WHO, WHAT, WHERE AND WHEN?

My name is Satu Järvinen.
I´m a 36- year-old postgraduate
(doctoral degree) student and
social worker from Turku, Finland.

Education: Master of Education,
University of Turku, 1999.

Work: Teacher of special pedagogy,
(mostly) Open University of Turku, 1996-
and teacher of education 2008-

Fields of interests:

Because of my own disability ,
Cerebral Palsy, I´m really interested in
many topics of special pedagogy.

Inclusive education from early education to higher education is one of my main "missions". Learning disabilities as life-long phenomena, especially dyslexia, are quite general and very interesting issues too.

My current research project:
Sensomotor delay and cognitive language development.

I´m also a member of some Finnish associations for disabled people. Earlier I had few confidential posts in them too, but nowadays I play more invisible role in such acttvities. I try to make things better mostly by writing articles, giving lectures etc.

Music and literature have always been very important to me. I have played the piano since I was about  six years old, and I read a lot; easily more than one book a day. 

 
You may read more about my free time
here.