Successfully Serve ASD Students
By Bobbie Kohrt
CASP President
&
Rose DuMond
CASP Publications Chair
Once students have been identified with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) parents and educators are confronted with the question of how best to serve these youngsters.
School districts may be hard pressed to provide services for these students whose academic, social, and communication skills lie along a broad continuum. Many identified as severely handicapped have been served in self-contained classrooms with emphasis on the above named skills along with functional living skills. Students identified with high functioning autism or Asperger Syndrome have been served based on students’ individual needs and district capacity to meet those needs. Often school districts have had to develop new programs, look to outside sources or utilize existing sources creatively.
The
impetus behind providing appropriate services for students with ASD comes from
parent concerns and as well as the desire by local school districts to provide
appropriate, cost effective programs. Not only do districts receive requests
for services from parents but they also
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