Attitudes of teachers and principals towards integrating children with autism spectrum disorder in Amman schools

This study came to the Applied Behavior Analyst - Mahmoud Al-Shayyab for the year (2020-2021) to identify and study the attitudes of teachers and principals in public education schools, especially for the basic stage towards the issue of inclusion for children with autism spectrum disorder in the capital Amman - the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, where the study sample was selected in a manner A random number of male and female schools and mixed schools in equal numbers, based on the criteria for inclusion issued by the Supreme Council for Persons with Disabilities, the scientific literature, and the use of previous studies with the texts of relevant laws and agreements.

Based on the results of the study, the researcher recommends more extensive studies to include the attitudes of families and students, raising and developing the awareness of staff working in schools about autism spectrum disorder and methods of assessing, training and teaching them, educating educational staff about the rights of people with disabilities and autism spectrum, and finally preparing courses and training programs for workers in regular schools about The issue of inclusion of the disabled.