Evaluation of a Web-Based Professional Development Program (Project ACE) for Teachers of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Author(s):  
Salih Rakap ◽  
Hazel A. Jones ◽  
Alice Kaye Emery
Author(s):  
T. Skrypnyk

The article describes the pedagogical research designed to ensure educators be able to support for children with autism spectrum disorders in the educational space as well as the content of the children’s special needs and the conditions under which these needs can be satisfied. We determined the environmental resources and resources of children with autism. The author demonstrates the comparison of two conceptual focused on supporting the development and education of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). One model is team work, another work of individual specialists (called «cabinet system»). To evaluate we have used the method «Tool for professional development of teachers» developed by the international community educators ISSA. We presented in table the ordered main indicators of quality of teachers in target areas (interaction, family, inclusion, assessment and planning, training methods, developmental environment, professional development) as well as comprehensive achievements of children with autism (using a differential diagnostic technique C.A.R.S.). It was confirmed that the most important component of efficient support of child on the spectrum is well-coordinated work of multidisciplinary team which implements Individualized Education Program with short-term objectives and SMART goals: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound. Training of specialists based on an action research cycle of thoughtfully planned activities to gather, interpret, and explore data about group collaboration in order to facilitate an innovative solution. The article described methods of the trainers, experts and supervisors with teachers to achieve their competence to work with children with ASD, success factors and challenges faced by the trainers of teachers. We note also prospects for further innovation work towards establishing continuity between preschool and school.


2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Penny Corkum ◽  
Susan E Bryson ◽  
Isabel M Smith ◽  
Cynthia Giffin ◽  
Kym Hume ◽  
...  

The primary objective of this mixed methods study was to identify educators’ professional development needs to determine how best to support them in providing quality programming for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) within an inclusive educational system. Information was collected through focus groups with key school board informants (n = 33) and a survey of educators (n = 225). The results indicate that educators have found it difficult to meet the wide-ranging and varying needs of children with ASD within a strictly defined model of inclusive education. Educators consistently emphasized the need for multileveled and multipronged professional development that is accessible in a timely fashion and available as needs arise. The need for educational programs that work for children with ASD being taught within inclusive education settings is highlighted.


2012 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 20-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarida Lucas da Silva ◽  
Daniel Gonçalves ◽  
Tiago Guerreiro ◽  
Hugo Silva

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura W. Plexico ◽  
Julie E. Cleary ◽  
Ashlynn McAlpine ◽  
Allison M. Plumb

This descriptive study evaluates the speech disfluencies of 8 verbal children between 3 and 5 years of age with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Speech samples were collected for each child during standardized interactions. Percentage and types of disfluencies observed during speech samples are discussed. Although they did not have a clinical diagnosis of stuttering, all of the young children with ASD in this study produced disfluencies. In addition to stuttering-like disfluencies and other typical disfluencies, the children with ASD also produced atypical disfluencies, which usually are not observed in children with typically developing speech or developmental stuttering. (Yairi & Ambrose, 2005).


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