With the seventh issue of the INT-JECSE,
we are with you again. We would like to appreciate to those who
contribute the INT-JECSE by either sending their manuscripts for
publication or reviewing manuscripts by deserving their time and energy.
The last issue of 2011 includes five
articles. The first article is written by Mary Trepanier-Street and her
colleagues. The article entitled as “Young Children with and without
Disabilities: Perceptions of Peers with Physical Disabilities”
explores perceptions of young children by interviewing young children
with and without disabilities regarding their perceptions of other
children with and without disabilities.
The second article written by Yeşim
Güleç-Aslan is a case study on an Applied Behavior Analyses (ABA)-based
education process for a Toddler at High Risk for Autism. The findings
demonstrate that the child has achieved progress and improved
performance in the skills targeted to be gained throughout the
education.
Entitled as “Ecological
Inventory: An Approach for Assessment of Children with Intellectual
Disability”, the third study is a review study of different major
tests, scales and instruments used for assessment of children with
intellectual disabilities. The paper also presents critical arguments
against using
intelligence tests and adaptive scales developed in other technically
advanced countries of the world and use in Pakistan. Ecological approach
is discussed in detail as best approach for need assessment of
functional skills and programming for children with intellectual
disability. The article is written by
M.Naeem Mohsin.
Seija Kangas,
Satu Uusiautti, and Kaarina Määttä
explore social interaction of children with autism spectrum
disorder (ASD). Eleven groups of Finnish children with ASD (N= 45) were
observed in organized and unstructured learning situations. Based on the
results, children with ASD as interaction partners are described. The
qualitative study revealed that the children with ASD were able to
establish interaction and simple play routines with other children.
As the last study of this issue,
Şakire Ocak and Tuğçe Burcu Arda report theoretical and practical
developments in preventive intervention science and to introduce
Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies- PATHS program, a
scientifically proven program.
Sincerely,
Ibrahim H.
Diken, Ph.D.
Editor-In-Chief, INT-JECSE
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