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Everything you need to know to educate students with autism
Every 20 minutes, another child is diagnosed with autism. Are you ready to meet this growing educational challenge? This authoritative guide for practitioners—early interventionists, teachers, school counselors and psychologists—provides practical strategies for addressing the unique needs of children on the autism spectrum and their families.
Drawing on current research and evidence-based practice, the authors discuss the causes of autism and present methods for educating children and assisting their families in supporting the educational process. Each chapter focuses on a critical issue and offers solutions, including: Improving communication, social, generalization and self-management skills; Designing instruction, intervention, and assessment; Including families in developing goals and interventions; Using students' special interests to deliver instruction; Understanding and preventing challenging behavior; Evaluating practices to promote successful outcomes for students, families and practitioners
Included are forms, charts, and activities to help practitioners and families fulfill learning programs. Educating Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders will give you insight and tools to make a difference in the learning and lives of students with autism spectrum disorders.
Maximizing Implementation of Evidence-Based Strategies in the Classroom
Maximizing Implementation of Evidence-Based Strategies in the Classroom
Chapter Objectives:
- Understand and define implementation.
- Identify practices that support consistent implementation of evidence-based practices for children with autism.
- Define and describe an interdisciplinary team. Identify key members of an interdisciplinary team.
- Understand common issues and dilemmas faced by interdisciplinary teams. Identify practices that support the development of a successful interdisciplinary team.
- Define coaching and consultation. Identify when each type of practice might be most appropriate.
- Understand barriers to implementation and strategies for overcoming these barriers.
The field of special education has advanced such that a set of evidence-based practices related to the learning of children with autism exists (e.g., National Autism Center, 2009a). This body of practices ...
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