Autism Spectrum Disorders

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• Developmentally appropriate curriculum aligned with California Common Core
• ​Utilization of a combination of instructional strategies and intervention techniques to address the learning styles, abilities, functional and developmental needs of the students
• Utilization of a combination of instructional strategies and intervention techniques to address the learning styles, abilities, functional and developmental needs of the students
• Technology-aided instruction and intervention
• Individually planned mainstreaming opportunities and community-based instruction based on students’ needs and abilities​
• ​Highly structured program to support independence
• Utilization of visual supports including visual strategies, schedules, and work systems
• Low staff to student ratio
• Reduced class size
• Emphasis on communication skills
• Naturalistic language intervention
• Functional communication training
• Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) including Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
• Positive behavior interventions and differential reinforcement strategies
• A systematic, data-driven approach for changing behavior based on positive interventions
• Individualized and group interventions based on best practices and research
• A holistic approach that considers all of the factors that impact the student, and the student’s behavior
• Extensive staff training to support consistent behavioral interventions, desired behaviors and activities in all campus environments
• Social Skills training​

​Support Services

• ​The Intensive Behavior Intervention Team may include:
  
• Administrators from the county office and district of residence
• Special Education Teachers
• School Psychologist
• Behavior Support Specialists
• Educational Paraprofessionals
• Speech and Language Pathologists
• Occupational Therapists
• Physical Therapists
• Assistive Technology Specialists
• Nurses​