American Journal of Education and Information Technology

Special Issue

Exposing Fundamental Issues in Developing Areas of Special Needs Education

  • Submission Deadline: Feb. 28, 2021
  • Status: Submission Closed
  • Lead Guest Editor: Rufus Olanrewaju Adebisi
About This Special Issue
Persons with special needs are individuals who need individually planned and systematically monitored arrangement of physical settings, specialized teaching, materials, instructions and intervention strategies for them to achieve maximum possible independence and academic success. They include persons with sensory, physical, intellectual, social, emotional and other conditions that pose difficulties in benefitting from the general classroom requirements. Traditional areas of physical, learning, intellectual, emotional, psychological, sensory impairments have been the focus of research and intervention for these categories of persons with special needs all over the world. Despite attempts to provide evidence based intervention programmes and services for these groups of persons; some areas of contents are sparingly being taught and researched in schools and institutions. These contents need to be developed into full-fledged programmes to enable certification and professionalism that will meet the increasing needs of persons with special needs especially among third world countries and emerging economies.
Developing areas in the field of Special Needs Education with less attention in terms of research, content expansion, curriculum adaptation, admission procedures and certification in schools and colleges especially in developing countries are: Sign Language Interpreting, Speech and language Pathology, Audiology, Brailing, Orientation and Mobility, Community Based Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy. Others are Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders, Down syndrome, Micronutrients and clinical practice in special education.
Aims and Scope:
  1. Sign Language Interpreting
  2. Speech and language Pathology
  3. Audiology
  4. Brailing
  5. Orientation and Mobility
  6. Community Based Rehabilitation
  7. Physiotherapy
  8. Autism Spectrum Disorders
  9. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders
  10. Down Syndrome
  11. Micronutrients
  12. Clinical Practice in Special Education
Lead Guest Editor
  • Rufus Olanrewaju Adebisi

    Department of Communication and Behavior Disorders, Federal College of Education, Oyo, Nigeria

Guest Editors
  • Esra Sipahi

    Ministry of Education Privacy Office, Ankara, Turkey

  • Aida Haroon Ibrahim Al- Emami

    Department of English Language, Hail University, KSA, Jordan

  • Adaka T. Ahon

    Department of Special Needs Education, Federal University Lafia, Lafia, Nigeria

  • Shielilo Amihan

    College of Arts Sciences and Education, University of Perpetual Help System DALTA, Las Piñas, Philippines

  • Jason V. Chavex

    Research Department, State Polytechnic College, Zamboanga, Philippines

  • Yawman Mcwinner

    College of Education, University of Southeastern Philippines, Tagum, Philippines