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Children in mainstream classrooms.

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Hi, my name is Jodie, I am a third year university student at Cardiff Metropolitan University. I am currently writing my dissertation and I have chosen my topic as: 'How practitioners support children with Autism in a mainstream classroom?'

I have chosen this topic as my chosen career is to work with children with Autism as this has always been a passion of mine and I wanted to look more into children with autism being integrated into mainstream classrooms. I have heard both positive and negative experiences so I wanted to look more in depth into the topic to not only help me with my own practice but hopefully to help other teachers or professionals working with children with Autism also.

So, I was wondering whether any of you could help me with this by telling me your own experiences regarding your children, everything you say will be confidential and you have the right to ask not to be included at any time.

I hope I am not intruding and I thank you in advance.

Jodie :)

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  • I would not consider a third year undergraduate doing their final year project an autism researcher. The priority is to carry out a project following correct procedure to demonstrate they know how to carry out an independent project. The subject matter isn't crucial but it helps if it interests the student.

    What worries me here, as every year, is the number of students who think an easy way is to quarry a support site for the disabled.

    To carry out useful research on autism in the classroom you need to carry out direct observations. That means being vetted to study minors. It can be done by undergraduates in properly supervised circumstances. Data can be collected from parents, but there need to be controls on the use and disposal of the data, ensuring full confidentiality, and the group of parents interviewed needs to be identified following correct procedures.

    Coming onto a help forum like this and asking people to give you information towards your undergraduate project is lazy, insensitive, and shouldn't qualify for a good grade.

    What worries me is that many parents may not be aware of the distinction between a third year undergraduate project and real research. Not everybody knows in relative terms what a third year undergraduate project is, unless they've been to university themselves, or someone in immediate family has done so. There are people who don't go to university who might think this enquiry is from a real autism researcher, and disclose things they really shouldn't disclose to a student taking shortcuts.

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  • I would not consider a third year undergraduate doing their final year project an autism researcher. The priority is to carry out a project following correct procedure to demonstrate they know how to carry out an independent project. The subject matter isn't crucial but it helps if it interests the student.

    What worries me here, as every year, is the number of students who think an easy way is to quarry a support site for the disabled.

    To carry out useful research on autism in the classroom you need to carry out direct observations. That means being vetted to study minors. It can be done by undergraduates in properly supervised circumstances. Data can be collected from parents, but there need to be controls on the use and disposal of the data, ensuring full confidentiality, and the group of parents interviewed needs to be identified following correct procedures.

    Coming onto a help forum like this and asking people to give you information towards your undergraduate project is lazy, insensitive, and shouldn't qualify for a good grade.

    What worries me is that many parents may not be aware of the distinction between a third year undergraduate project and real research. Not everybody knows in relative terms what a third year undergraduate project is, unless they've been to university themselves, or someone in immediate family has done so. There are people who don't go to university who might think this enquiry is from a real autism researcher, and disclose things they really shouldn't disclose to a student taking shortcuts.

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