Tulare SELPA - Autism Resources

Educational Intervention Approaches

This section contains current, research-based information on the importance of a comprehensive treatment/education program that includes appropriate instructional strategies. An effective intervention approach needs to be based on the child's unique personality and specific educational needs.

Introduction

In 2001 the National Research Council released the book, Educating Children with Autism. In this book the Committee on Educational Interventions for Children with Autism supplies extensive information about effective instructional strategies and designing programs for children who have autism spectrum disorder. Links to two chapters of the book are provided below.

Chapter 11 - Instructional Strategies
from Educating Children With Autism (2001)
Chapter 12 - Comprehensive Programs
from Educating Children With Autism (2001)

Intervention Approaches

Some widely recognized work focusing on autism intervention approaches is being done by Barry M Prizant and Emily Rubin. A link to one of their articles that discusses various intervention approaches is provided below. The Tulare County/District Special SELPA would like to thank TASH for allowing us to make this article available on the Autism Resources web site.

Contemporary Issues in Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Commentary (pdf file)
by Barry M Prizant and Emily Rubin

Š1999 by The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps
Used with permission.

Comprehensive Programs

For information on some of the most often referenced intervention programs used with children who have autism, click on the links below.

The SCERTS Model (pdf file)
A Transactional, Family-Centered Approach to Enhancing Communication and Socioemotional Abilities of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
by Barry M. Prizant, Ph.D.; Amy M Wetherby, Ph.D.; Emily Rubins, MS; Amy C. Laurent, OTR-L
Project Data
at the University of Washington
Children's Unit
at the State University of New York at Binghamton
Denver Model
at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Developmental Intervention Model
at the George Washington University School of Medicine
Douglass Developmental Center
at Rutgers University
Individualized Support Program
at the University of South Florida at Tampa
Learning Experiences, an Alternative Program for Preschoolers and Their Parents (LEAP) Preschool
at the University of Colorado School of Education
Pivotal Response Model
at the University of California at Santa Barbara
Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children (TEACCH)
at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill
Walden Early Childhood Programs
at the Emory University School of Medicine
Young Autism Project
at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

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