Children's rights, education and play: exploring contemporary contexts and challenges

Author Biographies

• Ana Paula Pereira, CIEC | Institute of Education | University of Minho

  Associate Professor and Director of the Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education, Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Special Education, specialization area in Early Intervention, PhD in Child Studies, specialty area in Special Education, Researcher member at the Research Center on Child Studies (CIEC), and Member of the Supervision of the North Regional Subcommittee, of the National System of Early Childhood Intervention.
  She coordinates the Luso Brasileiro Project: Early Intervention in Autism Spectrum Disorder, is a member of the national project team: Robotics and Autism Spectrum Disorder, and was a member of international projects: Vocational Training for Physiotherapists about Family Centered and Play Based Approaches in Early Childhood Intervention , and KIDS STRENGTHS Project - Kids in the Context of Mental Disorders: Skill Training to Empower Teachers, Health Professionals and Social Workers.
  The main scientific interests focus on the areas of early childhood intervention, autism spectrum disorder, authentic assessment and special educational needs. She supervises Masters and PhD students and is the author or co-author of approximately 100 publications, of which 46 are indexed in the international databases Web of Science, Scopus and Qualis.

• Fernando Azevedo, CIEC | Institute of Education | University of Minho

  Associate Professor at the University of Minho (Institute of Education). PhD in Literary Studies, specialising in Portuguese Literature, from the University of Minho, he teaches Children's and Young Adult Literature, as well as Literacy and Reading Mediation, in undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the Institute of Education. He has published works in the field of textual hermeneutics, children's literature and reader training.