Starting the School Year Well And What To Do If Things Go Awry

An Autistic Student-Centered Approach to All-Year Success

Diane Adreon, Brenda Smith Myles, Diane Adreon

• Publisher: Future Horizons
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781963367263
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Inclusive Education

Most students thrive on consistency and it's especially important for autistic students. Without it, teacherscan expect them to experience higher levels of anxiety and more meltdowns. Because of their neurology, autistic students learn best when they know exactly what they are going to do, when they are going to doit, and with whom they will do it.

Despite knowledge and well-intended efforts, educational systems often create a lack of predictability forstudents when they transition from year to year. Teachers certainly try. They've read last year's IEP, tookpart in creating a new one, and have read all the information in the student's file. But they still don't know
details, such as what the student's mini schedule looks like and what prompts are needed to supportsocial interaction. Until now.

Starting the School Year Well provides a simple way for teachers to learn from past educators through thecompletion of three simple-to-use instruments:
• Transition Checklist
• Comprehensive Autism Planning System
• Learner Snapshot

These tools allow educators to immediately implement effective strategies instead of spending timeengaged in trial-and-error instruction. These instruments create a smoother transition that enhanceslearning. Also included is an extensive approach to behavior challenges that results in real change! Ifbehavior challenges occur, use this student-and-teacher-friendly approach to teach new behaviors and
provide support.

By eliminating guesswork as you get to know a student at the beginning of the year, you can get right to workteaching them new skills that match how they learn.

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