Nat'l Academy Press, Educating Children with Autism (2001)

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Academy Press, Educating Children with Autism (2001),

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http://books.nap.edu/books/0309072697/html/R1.html

Additional copies of this report are available from National Academy Press in

Washington DC. 800-624-6242 or 202334-3313

Brief overview:

At the request of the US Dept of Education's Office of Special Education

Programs, the National Research Council formed the Committee on Educational

Interventions for Children with Autism and charged the committee to integrate

the scientific, theoretical and policy literature and create a framework for

evaluation the scientific evidence concerning the effects and features of

educational interventions for young children with autism (focus on birth to

age 8). The charge included specific suggestions to examine several issues

pertaining to education of kids with ASD: early intervention, diagnosis and

classification, the rights of children with autism under the IDEA,

mainstreaming and Assistive technology. The committee's key conclusions and

recommendations are summarized with complete conclusions and recommendation.

This is a huge document which is well worth reading ....

Nikia Dower, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech and Language Pathologist

Autism Programming Consultant

Director and Owner/Dower and Associates, Inc.

t/a Speech, Language and Education Services of Prince and Loudoun

Counties

Specialty: Applied Verbal Behavior (AVB) Programs for Home and School

540-687-5412 (Loudoun)

703-330-0554 (Prince )

http://card.netscape.com/ndower (updated 5/21/02)

www.dowerandassociates.com (under construction)

" Children with autism are not learning disabled, they are teaching

challenges. "

Dr. Carbone, BCBA

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice,

but in practice, there is.