108. The NHRC has noted many cases of students with emotional or behavioral
problems who are emotionally out of control and/or bite and/or attack others at
school. 96 Although schools have continued to accept such students on the
grounds of banning rejection, their teachers lack the knowledge and ability to
handle and counsel such students, resulting in teachers repeatedly suppressing,
isolating, and/or calling the police on students, and/or sending them to hospitals,
thus creating a vicious cycle. Additionally, teachers (including both general and
special education teachers) have not been provided sufficient and reliable
consultation channels that could offer them professional knowledge and advice.
Also, support systems for developing effective behavioral intervention strategies
and the Individualized Education Program (hereinafter referred to as the IEP)
have not been developed. Furthermore, evaluation and tracking mechanisms for
assessing the effectiveness of IEP implementation are not in place. Professional
services provided by the government, such as speech therapy and psychological
counseling, are often hindered by limited hours due to insufficient resources.
Furthermore, because of the difficulties encountered by schools and teachers
combined with the fact that the schools and teachers are not provided with
effective, positive support, schools have had to implement measures such as
reducing students’ time in school, asking their parents to accompany them in class
or to take them home for a few days to study from home. Such measures
negatively affect students’ right to education.
109. Special education assistants include teaching assistants and special education
student assistants. According to the MOE, teaching assistants generally serve in
special education schools or self-contained classes, and attend to all the students
in their classroom. By contrast, special education student assistants serve
individual or small numbers of students and their main goal is satisfying the
students’ needs in school. Nonetheless, according to representatives of disabled
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In 2020, an autistic student studying at a junior high school injured his classmate with a wooden sword
during a school field trip. In 2020, an autistic preschool student who had been suffering from longterm domestic violence had difficulty adapting to school life in Yunlin County. In 2020, a student with
emotional and behavioral problems who lost control at a junior high school in Taoyuan City was
attacked with a taser by the parent of a classmate.
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