Working as a Team!
As a special education teacher, I know how important it is to have everyone on the educational team on board with the educational plan for a student with autism spectrum disorder, that includes the general education teacher. With children being put into their least restrictive environment, most children with ASD will spend some time with their general education teacher. General education teachers sometimes lack the training to understand why a student with ASD may behave the way they do. That is why it is so important to have the general education teacher at all IEP team meetings and any other educational or behavioral meetings that are held with the educational team. If the general education teacher is not at a meeting they may miss a change in their visual schedule or behavior improvement plan. General education teachers also need to reach out to other staff that works on the educational team if they are struggling with a student with ASD. Below are some resources to help general education teachers understand more about students with ASD. Parents may use some of the material below to give to their child's educational team, specifically the general education teacher, to help their child become more successful.
Autism in Your Classroom: A General Educator's Guide to Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (Topics in Autism) – October 31, 2007 by Deborah Fein PhD., Michelle A. Dunn PhD.
This book talks about autism spectrum disorder in a way that is more understandable and relate-able to a general education teacher. The book is broken into three parts. The first part gives an overview of ASD. The second part of the book focuses on the student in the general education classroom. The third part of the book goes over two case studies.
http://theautismblog.seattlechildrens.org/autism-and-general-education/
This is a helpful blog from a general education teacher to a blogger at Seattle Children's Hospital. It goes over the perspective of the general education teacher having more students with ASD in his classroom. The blog ends with a list of tips for teachers who work with kids with autism.
http://www.thinkinclusive.us/10-steps-to-include-students-with-autism-in-general-education-classrooms/#sthash.s1K91DD4.dpbs
This is an article called 10 Steps To Include Students With Autism In General Education Classrooms written by Tim Villegas on April 10, 2014. It is a recent article that gives a step by step way to include a student with ASD into the general education curriculum and classroom. It even goes as far as to explain how to align the IEP goals with the common core standards.
Autism in Your Classroom: A General Educator's Guide to Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (Topics in Autism) – October 31, 2007 by Deborah Fein PhD., Michelle A. Dunn PhD.
This book talks about autism spectrum disorder in a way that is more understandable and relate-able to a general education teacher. The book is broken into three parts. The first part gives an overview of ASD. The second part of the book focuses on the student in the general education classroom. The third part of the book goes over two case studies.
http://theautismblog.seattlechildrens.org/autism-and-general-education/
This is a helpful blog from a general education teacher to a blogger at Seattle Children's Hospital. It goes over the perspective of the general education teacher having more students with ASD in his classroom. The blog ends with a list of tips for teachers who work with kids with autism.
http://www.thinkinclusive.us/10-steps-to-include-students-with-autism-in-general-education-classrooms/#sthash.s1K91DD4.dpbs
This is an article called 10 Steps To Include Students With Autism In General Education Classrooms written by Tim Villegas on April 10, 2014. It is a recent article that gives a step by step way to include a student with ASD into the general education curriculum and classroom. It even goes as far as to explain how to align the IEP goals with the common core standards.