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Providing Services to Students with Autism: Building Capacity in Your District

Providing Services to Students with Autism: Building Capacity in Your District. Lori Lewis, M.S. CCC – SLP/MAC Teresa Rhea, Ed.S., NCSP. Assemble the team. Contracted with autism consultant ½ day per week Now on an as-needed basis Added school psychologist

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Providing Services to Students with Autism: Building Capacity in Your District

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  1. Providing Services to Students with Autism: Building Capacity in Your District Lori Lewis, M.S. CCC – SLP/MAC Teresa Rhea, Ed.S., NCSP

  2. Assemble the team • Contracted with autism consultant ½ day per week • Now on an as-needed basis • Added school psychologist • Hired ½-time SLP ½-time autism consultant • Now full-time autism consultant

  3. Identify essential evaluation components Eligibility Quadrant • Disturbances of speech, language-cognitive, and/or nonverbal communication. • CELF:4 • CASLE • Disturbances of the capacity to related appropriately to people, events, or objects • Social Development Test • Social Skills Checklist • Test of Problem Solving • Test of Pragmatic Language

  4. Identify essential evluatio components continued … • Disturbances of developmental rates and sequences • In-depth social history • Disturbances of response to sensory stimuli • Sensory Profile • GARS/GADS • Observations • Interviews

  5. Identify informal assessments needed • The Social Skills Checklist • McKinnon, K. & Krempa, J. (2002). Social skills solutions. New York: DRL Books, Inc. • Skills for Inclusion • Fovel, J. T. (2002). The ABA program companion. New York: DRL Books, Inc. • Transition Checklist • http://www.specialed.us/autism/05/trancheck.htm • Communication Matrix • http://www.communicationmatrix.org/ • Basic Skills Checklist • Brietenbach, M. (2008). Basic skills checklist. Arlington, TX: Future Horizons, Inc. • VB-MAPP • Underlying Characteristics Checklist – High Functioning • Aspy, R. & Grossman, B. G. (2008). The Ziggurat Model. Shawnee Mission, KS: Autism Asperger Publishing Company.

  6. Review IEPs, evaluations, andbehaviors of students with autism • Goals • Communication • Social Skills • Sensory • Behavior plans

  7. Design structured classrooms to teach independence • Task baskets • Visual schedules • Reinforcements • Replacement behavior cards • Social stories • Power cards • Pilot classroom

  8. Study National Standard’s Report: 11 established treatments http://www.nationalautismcenter.org/pdf/NAC%20Standards%20Report.pdf http://www.autismguidelines.dmh.mo.gov/pdf/Families.pdf • Antecedent Package • Behavioral Package • Comprehensive Behavioral Treatment for Young Children • Joint Attention Intervention • Modeling • Naturalistic Teaching Strategies • Peer Training Package • Pivotal Response Treatment • Schedules • Self-Management • Story-based Intervention Package

  9. Develop database of discrete trial and pivotal response programs • Fovel, J. T. (2002). The ABA program companion. New York: DRL Books, Inc. • Koegel, R. L., & Koegel, L. (2006). Pivotal response treatments for autism. Baltimore: Paul H. Brooks Publishing. • Leaf, R., & McEachin, J. (1999). A work in progress. New York: DRL Books, Inc. • Project Access’s Discrete Trial Training • http://education.missouristate.edu/access/ • http://apps.missouristate.edu/education/projectaccess/ProgramEvaluationForm.pdf

  10. Identify steps for building-to- building transitioning • Transition portfolio • Videos of new environment • Social stories with pictures of new teachers and environments • Team-to-team meetings • Mini fieldtrips

  11. Train PCs to support building programs • The Ziggurat Model • Goal writing • In-depth social history • Diagnostic quadrant • Structured environment • BIPs/FBAs/Case Study • Characteristics of Students with Asperger’s Disorder

  12. Train teachers • Ozark Autism Institute SU ‘09 • BIP/FBA • Data collection • Visual supports “make-n-take” • Discrete trial training • PLC collaboration

  13. Train paras • Autism 101 • Guest speaker with Asperger’s Disorder • Autism Speaks video • Supporting students with behavior issues

  14. On-going PD for the “A Team” • Project Access Scholarships • Michelle Garcia-Winner • Field trip to agencies • Lori - Masters in admin • Teresa - BCBA

  15. Future projects … • Continue with staff trainings • Develop and obtain resources for checkout • Books • Social stories • Visual schedules • Task analyses • Develop a listserv for materials and newsletter • Develop resource packets for parents • Parent training • Host meetings for regional autism consultants • Website

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