Website: The Center on Secondary Education for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders
CSESA is committed to better equipping and supporting educators and other professionals serving high school students with ASD.
Guide: Organization for Autism Research: Understanding Autism – A Guide for Secondary School Teachers
This guide reviews common characteristics associated with autism and provides teachers with practical tips and strategies for supporting their students with autism in the classroom setting.
Guide: Include Me!
This document provides guidelines to promote the inclusion of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities at meetings and conferences.
Guide: Center for Autism and Related Disabilities: Autism and Mental Health Issues
This booklet offers information about the prevalence of mental health conditions in persons with autism spectrum disorders.
Website: Circle of Friends
Circle of Friends establishes friendships between students with developmental disabilities and their peers without disabilities through inclusive meaningful participation on school campuses as well as within their community.
Webpage: The Hanen Centre: Autism Corner
The Hanen Centre is a non-profit organization that focuses on language, social and literacy skills in young children.
Article: Reading Rockets: Reading Together: Tips for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Reading Rockets offers reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better.
Article: IEP Meeting Conversation Stoppers
This article from the National Center for Learning Disabilities addresses nine common statements that are made to parents at IEP meetings, also known as “conversation stoppers.”
Website: Families for Hands & Voices: The Pop-up IEP
This guide contains responses that parents of children with disabilities may encounter as they talk to school personnel about their children’s education, progress and Individualized Education Program (IEP).
Article: Think College!: Federal Financial Aid for Students with Intellectual Disabilities
This article provides information about federal financial aid for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
