Main description:

An indispensable resource for K-12 educators and autism specialists, this highly practical book shows how to include students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in general education settings. Tristram Smith and his associates present a research-based, step-by-step process for assessing students at a range of skill levels, planning and implementing successful inclusion programs, and working as a team with other professionals and with parents. The book is packed with specific strategies for helping students with ASD follow the daily routine, learn from the general education curriculum, interact with peers, and overcome problem behavior. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, it features dozens of reproducible worksheets and forms.

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I. General Considerations _x000D_ 1. Autism Spectrum Disorders _x000D_ 2. Evidence-Based Interventions and Supported Inclusion of Students with ASD _x000D_ II. Preparation _x000D_ 3. Evaluating the Student, Caroline I. Magyar, Vincent Pandolfi, and Robin Bender _x000D_ 4. Planning Data Collection and Monitoring Progress, Daniel W. Mruzek _x000D_ 5. Team Building and Training, Christine Peterson _x000D_ 6. Preparing the Student: Transition from Special Education to Inclusive Settings, Dennis Mozingo and Mae Barker _x000D_ III. Implementation _x000D_ 7. Adapting the Daily Routine _x000D_ 8. Individualizing the General Education Curriculum _x000D_ 9. Individual Instruction, Part 1: Teaching Approaches, Daniel W. Mruzek, Laura Silverman, and Betsy Varghese _x000D_ 10. Individual Instruction, Part 2: Examples and Teaching Programs _x000D_ 11. Peer Interaction, Tasha C. Geiger _x000D_ 12. Problem Behavior, Deborah A. Napolitano and David B. McAdam _x000D_ 13. Sustaining Inclusion: Systems Change, Christine M. Burns and Linda L. Matons _x000D_