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Teaching Assistants Services in Special Education

Due to most teaching assistants in special education schools or self-contained classes in regular schools serving more than one student at one time, statistics were conducted by rates of services students receive.

Municipality and county/city governments

In School Year 2016, there were 15,844 students with disabilities served by teaching assistants in senior high and vocational high schools, junior high schools and elementary schools governed by municipality and county/city governments. For the types of disabilities receiving teaching assistant, students with intellectual disabilities had the highest rate, with 4,655 receiving services, followed by students with Autism (n = 3,268), and students with multiple disabilities (n = 2,105). In terms of geographical location of the municipalities, New Taipei City had the highest rate, with 3,977 receiving services, followed by Taipei City 2,307, and Taichung City had 2,178 receiving services.

K-12 education administration of MOE

In School Year 2016, there were 2,624 students with disabilities served by teaching assistants at senior high and vocational high schools, and special educational schools governed by K-12 Education Administration of MOE. For the types of disabilities, students with intellectual disabilities had the highest rate, with 944 receiving services, followed by student with Autism with 846, and student with multiple disabilities had 683 receiving services.