Resources

Webinar Description: This four-part series will support teachers faced with the immense challenge of providing a free and appropriate public education to learners with a wide variety of needs that often manifest in significantly disruptive behavior. Each session will involve practitioners who ...

Description: Providing evidence-based educational programming for students on the Autism Spectrum relies on a careful selection of focused approaches that have been shown to promote the acquisition of specific skills or the reduction of behaviors that are interfering with learning and social e...

A review and discussion of the book "Social Enjoyment Groups for Children, Teens and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Guiding Toward Growth" (Merges, 2011) in which he outlines his program and provides many resources for replicating his work with individuals with ASD.

Links to information on presuming competence, embedding AAC in the classroom, and library resources on social curriculum.

Are you concerned about the increase in absences this year? Chronic absence—missing 10% of days enrolled or just two days a month over the course of a school year--is a proven early warning sign that students are off track academically. What can you do to respond proactively and re-engage stud...