Community of Practice on Autism Spectrum Disorders Shawn

Community of Practice on Autism Spectrum Disorders Shawn Henry Jill Hudson

Autism Community • 2007 – Began dialogue about Communities of Practice with Joanne Cashman • • • Fall 2008 – Initially hosted Practice Groups Spring 2009 – Created space on sharedwork Continued focus and support from IDEA Partnership and NASDSE

Strategic Partnerships

History of Established Partnerships • • Annual State Team Forum onsite meeting Share about state level initiatives and issues Create solutions and influence policy Return home and continue to meet regularly within own state

History of Established Partnerships • • NATTAP : Network of Autism Training and Technical Assistance Programs Informally meeting together for approximately past 20 years to network and share processes and materials to further build capacity for individuals with ASD

History of Established Partnerships • • • Founded in 1965 Leading grassroots autism organization Chapters in almost every state connecting families together

History of Established Partnerships • Established National Community of Practice on ASD in 2008 • Common place to share information and deploy resources

Work of the Community • Sharedwork. org • Posting information and sending out announcements to community • State Teams utilizing for individual state work

Work of the Community • Development of the Autism Collection • Utilize national meetings to gather stakeholders • Disseminate materials through established networks

Autism Collection • • • First section Written in August 2009 Topic areas: • • Overview of ASD Characteristics Overview of Interventions • Posted to IDEA Partnership in April 2010 in conjunction with Autism Awareness month • Received 29, 000 hits in April

Autism Collection • • Second section • Topic areas: Written at Autism Society Conference Summer 2010 • • Assessment for Eligibility Determination Assessment for Programming Recently posted to IDEA Partnership www. ideapartnership. org/index. php? opti on=com_content&view=article&id=1493

Autism Collection • • Third section • Topic areas: Written at the OCALI Conference November 2010 • • Social Emotional Learning Functional Behavior Assessment Currently in final stage of edits Soon to be sent to OSEP for vetting

Autism Collection • Future sections to be written at 2011 national meetings • Potentially at NSTTAC • • Transition Potentially at the OCALI Conference or the Autism Society Conference • • • Early Intervention / Early Childhood Communication Assistive Technology