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Rethinking Perception and Centering the Voices of Unique Individuals: Reframing Autism Inclusion in Praxis

Rethinking Perception and Centering the Voices of Unique Individuals: Reframing Autism Inclusion in Praxis
Author(s)/Editor(s): Jessica Block Nerren (California State University, San Bernardino, USA)
Copyright: ©2022
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5103-8
ISBN13: 9781668451038
ISBN10: 1668451034
EISBN13: 9781668451052

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Ensuring classrooms are inclusive to all students, particularly those with disabilities such as autism spectrum disorder, is crucial in today’s educational landscape. It is vital that educators are prepared and knowledgeable on the current best practices and policies in order to provide these students with the most thorough education possible.

Rethinking Perception and Centering the Voices of Unique Individuals: Reframing Autism Inclusion in Praxis introduces a new model of reframing autism spectrum disorder inclusion for professors of preliminary teacher candidates and provides meaningful understanding and support for professors who prepare preliminary teacher candidates. Covering key topics such as equity, mental disorders, inclusive education, and educational reform, this reference work is ideal for administrators, stakeholders, policymakers, teacher educators, counselors, researchers, academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.



Author's/Editor's Biography

Jessica Nerren (Ed.)
Jessica Block Nerren has an Ed.D. from California State University where she successfully defended her dissertation on Inclusion, Public Relations and Teacher Education. Outside of academia, Jess Block Nerren is a public relations, marketing, and photography professional with 19+ years of experience as the president of her own public relations firm, Felten Media Services. In the community, Dr. Nerren is heavily involved in the autism nonprofit and behavioral health community with past and current service: on the Autism Speaks Parent Advisory Board to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, on the executive committee of the Riverside County Special Education Local Plan Area as Public Information Officer and Legislative Chair, as a founding board member of The Miracle Project national nonprofit, as the communications chair of the Los Angeles, Orange County, Santa Barbara and San Diego Autism Speaks Walks, and on the Stakeholder Committee and Diversity Special Interest Group for CalABA, the state governing body for behavior analysts in the State of California providing services to individuals with autism and other developmental and behavioral needs.

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