School Consultation Program
about us
Direct services include:
The Marcus Autism Center School Consultation program provides
consultation, direct assistance and training for school systems
to better serve children with behavioral issues, especially those
diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other
developmental disabilities. School consultants provide a variety
of behavioral analysis services within the school setting aimed at
both increasing students’ appropriate skills and decreasing
problem behaviors.
– Behavioral or academic assessment techniques
(e.g., interviews, observation, functional behavior
assessments, assessment of basic language and learning
skills (ABLLS), curriculum-based assessment)
These services include consultation services, direct assessment,
treatment of problem behaviors and other educational needs. The
school consultants also provide training to school staff members
about many educational and behavioral topics. This training will
increase the capacity of the school staff to improve services for
children with disabilities.
– Hands-on training of individual school staff members
Consultation services are not directly provided to a student, but
these services are provided to teachers and other school staff to
help guide their classroom services. Consultation includes:
– Monitoring student’s progress and the staff’s procedural integrity
when implementing behavioral procedures with the student.
– Assisting school staff in recording and interpreting data for
educational and behavioral programming.
– Assisting school staff or administrators with individualized
education plan (IEP) preparation and attending IEP meetings.
By consulting with school officials, our staff helps teachers and
administrators design intervention strategies for students that take
each school’s resources into account, developing case-specific
solutions to complex problems that can be further applied to
other students.
DIRECT Services
These services are provided in school systems with a consultant
directly working with the student. These services involve behavioral
and academic assessment techniques, treatment analyses and the
implementation of academic and behavioral interventions.
– Data collection for assessment or intervention evaluation
By working with school professionals, our staff can tailor intervention
strategies to meet a child’s needs, a teacher’s resources and a
family’s goals by offering training that teachers, administrators and
parents feel confident implementing.
Training Services
Training topics vary depending on the specific needs. Training
typically centers on the following topics, but can include
implementation instructions for a variety of behavioral and
educational topics either for individuals or for all children.
– Differential diagnoses of ASD
– Working with children with ASD and other
developmental disabilities
– ABA and verbal behavior teaching methods
– Use and administration of the ABLLS
– Behavioral management, behavioral assessment and
behavioral intervention
– Classroom setup for effective behavioral management
and increased academic engagement
– Positive behavioral supports
These training services are useful for children with ASD, but
they also can be broadly applied to more effectively manage
the behavioral or developmental issues among other students.
Referral
Contact Dana Trahant at 404-785-9446 for more information
about the School Consultation program.
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Consultation Services
– Implementation of either academic or behavioral interventions,
such as applied behavior anaylsis (ABA) teaching methods,
toilet training and social skills groups