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

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

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 History of Established Partnerships

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

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

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

Second section Written at Autism Society Conference Summer 2010 Topic areas: Assessment for Eligibility Determination Assessment for Programming Recently posted to IDEA Partnership Autism Collection

Third section Written at the OCALI Conference November 2010 Topic areas: 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 Autism Collection