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Leadership of Special Students in Strengthening Their Ability by Understanding Their Weaknesses
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Rajbhandari, Mani Man Singh – Online Submission, 2016
This paper explores the traits of the leadership dexterity of special students. Leadership in special students is not an expected phenomenon. Cases of special students studying at the University of Tampere, Finland are reported on here. Each case contributes uniqueness and offers qualitative insight into this phenomenon. Interviews were conducted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Special Needs Students, Special Education
Concept of Self and the Attitude of School Age CP Children towards Their Handicap.
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Ostring, Helena; Nieminen, Seija – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1982
Comparative testing in Finland of 30 cerebral palsied (CP) children (aged nine to 13) and 34 normal controls (aged 10 to 12) yielded results such as that acceptance of the dependence resulting from the handicap is essential for CP children's positive self concept and school achievement. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Cerebral Palsy, Comparative Testing
Authorship in Facilitated Communication: A Re-Analysis of a Case of Assumed Representative Authentic Writing.
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Saloviita, Timo; Sariola, Heikki – Mental Retardation, 2003
This paper reports on analysis of three published texts attributed to a Finnish man with mental retardation and cerebral palsy using facilitated communication. Evaluation of the level of independence in writing, eye focus, reading ability, and controlled message passing concluded he was not the author of the texts. Discussion examines validation…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Authors, Case Studies, Cerebral Palsy
Information Bulletin, No. 4, 1978. About the Special Education in Finland.
Pietila, Asta, Ed. – 1978
The report describes the planning, organization, and provision of special education in Finnish comprehensive schools (for students from 7 to 16 years old). School officials address the following topics: relationship of special education to overall school reform, curriculum development, the education of the visually and aurally handicapped, numbers…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Handicapped Children
Actions Speak Louder
Papanek, Victor J. – J Creative Behav, 1969
Reprinted from "Industrial Design , November, 1968. A report of the 1968 Industrial Design Conference held in Suomenlinna, Finland.
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Conference Reports, Design, Design Requirements
Whose Mind/Language Is Closer to the Keyboard? Response to Sturmey.
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Niemi, Jussi; Karna-Lin, Eija – Mental Retardation, 2003
This article provides a rebuttal of a critique by the original authors of an article (EC 633 617-619) on the use of facilitated communication by a Finnish man diagnosed with mental retardation and cerebral palsy. The original authors ask for an alternative explanation to the attributed authorship when the individual himself is doing the typing.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Cerebral Palsy, Communication Disorders
Four Vantage Points to the Language Performance and Capacity of Human Beings: Response to Saloviita and Sariola.
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Niemi, Jussi; Karna-Lin, Eija – Mental Retardation, 2003
This response to EC 633 617, an analysis of a purported case of facilitated communication, stresses the role of linguistic and grammatical analysis of texts attributed to a Finnish man diagnosed with mental retardation and cerebral palsy. It identifies weaknesses in the analysis, urges use of multi-theoretical approaches, and notes the benefits…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Cerebral Palsy, Communication Disorders