J. Except. People 2018, 7(2):29-42

Collaboration in preschool inclusion for children with autism spectrum disorders

Yuntong Peng
Department of Special Education, Faculty of Education, Chengdu University, Shiling Town, Chengdu City 610106, China

Focused on supporting systems for preschool inclusion of children with ASD, the research is aimed at exploring the collaboration between different support providers within the supporting systems. The researcher adopted a qualitative paradigm, and collected data through interview and observation. Grounded theory approach was applied to analyze the qualitative data, and to develop theories that can further interpret the reality and offer new insights into the practice of collaboration. The interaction between different support providers forms a network within the support systems. The collaboration between support providers varies in term of ways of communication, frequencies of collaboration, content/ways of collaboration, and effectiveness of the collaboration. Different factors influenced the practice of collaboration.

Keywords: preschool inclusion, collaboration, support provider, supporting system, autism spectrum disorders

Published: June 11, 2018  Show citation

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Peng, Y. (2018). Collaboration in preschool inclusion for children with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Exceptional People, 7(13), 29-42
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