Asperger's Disorder Intervention Manual

The Asperger's Disorder Intervention Manual is a compilation of IEP goals, objectives, and interventions for all 61 items on the Asperger's Disorder Assessment Scale (ADAS). It is designed to respond to the most typical behaviour problems exhibited by students in educational settings. The interventions are appropriate for any student engaging in the selected behaviours. The student need not be identified as having Asperger's Disorder or handicapped in anyway. The appropriateness of the interventions relates directly to the behaviour problem and not to classification labels. The interventions selected reflect positive teacher behaviour, contribute to a positive classroom atmosphere and have been proven to contribute to student success in the educational environment. All interventions included have been found to be successful by administrators, teachers aides, counsellors and parents.

The interventions contained in this manual represent solutions which are both preventive and reactive.

• Preventive interventions are environmental modifications used to reduce variables (e g noise, movement another student. etc.) which ma stimulate problem behaviour.
• Reactive interventions teach the student more appropriate ways to deal with his/her behaviour. These strategies include increased self control, problem solving skills, etc.

Some interventions in this manual apply to most students and should be implemented first to provide a more general approach to problem reduction. Other interventions are more specific and should be individually selected for a student based on the appropriateness of the intervention for that student and the situation.

The goals and objectives in this manual were developed to serve as examples which may be used in writing IEPs. Criteria for measuring the success of the student's attainment of the goals and objectives must be determined by those professional educators and parents who are aware of the student's current abilities and program recommendations.

Interventions may be chosen by a team of professionals, a special educator in a self contained class or functioning in a resource or consultant capacity or by a regular education teacher. The interventions have been found appropriate for special education as well as regular education classroom environments. The interventions included in this manual are appropriate for all educational environments and lend themselves particularly well to creating continuity across all the educational settings in which the student functions.