Erin E. Barton – författare

Everything you need to know to educate students with autism

Every 20 minutes, another child is diagnosed with autism. Are you ready to meet this growing educational challenge? This authoritative guide for practitioners—early interventionists, teachers, school counselors and psychologists—provides practical strategies for addressing the unique needs of children on the autism spectrum and their families.

Drawing on current research and evidence-based practice, the authors discuss the causes of autism and present methods for educating children and assisting their families in supporting the educational process. Each chapter focuses on a critical issue and offers solutions, including:

Improving communication, social, generalization and self-management skillsDesigning instruction, intervention, and assessmentIncluding families in developing goals and interventions Using students' special interests to deliver instructionUnderstanding and preventing challenging behaviorEvaluating practices to promote successful outcomes for students, families and practitioners

Included are forms, charts, and activities to help practitioners and families fulfill learning programs. Educating Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders will give you insight and tools to make a difference in the learning and lives of students with autism spectrum disorders.

Filled with tips, tools, and strategies, this book is the comprehensive, practical toolbox preschool administrators need to implement early childhood inclusion through systems-level change.Inclusion is clearly linked with better outcomes for young children - but recent reports from the US Department of Education show the practice has grown by just 5% over the past 27 years. This is the how-to book preschool administrators, school leaders, and child care directors need to step up the progress of early childhood inclusion through big-picture, systems-level change. Shaped by feedback from a nationwide survey of IDEA Part B Coordinators who shared their real-life inclusion challenges, this is your comprehensive toolbox of problem-solving tips, evidence-based practices, and practical checklists and handouts. You’ll learn how to overcome the challenges to a high-quality inclusive program, and you’ll create a solid action plan for building and maintaining a successful program where all children learn and grow.GET THE TOOLS YOU NEED TO:solve common challenges to inclusion through new policies and proceduresestablish a strong inclusion team to make collaborative decisionsimplement an action plan for inclusion - and measure its effectsincrease access, participation, and supports for children with disabilitieshelp teachers use evidence-based practices like RTI and differentiated instructiondevelop effective teacher professional development practicesmake sound decisions about placement for each individual childPRACTICAL MATERIALS: Reproducible planning forms and tools (see sidebar); more than 100 PowerPoint slides (available online) to help structure professional development events; tips and lessons from effective school reform efforts across the country; application and reflection questions for independent study and coursework.With helpful forms and tools:Inclusion Self-ChecklistChecklist of Steps to Preschool InclusionAction Plan Template and SamplePublic Policy 101 HandoutMenu of Preschool Inclusion Policy and Procedure SolutionsCoaching Performance-Based Feedback FormPlacement Consideration Planning Form for Preschool Inclusionand more!

This handbook discusses early childhood special education (ECSE), with particular focus on evidence-based practices. Coverage spans core intervention areas in ECSE, such as literacy, motor skills, and social development as well as diverse contexts for services, including speech-language pathology, physical therapy, and pediatrics. Contributors offer strategies for planning, implementing, modifying, and adapting interventions to help young learners extend their benefits into the higher grades. Concluding chapters emphasize the importance of research in driving evidence-based practices (EBP).  Topics featured in the Handbook include: Family-centered practices in early childhood intervention.The application of Response to Intervention (RtI) in young children with identified disabilities.Motor skills acquisition for young children with disabilities. Implementing evidence-based practices in ECSE classrooms. ·  Cultural, ethnic, and linguistic implications for ECSE.The Handbook of Early Childhood Special Education is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, clinicians, and practitioners across such disciplines as child and school psychology, early childhood education, clinical social work, speech and physical therapy, developmental psychology, behavior therapy, and public health.