Autism

Learn how structured play groups are used to help students develop their play and social development skills. Learn how groups are organized.

Learn about how the Picture Exchange Communication System is used to teach learners to improve communication in a social context.

Learn why teaching parents to implement interventions with their child may be useful to increase learning opportunities that lead to acquiring skills.

Learn how typically developing, carefully prepared peers can help learners with autism acquire new social skills, through interaction and modeling.

Learn how to use extinction to reduce interferring behaviors by identifying the function and then withdrawing the reinforcement of the interferring behavior.

Part 1 of a series designed to help evaluation teams conduct best practices assessment of autism, providing information on the mandated rules for evaluation.

Part 2 of a series designed to help evaluation teams conduct best practices assessment of autism, addressing the myths that surround issues for students.

Part 5 of a series, this course examines the rationale, both legal and practical, for using transdisciplinary assessments with students with autism.

Part 6 of a series, this course examines the team process and workflow of writing a clear, concise, comprehensive report.

Part 7 of a series, this course discusses the need to provide team written recommendations leading to goals included in the student's IEP.