Supporting Communication and Social Skills
Handouts
This Autism at-a-Glance was designed to provide information to practitioners and family members about female adolescents and young adults on the autism spectrum.
Download: 
AAG-Autism in Females.pdf
AAG-Autism in Females.pdfThis issue of Autism at-a-Glance focuses on understanding and improving the communication skills of adolescents on the autism spectrum and specifically targets the needs of students who are able to communicate conversationally.
This Autism at-a-Glance was designed to support high school staff and family members in understanding and improving the communication skills of adolescents on the autism spectrum, specifically for students who have more significant communication needs.
Peer-to-Peer resources are designed to support adults with autism and are created by young adults for young adults. This Peer-to-Peer brochure is a guide for building inclusive classrooms with neurodivergent peers.
Peer-to-Peer resources are designed to support adults with autism and are created by young adults for young adults. This Peer-to-Peer brochure is a guide for understanding online etiquette.
Download: Peer-to-Peer-Online Etiquette.pdf
Peer-to-Peer-Online Etiquette.pdfCurriculum Materials
This is the form to use for making the individual student peer support plan.
Download: Blank Peer Support Plan.pdf
Blank Peer Support Plan.pdfSample of a letter to parents regarding the Peer Network.
Download: Parent Letter for Peer Network.pdf
Parent Letter for Peer Network.pdfThis is a fidelity checklist for facilitators who are running Peer Networks.
Form to use to schedule interactions between Peer Network members and the student.
Download: Peer Network Interaction Schedule.pdf
Peer Network Interaction Schedule.pdfThis is a manual to provide guidelines for high school staff in order to implement Peer Networks, a CSESA component designed to support students with ASD in in developing peer relationships outside of the classroom.
Download: Peer Network Manual.pdf
Peer Network Manual.pdfThis is a fidelity checklist for facilitators who are running the orientation meeting for Peer Networks.
This is the powerpoint for training the peers for the Peer Networks intervention.
Download: PN training.pdf
PN training.pdfDocument to outline Peer Support Plan including goals and action steps
Download: CSESA Peer Support Plan_fillable.pdf, Download: PSP_High_Support_Needs_Art[1].pdf, Download: PSP_High_Support_Needs_PE[1].pdf, Download: PSP_Low_Support_Needs_Art[1].pdf, Download: PSP_Low_Support_Needs_EarthScience[1].pdf, Download: PSP_Low_Support_Needs_English[1].pdf, Download: PSP_Low_Support_Needs_History-Social_Studies[1].pdf, Download: PSP_Moderate_Support_Needs_Computer_Skills[1].pdf, Download: PSP_Moderate_Support_Needs_Foods[1].pdf, Download: CSESA Peer Support Plan.pdf
CSESA Peer Support Plan_fillable.pdf, Download: PSP_High_Support_Needs_Art[1].pdf, Download: PSP_High_Support_Needs_PE[1].pdf, Download: PSP_Low_Support_Needs_Art[1].pdf, Download: PSP_Low_Support_Needs_EarthScience[1].pdf, Download: PSP_Low_Support_Needs_English[1].pdf, Download: PSP_Low_Support_Needs_History-Social_Studies[1].pdf, Download: PSP_Moderate_Support_Needs_Computer_Skills[1].pdf, Download: PSP_Moderate_Support_Needs_Foods[1].pdf, Download: CSESA Peer Support Plan.pdfThis is the fidelity checklist for the Peer Supports facilitator
Download: Peer Support Checklist- Facilitator.pdf
Peer Support Checklist- Facilitator.pdfThis is a manual to provide guidelines for high school staff in order to implement Peer Supports, a CSESA component designed to support students with ASD in general education classes.
Download: Peer Supports Manual.pdf
Peer Supports Manual.pdfThis is the fidelity checklist for the Peer Support Orientation Meeting
This is a sample letter to inform parents of the Peer Support Networks.
A website with information about the Social Competence Intervention (SCI) programs and ordering information
Link: SCI website
Training Materials
This is a pamphlet that can be customized for your school to use to recruit peer network members.
Download: training pamphlet.10.28.pdf
training pamphlet.10.28.pdfThis is a pdf file of the Peer Network training powerpoint for staff.
Download: PeerNetworkTraining.pdf
PeerNetworkTraining.pdfThis is the powerpoint for the Peer Network training
Download: Peer Supports Training.pdf
Peer Supports Training.pdfArticles and Conference Presentations
Presentation at CEC Tampa 2018
This presentation provides an analysis of focus group results and how that informed the adaptation of peer network interventions, as well as an overview of peer network interventions and results from early pilot studies with high school students with ASD.
Presentation on teams that implement comprehensive interventions to high school students with ASD given at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research.
An oral presentation from the ASHA 2014 conference in Orlando, FL
Virtual conference for FSU Summer Training Institute on Autism
Building inclusive high school communities for autistic students
Poster presentation at IMFAR San Francisco 2017
An article from Educational Leadership
Efficacy of a school-based comprehensive intervention program for adolescents with autism
Poster presented at the IES Annual Principal Investigators Meeting 2019.
Poster presentation on the use of social media by teens with ASD given at IMFAR.
A presentation at CEC 2014 about the peer and social component of CSESA
This presentation provides an overview of social competence interventions for high school students with autism, and offers practical tips for educators and other professionals working with high school students with autism.
An oral presentation in the strand, Educational Strategies and Interventions for High School Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders, from the CEC 2015 conference in San Diego, CA.
Presentation at CEC 2017 on Peer Mediated Strategies to Increase Social Competence of Students with Autism.
Poster presentation at ASHA 2022
Post-high school social experiences and perceptions among autistic young adults.
Download: CEC_2023_CSESA Social outcomes.pdf
CEC_2023_CSESA Social outcomes.pdfA manuscript in a special issue of Remedial and Special Education (Autism, Adolescence, and High School) about supporting social competence and peer relationships in high school students with ASD.
Link: Article on RASE website
Quality of secondary school programs for students with autism spectrum disorder in the United States
Quality of secondary school programs for students with autism spectrum disorder in the United States
Sex differences in social participation of high school students with autism spectrum disorder
Presentation at Gatlinburg Conference San Diego 2018
Poster presentation at IMFAR San Francisco 2017.
Presentation at ASHA Los Angeles 2017.
Presentation at CEC Indianapolis 2019.
An oral presentation from the CEC 2016 conference in St. Louis, MO.
Download: CEC_2016_Student Technology Use.pdf
CEC_2016_Student Technology Use.pdfA poster presentation from the IMFAR 2016 conference in Baltimore, MD.
Download: IMFAR_2016_Student Tech.pdf
IMFAR_2016_Student Tech.pdfPresentation given at CEC Annual Conference in Portland, OR.
Download: CEC 2020 Card Sort Demonstration .pdf
CEC 2020 Card Sort Demonstration .pdfAn oral presentation from the CEC 2018 conference in Tampa, FL.
Download: CEC 2018_Clubs_Final.pdf
CEC 2018_Clubs_Final.pdfPresentation at CEC Tampa 2018.
Download: McDaniel 2018 CEC Clubs_Final.pdf
McDaniel 2018 CEC Clubs_Final.pdfPoster presentation at INSAR Montreal 2019.
Download: Hall 2019 INSAR IEP Quality Poster.pdf
Hall 2019 INSAR IEP Quality Poster.pdf