@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/7274, title = {Support Services for Students with Special Education Needs in Colleges and Universities}, author = {Hsiu-Fen Chen and Fang-Liu Su and Ya-Wen Chang}, country = {}, institution = {}, abstract = {purpose of this study was to investigate the current status of support services for students with special education needs (SEN) at colleges and universities in Taiwan. Seventy-two college and universities received a questionnaire on its resource room operation process and four resource room staffs each from different areas were interviewed through semi- structured interview forms. The main findings were (1) most colleges and universities did offer sufficient administrative resources; (2) more efforts on preventions for SEN students and establishment of disability awareness should be made for all campus faculties ; (3) more comprehensive services were required to help students to have better transition into post-school life; (4) most schools provided basic administrative resource requirements but qualities of the resource room programs needed to be enhanced; and (5) most resource room staffs lacked of professional knowledge in counseling the SEN students which needed to be strengthened in the future. }, journal = {International Journal of Educational and Pedagogical Sciences}, volume = {6}, number = {6}, year = {2012}, pages = {1641 - 1644}, ee = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/7274}, url = {https://publications.waset.org/vol/66}, bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/}, issn = {eISSN: 1307-6892}, publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology}, index = {Open Science Index 66, 2012}, }