Aimed at those working in early years settings, this book will also be helpful to paren...
Rita Jordan
After a Psychology degree, Rita taught in mainstream & special schools, including one for pupils with ASD. She has an MSc in Child Development, an MA in Linguistics and a PhD in language and autism. She taught special education, language development, clinical linguistics, education, and cognitive science in universities.
ln 1968 she started a playgroup and toy library for children with severe and complex special needs, including those with ASDs and has worked with, and researched the needs of, children with ASDs since then. From 1993, she has developed and run programmes in autism studies at The University of Birmingham. She has written about and researched many aspects of autism and has been involved in training, consultations and conferences nationally and internationally. She has served on task forces to review evidence and offer advice in relation to ASD.
Rita was editor of Autism for 11 years and served on the Editorial Board of 4 other journals. She was consultant to the Expert Committee on the Education and inclusion of Children with Autism for the Council of Europe. In 1997 she was awarded an OBE for services to special education.
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