When Social Workers Meet Special Education Teachers: Action Research to Implement Curricular Changes in Taiwanese Special Education Systems |
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Authors: | Yao-Jen Chang Frank Tsen-Yung Wang Shu-Fang Chen Ming-Yang Lee Ya-Shu Kang |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Electronic Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, Taiwan 2. Institute of Social Work, National Chenchi University, Taipei, Taiwan 3. Center for Occupational Therapy, Municipal Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan 4. Department of Special Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 5. Department of Special Education, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, Taiwan
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Abstract: | Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) offering supported employment services in Taiwan recently have identified a missing link between their programs and the vocational programs students with disabilities received in secondary special education system. Sponsored by a national initiative aimed to enhance public education through crossover trials and social inclusion under the umbrella of ??HighScope Taiwan??, academics and mainly senior social workers devoted to supported employment for persons with intellectual disabilities started a two-way outreach program through action engagement in 2007. Action research became the common focus of the joint task forces across social work, public education systems, and academia. The article provides field-based reflections of the action research project and suggests ways in which practice of action research may increase social impact in the professional development of individuals. |
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