Common Core State Standards - Implications For Working With Children With Autism

Course overview

School-based speech-language pathologists are increasingly being expected to relate their intervention with their state's education standards. The Common Core State Standards are the most common standards, adopted in over 40 states. The session will briefly review the history of the standards and present a method for analysis of standards to plan for intervention for students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). By analyzing grade level standards, with an eye on those standards that will be challenging for children with ASD, SLPs can then incorporate student strengths and needs with the expectations of the curriculum. This foundation allows for successful intervention planning. After a review of the characteristics of ASD, and how these characteristics will impact students' acquisition of education standards, two case studies are presented. These case studies present elementary aged students with different communication challenges. The analysis model enables planning for positive outcomes for both students. Case studies are included.