Autism from the Inside Out

Emer Ring is Head of the Department of Reflective Pedagogy and Early Childhood Studies at Mary Immaculate College. She worked previously as a primary teacher and a senior inspector with the Department of Education and Skills and has published widely in the area of education, with a particular focus on autism spectrum difference and inclusion. Patricia Daly is Head of the Department of Educational Psychology, Inclusive and Special Education at Mary Immaculate College. Previously she worked as a post-primary teacher in Ireland and lectured at several universities in the United States, including Ohio Dominican University.Eugene Wall is Acting President of Mary Immaculate College and previously worked as a primary teacher and educational psychologist. He lectures in developmental and educational psychology and is co-author of the MICRA-T and SIGMS-T, two of the most widely used standardized tests in Irish primary schools.

• CONTENTS: Margaret Egan: Effective Teaching Strategies to Promote Successful Learning – Lisha O’Sullivan: A Right to Play: Our Responsibility to Include Play in the Curriculum for Children with Autism Spectrum Difference – Sarah Feeney: Addressing Children’s Sensory Differences: Strategies for Practice – Claire Griffin: Supporting Children with Autism Spectrum Difference: The Role of the Special Needs Assistant/Inclusion Support Assistant – Michele Dunleavy-Lavin/Shirley Heaney/Sharon Skehill: Individualized Planning: Bureaucratic Requirement or Critical for Effective Practice? – Marie Ryan: Assessment and Children with Autism Spectrum Difference – Anne O’Byrne: Including Parents Right from the Start – Emer Ring: Harnessing the Reggio Emilia Concept of the Environment as the «Third Teacher» for Children with Autism Spectrum Difference – Patricia Daly: Promoting Children’s Wellbeing – Stella Long: Developing Knowledge and Understanding of Autism Spectrum Difference – Johanna Fitzgerald: Leading Learning for Children with Autism Spectrum Difference – Fionnuala Tynan: Self-Evaluation: The Way Forward.

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