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CROSSPOST--Request for input from practitioners/teachers using SRA DI curriculum

with ASD students. For additional details, read below.

Regina F.

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Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:51:31 -0700

From: Tim Slocum

Subject: di: DI and Children with Autism

Hi Listmates,

Trina Spencer, a doctoral student here at Utah State, and I are beginning a

line of research on using DI with children with Autism. As a first step, we are

attempting to get a comprehensive picture of current DI practices with this

population. We hope that this leads to a series of research projects on the

topic.

If use DI with children with Autism we ask that you take a few minutes to

complete the brief survey below and return it to Trina at tds@....

(tdsATcc.usu.edu)

If you know of others who use DI with this population please forward this

message to them.

If you are interested in collaborating on future research, please let us

know.

Please respond to Trina at tds@... . (tdsATcc.usu.edu)

Thanks very much,

Tim Slocum

Utah State University

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Survey of DI programs with Children with Autism

Your name:

Name of program or school:

1. What DI programs are you using (e.g., Language for Learning, Reading

Mastery I)?.

2. Describe general student population (Age, Intellectual Functioning,

Receptive & Expressive Language skills, diagnoses or classifications, etc.)

3. Do you use a set of criteria to determine if a student has prerequisite

skills for DI programs? If so, what?

4. Are you teaching in a small group or individually? If in a group, what is

the typical size of the group?

5. Are you presenting the curriculum as it is designed or do you make

modifications? If you make modifications, please briefly describe them. Some

components to consider include: signaling, wording, content (skipping or

supplementing certain tracks or exercise), and student responses.

6. How do you monitor progress? What type of assessments do you use and how

do you display outcomes?

7. What training is provided to the instructors? Do paraprofessionals

deliver the program, too?

8. What benefits have you found, either anecdotal or documented?

9. What challenges or difficulties have you encountered?

10. Anything else that might help me understand how you implement DI with your

students.

11. Please list other individuals or organizations who use DI with children

with autism.