Recent Conferences and Events

American Psychological Association (APA) Conference

August 2015

Bonnie Kraemer attended the American Psychological Association Conference in August and presented on Educational Strategies and Interventions in High School Students with ASD. Link to her presentation HERE.

Division on Career Development and Transition (DCDT) Conference

November 2015

Bonnie Kraemer and Kate Szidon presented on supporting students with ASD and their families during the transition to adulthood - link to the presentation HERE. Tara Regan presented on implementing work-based learning experiences in high schools for students with ASD - link to the presentation HERE.

New CSESA Resources

Check out this Autism at-a-Glance resource on exercise. This Autism at-a-Glance was designed to support high school staff and family members in understanding exercise for adolescents on the autism spectrum. Please feel free to download it and share it with teachers, families, or community members that you know who might be interested in the resource.

Have you seen our newest Autism at-a-Glance  on hygiene? This Autism at-a-Glance was designed to support high school staff and family members in addressing hygiene skills with teens on the autism spectrum. Please feel free to download it and share it with teachers or families that you know who might be interested in it.

Autism at-a-Glance is a series of practitioner and family-friendly documents created by the Center on Secondary Education for Students with ASD (CSESA) designed for high school staff members supporting students on the autism spectrum, as well as family members of adolescents with ASD. The purpose of the Autism at-a-Glance series is to provide a current summary of topics relevant to high school students with ASD as well as practical tips and resources for school and community personnel and family members.The complete Autism at-a-Glance series can be found here.

Research Highlights

We are now rolling out Year 4 of the CSESA Project. CSESA has launched in another 30 high schools across the country, making a total of 60 schools. As of now, we have recruited around 500 students and families and over 400 school staff for the ongoing study.

We are looking forward to working with the staff, students, and families at our CSESA schools!

CSESA Spotlight

One focus of the CSESA study is to increase secondary educators’ understanding of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).  This is being accomplished by providing Understanding Autism training to the staff at each of the high schools participating in the study.  At the training, educators learn the typical characteristics of students with ASD and research-based best practices to support students with ASD when they exhibit challenging behaviors.  Click here to view a copy of the Understanding Autism presentation and handouts that have been shared with hundreds of high school educators across the U.S.

On The Horizon

Register now for the 2016 Council for Exception Children (CEC) convention in St. Louis, Missouri, April 13-16, 2016.

Several current and former CSESA team members will be presenting on a variety of topics including monitoring implementation, technology, and peer networks.