Аннотация:Development of the Special Professional Training System for Teachers to Work with Children with Disabilities in China | SpringerLinkISBN 978-3-031-57970-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57970-7This book continues the series of studies refected in the frst book on the special educational needs of children Education of Children with Special Needs: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Experience in the Selected Works of Russian, Belarus, and Polish Scholars (eBook ISBN 978-3-031-13646-7) published in 2021. The book presents the latest research on early childhood development: studies on children with Down syndrome and children who are blind are featured. An important methodological result refected in the book is the analysis of practices for working with gifted children with disabilities and identifying the giftedness of children with disabilities. The book is intended for heads of educational authorities, parents, specialists working with children with special educational needs, psychologists, teachers, methodologists, specialists in the feld of inclusive education, and students and teachers in special education of pedagogical and psychological departments of higher education institutions.The research focuses on forming a system of special professional training for teachers to work with children with disabilities. The authors investigate the transition to the systematized implementation of undergraduate and graduate academic programs of “special education teacher” and define the “special education industry” in China. Additionally, the authors conduct a retrospective analysis of the practice of summer schools and applied form of teacher training in China, as well as the analysis of funding and regulatory framework to optimize the management of special education in terms of teacher training, including the development and implementation of a standard of professional competencies for teacher training in pedagogical universities in China in the direction of “special education.” Prospects for developing remedial education, gaps, challenges, and problems are outlined.https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-57970-7_16
