THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY IN THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN ON THE AUTIST SPECTRUM

Hiba Nassar, PhD Student

Department of Pedagogy University of Ruse “Angel Kanchev”

E-mail: hnaser@uni-ruse.bg

Prof. Julia Doncheva, DSc

Department of Pedagogy University of Ruse “Angel Kanchev”

ORCID: 0000-0003-3148-3220

E-mail: jdoncheva@uni-ruse.bg

Prof. Valentina Voinohovska, DSc

Department of Informatics and Information Technologies Univesity of Ruse “Angel Kanchev”

ORCID: 0000-0001-5700-8167

E-mail: vvoinohovska@uni-ruse.bg

Abstract

The scientific publication comments on several aspects of the work, education and training of children and students with special educational needs. In order to optimize the work of teachers to be more effective and efficient, it is good to implement new, advanced technologies and communications. They contribute to the faster and easier learning of the learning material. They contribute to its understanding, and from there to its application. Because if a topic is not understood, it cannot be implemented. Information and communication technologies are a method, a concept, a model, a way to absorb any kind of information by learners, regardless of their age. At the beginning of the 21st century, they can be said to be a mandatory element of the education of the new generation, whether it is with special educational needs or not. This generation from the baby age contacts and communicates through these technologies, therefore their application in education is a fact.
But, like any technology, it has its shortcomings, minuses and negatives. Specifically, for children and students with special educational needs, it is expressed in understanding the individuality of the disability, illness or condition. That is, the same resource is not applicable to all learners. Which requires a careful, personal selection of the means of training.
The scientific publication gives several options, suggestions for working with children and students with special educational needs in accordance with information and communication technologies and highlights the negatives.

Keywords

integration, information and communication technologies, special educational needs, autism spectrum

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