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Description
Learn about the characteristics of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Explore strategies to establish a learning environment that supports students with ASD. Consider how students' Individual Education Plans (IEP) and the IEP team provide teachers with strategies to enhance learning and support students with ASD. This module addresses Florida's professional learning requirements from SB 1108—Students with Disabilities (SWD).
Learning Objectives
- Describe the characteristics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
- Understand that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) manifests differently in individual learners.
- Indicate how the characteristics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) impact individuals in a school setting.
- Identify the members of an IEP team and the general education teacher’s role on the team.
- Identify the components of an IEP that help guide a general education teacher when planning for and instructing a learner with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the general education classroom.
- Identify multiple ways that general education and ESE teachers can work together to support a learner with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the general education classroom.
- Identify the support strategies that can be used in the general education classroom with students with ASD.
- Visual Schedules
- Priming and Prompting
- Academic accommodations and modifications
- Reinforcements - positive and negative
- Home Base/Calming Area
- Describe the differences between a tantrum and a meltdown and how each can affect a student with ASD in the classroom.
- Identify the stages of a meltdown and what can set one in motion.
- Identify the classroom interventions that can be used to help prevent a student with ASD from having a meltdown.
Documentation Methods
Participants must document their learning by completing the following summative.
1 Multiple Choice Exam - Learner demonstrates knowledge of content by selecting
the correct answer from the choices provided.
The summative must meet 80% of the established criteria.
Module Last Updated: 2025