Assignment task: Prepare a training module for families on one of the topics listed below. The training module should include a PowerPoint presentation and other handouts appropriate to the training, notes on the information that will be shared beyond the PowerPoint slides, and a resource list for families of where they can find further information on the topic.
Training Topics:
- Coping with a new diagnosis of ASD, Down syndrome, Cerebral palsy, Spina bifada, or another developmental disability (Select ASD)
- Understanding your child with high-functioning ASD
- Understanding your child with autism with a co-occurring condition. Be specific with the condition (e.g., mental health, blindness, Down syndrome)
- Teaching social cognition to your child with ASD
- Teaching self-calming to your child with developmental disabilities
- Making decisions about intervention strategies
- Supporting siblings of children with a developmental disability
- The IEP process
- The transition process
- Preparing students with ASD for adulthood
Prepare a slide for each bulleted area.