The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on the Emotional Education of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Views of Specialist Educators and Psychologists
The present paper is entitled “The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on the Emotional Education of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Views of specialist educators and psychologists”. The purpose of this work is to investigate how information and communication technologies influence the education of children with ASD. In the first part, a bibliographical review of the reported subject was taken place and the most important elements were presented. Then the practical part was followed, which included twenty interviews of specialist teachers (ten psychologists and ten specialist educators). Once the interviews were coded, the results were recorded and the conclusions drawn. Finally, the annexes and bibliography were presented.
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Papageorgiou, E. (2020). The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on the Emotional Education of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Views of Specialist Educators and Psychologists. Open Access Library Journal, 7, e6248. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1106248.
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