood special education in Taiwan, Republic of China
Author(s) -
Kang YaShu A.,
Haring Kathryn A.,
Lovett David L.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of research in special educational needs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.543
H-Index - 27
ISSN - 1471-3802
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-3802.2001.00142.x
Subject(s) - receipt , credential , intervention (counseling) , special education , certification , medical education , early childhood , early childhood education , service (business) , china , psychology , medicine , pedagogy , nursing , political science , business , developmental psychology , accounting , marketing , law
This article presents the results of a survey examining existing early childhood special education practices in Taiwan, the Republic of China. Descriptive data on personnel representing several disciplines currently providing early childhood services were gathered through a questionnaire survey of 134 programmes in Taiwan. The following characteristics of professionals and paraprofessionals (e.g. teaching assistants) in these early childhood intervention programmes were documented: title of job(s); years of experience; levels of education; receipt of specialised early intervention training; types of licence/credential/certification; and in‐service training opportunities. Further, programme information such as the following was collected: total number of all children; number of children with special educational needs; staff–child ratio for centre‐based programmes; type of service(s) provided by the programme or programme setting(s); and staff case load for home‐based programmes.