An Associate Professor at the Department of Special ‎Education -UAEU publishes a book discusses the ‎mystery of Autism

Among the best sellers in the world

Dr. Maria Efstratopoulou: Autistic children don't ‎ignore us, they just wait for us to enter their world ‎  

Contributed to enriching the UAEU libraries, Dr. ‎Maria Efstratopoulou, researcher and Associate ‎professor at the Department of Special Education ‎‎(CEDU) has published two books on Autism and ‎Children s health and education that topped the list ‎of bestsellers in the world, according to Nova ‎Science Publishers, NY, USA.‎

The first book, The Enigma of Autism: Genius, ‎Disorder or Just Different? provides the reader and ‎researcher on Developmental disorders with different ‎aspects and characteristics of Autism, and discusses ‎behavior disorders, sensory sensitivity, anxiety and ‎their effects on the social life of people with autism in ‎depth.  The book discusses the mental health of ‎families and coping strategies using data from ‎friendly interviews and discussions with parents and ‎family members of children with autism. Moreover, it ‎introduces intervention strategies and educational ‎methods in an attempt to help parents and ‎professionals obtain latest practices as well as ‎benefits and effects required for both educational ‎professionals and families in real-life situations. This ‎information can help reduce the emotional stress and ‎anxiety caused by a lack of knowledge‏.‏

‏ ‏In general, people seem to have the same question ‎that this book asks about autism: who is actually a ‎child with autism? Is it a genius, disable, or just ‎different child? she said. My answer is always the ‎same: Autism, it's a different way of experiencing the ‎world . Children with autism don't ignore us, they ‎just wait for us to enter their world," she added. "In ‎this book I've also included personal stories from ‎families' experiences and interviews giving their ‎own perspectives."‎

In the second book, "Bring My Smile Back: Working ‎with Unhappy Children in Education, I discussed the ‎importance of happiness and health and education ‎for children and students‏.‏

Dr. Maria Efstratopoulou noted out, Scientists ‎believe that the problems on Children s ‎Unhappiness lie in strange cultural and social ‎practices in our modern lives, especially in the way ‎we raise our children. This book aims to explore the ‎link between feelings, well-being, learning and ‎broader social factors that affect children s ‎happiness. ‎

‎She added. In this book, I draw from experiences, ‎examples, case studies, and educational methods to ‎present this Interesting literature about children's ‎well-being and emotions. This book also focuses on ‎children's happiness more than their academic ‎achievements and positive behavior, and children s ‎smiles, above all, in the education process. ‎