Jasmina Troshanska

University of Tetova · Special Education and Rehabilitation

Successfully supporting students on the autism spectrum in mainstream schools requires specific methodological approaches. Due to the process of inclusion, a large number of educators are aiming to meet the needs of the growing number of students on the spectrum. While many have already received a certain type of training, it appears that more educ...

Introduction: Toward building an inclusive society, employers, by creating workplaces with support can improve their companies by hiring and using the talents of people with autism. In this way, people with autism will benefit materially and emotionally from improved employment opportunities. In different European countries, the legislation is diff...

Introduction: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD, autism) is a complex, lifelong disorder char-acterised by two core symptoms, which range in severity: persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction, and restricted and repetitive patterns of behaviour. These behaviours are mainly unfamiliar to healthcare workers, hence the access to...

The birth of a child in the family is usually a period filled with joy and the formation of new feelings such as immense happiness, pride, self-realisation, success, and confirmation of identity. However, the birth of a child with developmental disabilities represents a strong challenge and a threat to the disruption of family life. The main aim of...

COVID 19 pandemic era was challenging for every single human being in earth, however for some more than others. Deaf and Hard of hearing persons were challenged in many circumstances, socially, mentally and in communication, taking into consideration that he most frequent mode of communication among hearing impaired persons is total communication,...

When it comes to sexuality education, people with disabilities are often left out of the conversation. Many believe that these people are asexual, sexually inactive, that they do not need sexual education, that they cannot and should not have sexual relations and cannot/should not have love relationships and start a family. The main purpose of the...

Introduction: Children with autism perceive the world differently around them due to problems in processing and integrating sensory stimuli. These problems have been examined more in the past 15 years. In our country, there has been a little number of researches conducted in this area. However, there are attempts to monitor global trends in the sen...

Presentation of the project Positive parenting- P+ co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme: 2020-1-RO01-KA204-079951 Every child with ASD is unique, which means each child and their family needs individualized support. While the internet can serve as a valuable resource for providing families with generic information on ASD and services, it can be har...

Effective practices for supporting families with autistic children ensure a match between their needs and the expectations and competencies of the clinician. Applied behavior analysis (ABA) services are a common provision for serving autistic individuals. However, in regions where ABA is in its infancy, like the Czech Republic and North Macedonia,...

Introduction: Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that affects behaviour. People with autism also face difficulties in social and emotional reciprocity and a reduced interest in sharing emotions or feelings. They often fail to respond to social interactions. A child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may have challenging behaviours tha...

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a disorder that affects every individual to a different degree. It can be termed as a lifelong complex developmental disorder, which is characterized by a triad of qualitative impairments in social communication, social interaction and social imagination (Wing & Gould, 1979). In addition to these impairments, ASD p...

Leisure time generally is defined as part of the time available to the individual outside of his / her professional, social and family obligations, which is dedicated to relaxation, entertainment or to develop his personality within the natural and social constraints of the reality of the environment in which he lives and acts. When we refer to hea...

In the last two-decade literature has shown a growth of different standardized tests that assess the needs and abilities of children with ASD (autistic spectrum disorder). Nevertheless, these tests are not applied and adapted in every country, such as North Macedonia. For this purpose, we conducted research with four children, two with autism, one...

Effective education is a crucial intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and it is vital that teachers are confident and appropriately skilled. However, a significant shortfall has been identified regarding teacher confidence and skills, both globally and more specifically regarding Central/Eastern Europe and the Balkans. To b...

The proclamation of the COVID 19 pandemic by the World Health Organization changed the way events were organized, created safety protocols that reduced the number of participants, reduced physical participation, and thus the opportunities for development and increased visits and accommodation of domestic and foreign tourists have decreased. The pur...

If children and adolescents are in an unforeseen situation, they feel very stressed and therefore require additional support from families and people who support them. Such is the situation with COVID-19 in which we are currently. Families also face an additional challenge in how to organize educational activities at home. The sudden closure of sch...

Legislation and policy within Croatia, the Republic of North Macedonia and Poland supports the educational inclusion of children with autism; however, such inclusion is nascent in these countries. A survey of experienced teachers working directly with children with autism in both inclusive and special schools was undertaken in winter 2018–19. Five...

p class="Abstract">The paper presents results of the part of international survey on teachers’ opinion on autism characteristics and specific educational approach and treatment. Research was undertaken in Poland under the auspicies of ASD-EAST project using quantitative and qualitative methods. The results showed the significant differences in teac...

Results of Mapping Activity from the initial phase of this project

Findings of ESIPP project - post-project poster outlining the project, its findings and impact.

Explanation and findings from the European Union-funded project that was part of the activities of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 conducted in the Museum of Macedonian struggle - Skopje. Its aim was to promote the cultural heritage in the existing museum collections by enhancing accessibility; and to initiate future development of muse...

Introduction to the ASD-EAST teacher education in autism project, and an overview of the findings of the initial mapping activity.

Introduction to the ASD-EAST project

Introduction Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is identified as having a significant impact on family life. Educating parents of children with ASD about the condition benefits both child and family. However, such programmes are typically unavailable in South-east Europe. Aims To address this, the ESIPP project was established to develop and provide pa...

It has been theoretically and practically proven that Autism Spectrum Disorder affects the whole family. Family education is very important for understanding child’s condition and behavior. That kind of education usually is developed in US and Western countries and it is typically unavailable in South-East Europe and Balkans. Therefore, the ESIPP (...

Educating parents of children with ASD about the condition benefits both child and family. However, such programmes are typically unavailable in Southeast Europe. To address this, the ESIPP project developed, provided and evaluated education in autism to over 330 Croatian, Cypriot and Macedonian parents. A parent education curriculum and locally di...

Map current good practice and scope areas needing development with regard to the educational inclusion of children with ASD in Croatia, FYR of Macedonia and Poland Develop a model training programme and materials for specialist teachers supporting the educational inclusion of children and young people with ASD in these countries Use these materials...

This poster was designed for the INSAR 2018 conference in Rotterdam, May 2018, and describes the ESIPP project and findings to date.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is identified as having a significant impact on family life. Educating parents of children with ASD about the condition benefits both child and family. However, such programmes are typically unavailable in South-east Europe. To address this, the ESIPP project developed, provided and evaluated parent education for Croa...

General description: Autism challenges traditional parenting styles, and can make parents feel deskilled and disempowered, especially if little information or support is available to them. Giving accurate information about autism to parents, and teaching them to adapt their parenting using good autism practice has been shown to be effective in impr...

Parent training has been shown to be an important means of supporting families living with autism – but such services are not universally accessible. A multinational project funded by the European Commission has been developed in order to establish such parent training in three south-eastern European countries. To ensure that the training was...

Uvod: Autizam je doživotno stanje koje može imati značajan uticaj ne samo na pojedinca s autizmom, nego i na roditelje, braću, sestre i širu porodicu. Na području jugoistočne Evrope psihosocijalna podrška roditeljima dece sa autizmom je slabo razvijena. Ovaj rad se odnosi na trogodišnji ESIPP projekat (septembar 2015.-avgust 2018.) finansiran iz Er...

ABSTRACT Troshanska J. Problems in processing and integrating sensory sensations in children with autism. Doctoral thesis. Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of Special Education and Rehabilitation, Skopje, 2016; 1-208. Introduction: Children with autism perceive the world differently around them due to problems in processing and integrating sensory...

Children with autism perceive the world differently around them due to problems in processing and integrating sensory stimuli. These problems have been observed from when autism had been first discovered, but have been examined more in the past 15 years. Here in R. Macedonia, until now, there has been no research conducted in this area, although th...

Η εκπαίδευση των οικογενειών με μέλος/η με αυτισμό θεωρείται σημαντικό μέσο για την υποστήριξη των ίδιων των οικογενειών. Παρόλα αυτά σχετικές δομές και προγράμματα δεν είναι ιδιαιτέρως διαθέσιμα ούτε στην Κύπρο ούτε και αλλού. Η εργασία αυτή έχει σκοπό να παρουσιάσει τα ευρήματα έρευνας επισκόπησης μέσω ερωτηματολογίου των σχετικών αναγκών οικογεν...

ESIPP – parent education in autism Jasmina Troshanska1, David Preece2, Loizos Symeou3, Katerina Mavrou3, Eleni Teodorou3, Jasmina Stošić4, Jasmina Fray Škrinjar4, Ron Fortuna5, Nefi Charambalos Darden6, Aurelie Baranger7, Sanja Blažević8, Julia Hardcastle9& Vladimir Trajkovski1 1Macedonian Scientific Society for Autism, 2University of Northampton;...

Autism can challenge traditional parenting styles, causing parents to feel deskilled and disempowered, especially when little information or support is available to them. The provision of accurate information about autism and teaching parents how to adapt their parenting using good autism practice has been shown to be effective in improving persona...

Autism can challenge traditional parenting styles, causing parents to feel deskilled and disempowered, especially when little information or support is available to them (Dunn et al., 2001) and impacting on parental well-being and quality of life (Benjak, 2011; Benjak et al., 2009; Mouzourou et al., 2011). The provision of accurate information abou...

In the period from 15 to 16 June 2016 at the Faculty of Philosophy, the 3rd transnational meeting of organizations including ESIPP project (Equity and Social Inclusion through Positive Parenting) was held. The meeting was hosted by the Macedonian Scientific Society for Autism. On June 15, attendees were welcomed by Prof. Dr. Lena Damovska, Deputy...

Abstract Introduction Family quality of life refers to the degree to which family members enjoy their life together, and to the level to which life within the family is meaningfu and supported by various resources that are important to all family members. A child's disability (of any type and level) adversely affects the entire family in many ways....

MACEDONIAN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY FOR AUTISM ON FIRST MEETING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON IN ENGLAND, AS PART OF THE PROJECT "EQUALITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION THROUGH POSITIVE PARENTING" Jasmina TROSHANSKA Macedonian Scientific Society for Autism, Faculty of Philosophy Skopje, Macedonia Between 28 and 30 September 2015, Prof. Dr. Vladimir Trajkovsk...

Introduction: communication is an activity of transfer and exchange of thoughts,

According to law people with autism have equal rights as everyone else, from early age, to visit institutions which provide acquiring knowledge, skills, and experiences for enhancing their quality of life and reaching higher level of independence. Due to their specific development visiting any institution would mean treatment that should help them...

According to law people with autism have equal rights as everyone else, from early age, to visit institutions which provide acquiring knowledge, skills, and experiences for enhancing their quality of life and reaching higher level of independence. Due to their specific development visiting any institution would mean treatment that should help them...