PD Video: ASD Program Self Assessment Tool

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Speaker: Deborah Rooks-Ellis, Ph.D.
March 23, 2017

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This professional development opportunity will introduce and train teams to use the newly developed online program assessment tool.  The ASD Program Self Assessment Tool was derived from a review of the literature on critical evidence-based practices necessary for effective programming for all students with ASD. Establishing these practices is important to allow students to make steady progress toward successful involvement in general education environments. These supports and instructional strategies, identified by the indicators, provide students with ASD a solid foundation for learning and can be individualized to meet the unique needs of each student. Instruction for students with ASD begins with system-wide supports and continues with building level and individual student application.  This tool will support this solid instruction.

Learner Outcomes:

  • Help teams review their delivery of services and practices and develop action plans for system improvements
  • Determine indicators currently in place: the design of their programs, the level of implementation of critical evidence-based practices, fidelity of implementation of instructional strategies, and ongoing program review
  • Focus on five essential component areas with specific indicators including Identification and Assessment, Qualified Staff, and Family and Community Training & Supports, Appropriate Development of IFSP/IEP/Transition Plans, and, Systematic Program Development and Implementation
  • Help teams identify, develop and implement comprehensive programming from individual IFSP/IEP/Transition plans for students with ASD

Dr. Rooks-Ellis is a faculty member of the College of Education and Human Development (COEHD), Teacher and Counselor Education, Special Education department with specialization in Low Incidence Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorders, and the Director of the Maine Autism Institute for Education and Research.