The issue of the shadow teacher for children with autism
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What is meant is the shadow teacher of a child with autism spectrum disorder at school.
The Saudi organization does not make it merely an unorganized, optional arrangement
Rather, the education authority must take into account the individual needs of the person with a disability when exercising his right to education. The second paragraph of Article Eighteen of the Executive Regulations of the System on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities stipulates:
“Take the necessary measures to ensure the employment of assistant teachers or shadow teachers, in order to achieve their essential role in assisting general education teachers, by supporting students with disabilities in the success of the integration process and in implementing the individual educational plan designed for the person with a disability.”
Accordingly, the systemic framework of the shadow teacher is that he is a means of support in inclusive education, and his role defined in the text is:
- General education teacher assistance.
- Supporting students with disabilities in the success of the integration process.
- Contribute to the implementation of the individual educational plan prepared for the student.
Organizational guide for general education schools
The position of Assistant Teacher for People with Disabilities is organized independently. Its duties, as stated therein, include assisting teachers with disabilities in managing teaching and learning, working with them in preparing the educational plan for each student and following up on its implementation in accordance with their directives, and assisting students with disabilities in understanding lessons and instructions in a manner appropriate to their type of disability.
Conclusion: For autistic children in inclusive education, an organizational support is provided to provide a shadow teacher or assistant teacher; This should be to achieve educational support, integration, and implementation of his individual educational plan. The available text does not in itself specify separate detailed procedures for requesting a shadow teacher, his special qualifications, or a party to bear his cost, but rather specifies the obligation of the concerned party to take the necessary measures to ensure his employment within the right to inclusive education.
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References
- Article Eighteen of the Executive Regulations of the Law of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Page No. (44) of the Organizational Guide for General Education Schools (Guide to Objectives and Tasks)
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