What Does An Autism Consultant Do?
An Autism Consultant works as a member of the student’s school team consulting with the teacher, educational team, and administration on best practices to support Autistic students in the school environment. They serve as a coach and consultant to the team that knows the student best. This can include the family and depending on the age, the student themselves. The primary focus of the Autism Consultant’s role is to provide space for the teacher and team to preventively plan for how best to support an Autistic student* they have in their classroom.
*You may notice how we are referring to the Autistic population using person first language. This is due to requests from the Autistic population directly to be referred to in this way. To learn more, this article is a great resource.
In addition we provide:
*You may notice how we are referring to the Autistic population using person first language. This is due to requests from the Autistic population directly to be referred to in this way. To learn more, this article is a great resource.
In addition we provide:
- Individual Consultation and Coaching for staff with knowledge in the areas of Executive Functioning, Sensory Processing Issues, Social Communication, and engagement in learning
- Observation utilizing data collection to provide in depth behavior analysis
- Assistance to teams in identifying strengths and areas of continued growth
- Partner with the team to support educational plans and interventions
- Knowledge of a variety of research based interventions and frameworks used with Autistic students and their educators, to include Flootime, SCERTS, PECS, TEACCH, UDL, among others
- Professional development and learning resources district wide, to include paraeducators, grade level teams, and specials teachers