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VCU Autism Center for Excellence Regional Communities of Learning in Autism (CoLAs) Dr. Carol Schall, Director of Technical Assistance Virginia Commonwealth University Autism Center for Excellence Who is Leading this Effort? VCU


  1. VCU Autism Center for Excellence Regional Communities of Learning in Autism (CoLA’s) • Dr. Carol Schall, Director of Technical Assistance Virginia Commonwealth University Autism Center for Excellence

  2. Who is Leading this Effort? • VCU ACE Technical Assistance • VADOE Training and Technical Assistance Centers • In Region 1, The Region One Autism Education Consortium

  3. What is a CoLA? • A group of public school division “Autism Leaders” who engage superintendant’s regions in problem solving related to ASD training and technical assistance to encourage systems change across the region • A learning community where public school division “Autism Leaders” can also discuss and meet their own professional development needs

  4. What will CoLA’s do? • Share resources • Solve regional problems • Share training information and resources • Increase consistency and efficiency of programming with in and across divisions, • Promote and increase division and region wide implementation of evidence-based practice, • Problem solve and discuss the blending of evidence-based practice with federal mandates • Plan for training for the regional autism specialists in the regions

  5. How will CoLA’s Meet? • Face to Face – 2 to 3 times per year • Via Conference Call – As needed and defined by the members • On the Web – Through the sharing of resources on a Wiki

  6. Who Can Attend? • Individuals from public school divisions who serve a leadership role in the area of ASD services for the entire division. • Division wide Autism Specialists • Division wide special education trainer, supervisor, coach • Division wide special education autism curriculum specialist • Directors of Special Education • Directors of Related Services (Speech, OT, PT)

  7. What might we get from a CoLA? • Access to and sharing of resources • Shared problem solving and brainstorming • Region wide training • Collective creativity • Access to expertise • Sharing success and challenges

  8. Who do I Contact for More Information? Regions VCU-ACE TA E-mail Address Associates Region 1 and 8 Adam Dreyfus adreyfus@vcu.edu Emily Helmboldt echelmboldt@vcu.edu Region 2 and 3 Noel Woolard woolardn@vcu.edu Charlene Wentland chwentland@vcu.edu Region 4 and 5 Steven Celmer spcelmer@vcu.edu Region 6 and 7 Teresa Lyons tlyons@vcu.edu

  9. Opportunities for Professional Development and Training • Dr. Dawn Hendricks, Director of Training Virginia Commonwealth University Autism Center for Excellence 9

  10. WWW.VCUAUTISMCENTER.ORG

  11. ACE Training • Designed for all who serve or support a student with ASD • Based on the Virginia Skill Competencies • Designed for – Knowledge and Skills Attainment (Beginning) – – Capacity Building (Intermediate) - is the integration of learning experiences in which knowledge and skills interact

  12. University / College Coursework University / College Coursework for Credit Coursework in Coursework in Applied Behavior Autism Spectrum Analysis Disorders

  13. Not-for-Credit Live Training Resources Webcasts Online Seminars Online Instructional Courses 1 3

  14. Webcasts National and State Experts • ABA = Good Teaching Date: December 13, 2011 Time: 3:30 - 4:30pm Eastern Presenter(s): Robert Schramm • Function Matters! How to Determine Why a Student Demonstrates Problem Behavior Date: January 10, 2012 Time: 3:30 - 4:30pm Eastern Presenter(s): Carol Schall • In My Own Words. My Life with Asperger’s Syndrome Date: February 14, 2012 Time: 3:30 - 4:30pm Eastern Presenter(s): Roseanne

  15. Online Seminars • Asynchronous • Variety of topics • 10-30 minutes • Extension activities – Individual – Group

  16. Online Courses • Foundations of Autism Course • Educating Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders

  17. Foundations of Autism Spectrum Disorders Course • Module One: Overview of Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Primary Characteristics • Module Two: Secondary characteristics, learning styles and autism across the lifespan

  18. Educating Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders • Module One: Overview of ASD and Introduction to the Educational Process • Module Two: Critical Components of the IEP • Module Three: Instructional Considerations • Module Four: Foundations of Instruction • Module Five: Behavioral Support

  19. Online Resources • Guidelines • Fact sheets and briefs • Journal articles • Websites • Lending Library • Technology web page

  20. Paraprofessional Initiative • Online self-paced course • Guidelines • Institutes of Higher Education / Community Colleges • Virginia Skill Competencies • Tracking Training Protocol • Training Protocol for Divisions

  21. Other Activities in Development • Data-based Decision Making – online self-paced course • Screening and Diagnosis of ASD – online self-paced course • My Child was Just Diagnosed with ASD! Now What do I do? – online self- paced course

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