Person-Dependent Handwriting Verification for Special Education Using DeepLearning

Individuals with special needs learn more slowly than their peers and they need repetitions to be permanent.However,in crowded classrooms,it is dif-ficult for a teacher to deal with each student individually.This problem can be overcome by using supportive education applications.However,the majority of such applications are not designed for special education and therefore they are not efficient as expected.Special education students differ from their peers in terms of their development,characteristics,and educational qualifications.The handwriting skills of individuals with special needs are lower than their peers.This makes the task of Handwriting Recognition(HWR)more difficult.To over-come this problem,we propose a new personalized handwriting verification sys-tem that validates digits from the handwriting of special education students.The system uses a Convolutional Neural Network(CNN)created and trained from scratch.The data set used is obtained by collecting the handwriting of the students with the help of a tablet.A special education center is visited and the handwrittenfigures of the students are collected under the supervision of special education tea-chers.The system is designed as a person-dependent system as every student has their writing style.Overall,the system achieves promising results,reaching a recognition accuracy of about 94%.Overall,the system can verify special educa-tion students’handwriting digits with high accuracy and is ready to integrate with a mobile application that is designed to teach digits to special education students.

“Special Education”一词在美国诞生的历史溯源

“Special Education”一词的确切起源是在20世纪初,诞生于美国全国教育协会内部,正值聋人教育领域口语教学法支持者与处于垄断地位的手语教学法聋教育者之间抗争博弈之时。亚历山大·贝尔及口语法支持者对“特殊教育”成为教育一个领域的概念构思起到积极的推动作用,他们将当时处于分散独立的聋、盲、弱智三类教育统一成“特殊教育”的单一身份,并赋予这个“新”领域一个完全独立于任何特定专业领域的独特焦点,从而使“特殊教育”在美国教育体系中得到真正发展。

Pre-colonoscopy special guidance and education on intestinal cleaning and examination in older adult patients with constipation

BACKGROUND The prevalence of constipation in the Chinese population over 60 years of age is 11.5%, and this prevalence increases with age, which seriously affects the quality of life in older adults. Therefore, reducing the incidence of constipation in older adults is necessary to promote a healthy lifestyle as well as biochemical health.AIM To explore the value of preoperative guidance and education to improve the effects of bowel cleaning in older adult patients undergoing colonoscopy.METHODS In this study, 160 older adult patients with constipation requiring colonoscopy at Shandong Provincial Hospital between January 2019 and March 2021 were selected and randomly divided into a study group and a control group, with 80patients in each group. The study group received medication guidance and targeted educational guidance before the operation, while the control group received only medication and dietary guidance. The baseline data, colonoscopy duration, bowel preparation compliance, Boston bowel preparation(BBPS)assessment score, intestinal bubble score, the incidence of adverse reactions during bowel preparation, and nursing appointment satisfaction were compared between the two groups.RESULTS The colonoscopy duration times and intestinal bubble scores of the study group were shorter than those of the control group, with statistically significant differences. The BBPS scores for the right, left, and interrupted colon in the study group were also higher than those in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant. Additionally, the study group had a higher rate of liquid diet one day before the examination, higher rate of correct bowel-clearing agent dilution method, higher rate of accurate time of ingesting the bowel-clearing agent, and a higher proportion of patients ingesting bowelclearing agent at the specified time than the control group, with statistically significant differences.The incidence of nausea and vomiting during bowel clearance in the study group was significantly lower than that in the control group. The incidence of abdominal pain, abdominal distension,dizziness, and fatigue was compared between the two groups, but the difference was not statistically significant. The scores of service attitude, detailed notification of dietary precautions, clear and easy-to-understand health educational content, and receiving care and comfort in the study group were significantly higher than those in the control group.CONCLUSION Preoperative special guidance and education were shown to significantly improve bowel clearance and compliance and reduce the incidence of adverse reactions in older adult patients with constipation undergoing colonoscopy. These factors are beneficial for improving patient satisfaction with nursing services.

Clinical benefits of rational-emotive stress management therapy for job burnout and dysfunctional distress of special education teachers

It has been observed that managing job burnout and dysfunctional distress constitute part of the major challenges among special educators,and that empirical data on the management of burnout and dysfunctional distress associated with the job of special education teachers are lacking in the literature.The current article discusses the clinical benefits of a rational-emotive stressmanagement therapy program in reducing the level of job burnout symptoms and dysfunctional distress in special education teachers,using evidence from a 2018 clinical trial study that reported the efficacy of this intervention.Results show the clinical benefits and implications of conducting a rational-emotive stress management intervention,and recommendations are made for future research.

The Investigation of Executive Condition of Minority Regions＇ Special Education Policies： The Case of Du＇an Autonomous County

The unbalance development of education is a widespread problem around the world, and the most outstanding of it is the lag of the education development of minority regions. For the sake of developing the education of minority regions, the government adopted a lot of policies and measures, enacting special education policies is the important matter among them. The paper tries to take Du＇an autonomous county, Guangxi autonomous region as a case to explore the problems in the executive condition of minority regions＇ special education policies, and gives the suggestion for the government to accelerate the education development of minority regions.

Special Educational Needs: Do We Know How to Educate?

This article reports the results is aimed at analyzing the evolution of the political discourse in Chile on Special Educational Needs,and also analyzes the relationship of speech with major public policy initiatives in terms of legislation,fiscal budget and direct action of the executive.You can see that they allow identifying important changes in the use of the main concepts,emphasis,and discussions associated with the promotion of inclusive education.Furthermore,there is a growing interest in the topic of diversity,both nationally and internationally,which is expressed in increasingly specific public policy initiatives to promote inclusive education.However,gaps and gaps persist between political discourse and policy initiatives,as well as between the approach of public policies in Chile and the state of the art of international discussion on the matter.

School Support Services Model for Students With Disabilities in General Education Classrooms： Using Data From the Special Needs Education Longitudinal Study in Taiwan

The purposes of this study were to establish a school support service model for students with disabilities in general classroom, and to explore the current status of school support services provided for students with disabilities in preschools, primary, and junior high schools. Therefore, this study used data from the Special Needs Education Longitudinal Study in Taiwan, collected in the 2007-2008 academic year. There were 2,924 students with disabilities selected in the study who were placed in general classrooms; 855 were in preschool, 1,079 were in primary school and 990 were in junior high school. The questionnaires in the database were answered by their teachers. The results of this study are listed, as follows： In terms of the school support service model for students with disabilities in the three stages of education, adjustment in teaching accounts for 1-15% of the explanatory power regarding the overall model, while support services account for 63-85%, which peak in junior high schools. Secondly, itinerant teachers are found to be the most important human resource in preschools. For primary and junior high schools, parents and special education teachers are the more prevalent influences. The more common school support services are tuition refunds, itinerant services, adjustments in examinations, and scholarships.

Enlightenment of the Talent Training Mode of Japan's Colleges and Universities to China's five-year Higher Vocational Education

Since Jimei navigation College of Fujian Province started five-year junior college education in 1984,five-year higher vocational education has become one of the important forms of Higher Vocational Education in China.In the 1960s,with the rapid development of Japan's economy,there was a shortage of technical personnel.In order to cultivate a large number of technical personnel in a short period of time,Japan's specialized colleges and universities recruited junior high school graduates,studied in school for five years,and obtained an associate's degree after graduation,which provided a large number of technical personnel for the development of Japan's basic industry manufacturing industry.By combing the development process of Japan's colleges and universities,this paper studies Japan's colleges and universities from the aspects of school running subjects,talent training objectives,training methods and evaluation methods.It can provide the basis and implementation methods for China to better promote the convergence of secondary and higher vocational education,strengthen the training of secondary and higher vocational education,and provide theoretical basis and practical experience for improving the quality of five-year higher vocational education.

Comparative Study on the Professional Teaching of Preschool Education Between China and Australian

By comparing teaching concept,teaching contents,teaching method,school assignment,attendance and assessment,we can clearly understand the distinguishing features and differences of both sides,which reminds us to learn from Australian advan-tages and take active measures to improve our teaching and talent-cultivating level.

Incorporation of Media Arts for Chilean Young Students With Special Learning Needs

The present informal study of Information and Communication Technology(ICT)in special education through media arts.There are deep inequalities in the access of new technological opportunities and adaptive user experiences for students with special learning needs.Our goal as teacher educators is to improve enhance autonomous learning using the complementary subject of media arts.This new educational proposal aims to solve the technology usability problems for students with disabilities.The personalized autonomy of students’use technology in school learning is a key strategy for students with disabilities.For this study as with many schools,the technology resources and educational services to implement digital skills and new ICT teaching-learning strategies for the complementary subject of media arts is not available.Finally,implementing these digital skills is an essential part of the educational-labor system for adolescent students with disabilities.

Integrated Sport： From Theory to Practice

This paper is articulated in two parts. The first one has a theoretical approach in order to put the basis of an Integrated Sport model, built through Special Education principles. On the second part, the questionnaire which has been developed by the theoretical approach basis analysis tries to highlight Integrated Sport essence, focusing on the participants （athletes with and without disability） of the First European Day of Integrated Sport organized in Rome, from the 22nd to the 24th of May. It will look for clarify the necessity of creating the ＂third way of Sports＂ where people with and without disabilities play together in the same time and context, on the equal opportunities basis and active participation. In the research, 82 people （male n = 53; females n = 29） were selected, of which 50 did not have any kind of disability while the remaining 32 had any disability, from twelve different countries （Italy, Spain, Lithuania, Slovenia, Greece, France, Romania, Turkey, Germany, Portugal, UK and Poland）, taking part in the Sport Day event as athlete, trainer, organizer, familiar or others. The medium age of participants was 31.7 years.

Overview of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

This paper aims to provide an effective overview of ADHD(Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder),so that educators and other individuals who may be involved in the treatment of ADHD patients,especially young patients,can effectively obtain basic information about what is ADHD,the causes of ADHD,and the popular treatment methods of ADHD.Various literature and studies were referred to in this paper to review and compare different causes and treatments.Researches held distinct opinions about the causes of ADHD,and the debate focuses on the nature and nurture factors of ADHD.Some studies believe ADHD is inborn and genetic while other studies emphasize the importance of nurture factors during their life,such as the environment that patients grow up in and the lifestyle they have.Depending on distinct arguments,there developed different treatments like using medication to prevent the situation from deteriorating further and changing the environments that patients living in through taking interventions with the family.These arguments and treatments will be discussed in detail in this paper.

Rural Residents＇ Life Insurance for the Disabled

At present, the social security problems of the disabled in most rural areas are more prominent. There is a big gap between their social security needs and the system and policies. It is an important task for the rural disabled to help the disabled to get rid of poverty and to solve their food and clothing. It is an important task to build a new socialist countryside and build a well-offsociety in an all-round way. It needs to be more effectively solved in the system construction of social security and social services. This paper, taking the rural of Shuyang County of Jiangsu Province as the research object, analyzes the situation and demand of the social security of the disabled in China, points out its existing problems and outs forward some countermeasures and suggestions.

Inclusive Methods in Art Classroom for Students with Autism in China

Cultivating professional knowledge and developing specific inclusive training has always been important for educators in China.Within the context of special art education in China,art educators are supposed to adjust the instruction effectively for students with a variety of disabilities.This qualitative study sought to gain insight of the strategies of modifying and adapting art instruction for children with autism.Data were collected and analyzed by comparative method through interviews with three art educators.During the interview,three participants addressed strategies they use when working with autistic students in art classroom and proved the ways to modify and adapt art instruction to enhance autistic children’s pedagogical skills.Art teachers can also identify students’preferred art materials to engage autistic students in learning art.Beyond helping my educational practice,this study could further serve as an impetus to assist other educators in China thus expand teachers’professional knowledge in teaching children with special needs.

Inclusive Education in Wales:Interpreting Discourses of Values and Practice Using Critical Policy Analysis

Purpose:This paper provides a detailed analysis of inclusive education policies in the context of major system reform in Wales,United Kingdom.Wales is currently undergoing the most significant changes to its education system since political devolution from the U.K.Government in I999.Key to these changes is the new Curriculum for Wales and the Additional Learning Needs(ALN)regulations;alongside these and wider system-level reforms,there is an ambition to create an inclusive education system in Wales.This paper explores how inclusion is articulated and communicated within the key policy and guidance documents,using two continuums-"practice"and"values"to map and interpret these documents.Design/Approach/Methods:This paper uses critical policy analysis to make sense of these various inclusive education policy reforms in Wales.Findings:The analysis reveals that despite a foregrounded commitment to inclusion,there is disparity both within and between the policy and guidance documents.Originality/Value:The paper highlights the lack of coherence of key messages articulated through education policy documentation in Wales,providing insight into the emerging national education system reforms,as well as developing an approach for evaluating inclusive education systems inotherjurisdictions.

The attitudes of primary school teachers toward inclusive education in rural and urban China

This study investigated the attitudes of primary school teachers from the selected rural and urban areas in China toward inclusive education.The results indicated that,(1)teachers’attitudes are composed of three dimensions:positive and negative effects of inclusion,and benefits of segregated special education;(2)most surveyed teachers demonstrated positive attitudes toward segregated special school education while supporting inclusion;(3)rural and urban teachers held significantly different attitudes toward inclusion,and urban teachers were more negative toward inclusion than rural ones;and(4)teachers’attitudes were not essentially influenced by resources,teaching years or relevant special education training.

Curriculum Adaptation in Special Schools for Students with Intellectual Disabilities(SID):A Case Study of Project Learning in One SID School in Hong Kong

Using a qualitative case study approach,the authors analyzed the curriculum adaptation process for one project learning activity in School K,which is a SID school in the context of school-university collaboration.Multiple sources of data were collected for triangulation,including interviews,documents and observations.Curriculum adaptation strategies in this study were analyzed from five perspectives:instructional goals,instructional content,instructional strategies,instructional settings,and student behavioral needs.It was found that curriculum adaptation efforts could help students with ID develop potential at their own level through project learning activates and teachers could also gain professional development during the university-school collaboration process.As for future studies,enlarging the sample size,involving teachers’past orientations and motivations in the project learning process,and collecting quantitative data could all be taken into account.