Educating Students with High Needs and Cognitive

This workshop requires some prior knowledge.  Project ACCESS recommends that you complete the following workshop (s) before you enroll in this workshop: Autism 101

Educating Students with High Needs and Cognitive Delays

Attend this one day workshop designed for educators teaching students who experience autism and severe cognitive delays. Your time in this workshop will primarily focus on learning evidence based practices to help increase student independence, task completion, functional skills, and communication. Additionally, you’ll be encouraged to focus on the distant future, as well as on the current year goals. Hints for helping families and other school personnel plan for transitions within the schools and transitions from school to life will be addressed.

Learning outcomes include:

  • Understand characteristics of this special population
  • How to leverage students' strengths and interests.
  • Reinforcement: a key component
  • Selecting and Implementing EBPs
  • Practical strategies to utilize in the classroom
  • Preparing future teachers and care providers to support your students
Workshop information
  • Duration: one day
  • Mode: face-to-face
  • Prerequisite: none
  • Target Audience: Special education teachers, regular education teachers, administrators, and related services providers