Reform, inclusion, and teacher education : towards a new era of special education in the Asia-Pacific region / edited by Chris Forlin and Ming-Gon John Lian.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contemporary trends and issues in education reform for special and inclusive education in the Asia-Pacific region / Chris Forlin and Ming-Gon John Lian -- Education reforms in special education / Wu-tien Wu -- Collaboration in the era of inclusion / Anuradha Naidu -- Meeting new challenges of special education in China / Xu Jiacheng -- Education reform for inclusion in the Asia-Pacific region: what about teacher education? -- Preparing teachers to work with young children with disabilities / Hsin-Yi Wang -- Training of special needs officers in Singapore to support inclusion / Kaili Chen and Kenneth Poon -- Teachers' attitudes, perceptions and concerns about inclusive education in the Asia-Pacific region / Chris Forlin -- The challenge of raising student levels of achievement in an inclusive national curriculum / Keith Humphreys -- Promoting inclusion in the primary classroom / Richard Rose -- The inclusive secondary school teacher / Michelle Pearce -- The changing roles and responsibilities of school principals relative to inclusive education / Umesh Sharma and Ishwar Desai -- General classroom strategies to enhance the inclusion of students with learning difficulties / Bruce Allen Knight -- Including children with Autism in the culture of play with typical peers / Pamela Wolfberg -- Including students with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autistic spectrum disorders / Neil Humphrey -- Transition for students with disabilities / Christie Gilson and Ming-Gon John Lian -- Inclusive education as a catalyst for special education reform in the Asia-Pacific region / Tim Loreman.