Autism
Submitted by
Jennifer Hood - jjhood@neo.rr.com and Lynn Dudek - lynn.dudek@gmail.com
Kathy Jillson - Manager - kathy.jillson@csesc.org

• Definitions
  • Aspergers
  • Autism Definitions
  • Autism: Clinical Diagnosis and Educational Eligibility
  • Autism Speaks Video Library
• Speech Language Pathologist Role
  • School-based SLP Role: ASHA
  • School-based SLP Role on the Interdisciplinary Team
  • After the Diagnosis
• Select ASHA Documents
  • Knowledge and Skills Needed by SLPs for Diagnosis, Assessment and Treatment of ASD
  • ASHA Guidelines
  • Addressing Feeding Disorders in Children on the Autism Spectrum in School Based Settings

• Screening/Early Detection
  • AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) screening article
  • Screening Tools
• Assessment and Diagnosis
  • Overview of Clinical Diagnosis and Educational Identification
  • SLP Role in Assessment
• IDEA Considerations
  • MFE
  • Questions/Considerations for Educational Identification
  • Tools
  • Educational Identification of Autism
  • IEP
  • IEP and ASD
• Service Delivery

• Comprehensive Educational Planning
  • Texas Autism: home to the authors of the Ziggurat Model, a comprehensive educational planning tool for individuals with ASD. Books, articles and additional ASD links included.
  • The SCERTS Model: Comprehensive model and curriculum for individuals with ASD
• Methodologies
  • Structured Teaching
  • Communication Problems in Autism
• Service Delivery Guidelines
  • Service Guidelines for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder/Pervasive Developmental Disorder (ASD/PDD) Birth Through Twenty One
• Interventions: Click for document with multiple intervention links.
  • Evidence Based Interventions
  • Visual Supports
  • 5 Point Scale
• Social/Pragmatics
• AT/AAC
  • Assistive Technology for Children with Autism
  • Developing Social Skills Programming: Changing Barriers into Strategies and Tactics
• Increasing Communication Skills: The AAC Technology Solution

• Families
  • Ohio’s Parent Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • 1st 100 Days

• Autism Research
  • Visual Strategies
  • Summaries of Scientific Research on Interventions on Autism
  • Language Outcomes for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Professional Development
  • Click on this link for organizations that are available for either Web-based or face-to-face professional development, or as a location to find schedules of offered professional development specific to ASD: Professional Development Resources
  • Additional Resources Available
  • Resource Centers:
  • Indiana Resource Center for Autism
  • Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence
  • Texas Statewide Leadership for Autism