Lesson Plan a la Carte—Integrated Planning for Students With Special Needs

The team of authors designed this concise book for school professionals who support students with special needs. The lesson planning model was created as a tool to help teachers support students with individualized education programs (IEP) and 504 plans. The integrated plan, which the text will help you develop, helps document the process of bringing together learning objectives and therapeutic support for your students needs. The model is intended to provide the resources necessary to help the educators organize and document modifications. The appendix includes an overview of the Ziggurat Model and the Comprehensive Autism Planning System (CAPS), therapeutic menus, considerations for planning menus, TEAM template series and SOLO template series. PDF forms are included on a CD. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Valerie Paradiz, PhD, designs curricula and educational programs for children and adults with autism spectrum and related conditions. She is the developer of Integrated Self-Advocacy ISAR, a curriculum and certification training series for educators, therapists, families, and support providers who wish to help individuals with ASDs achieve greater self-determination and ability in self-advocacy. Dr. Valerie speaks and consults nationally and internationally for schools, agencies, corporations, and universities. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Redbook Magazine, The Guardian, and on National Public Radio. She is a regular vendor for New York City's Board of Education and serves as director of the Autistic Global Initiative for the Autism Research Institute, where she also works as editor-in-chief of the quarterly ARI Adults with ASD eBulletin. Finally, Valerie is a Leadership Council member of Advancing Futures for Adults with Autism (AFAA). For more information, visit www.autismselfadvocacy.com Todd Germain, OTR, LCSW, is a clinical social worker and occupational therapist with advanced training in child and adolescent psychotherapy from the William Alanson White Institute. Todd has a private practice in Manhattan where he works primarily with children and families around a variety of developmental and social-emotional issues. He has taught clinical social work at Fordham University and is an integrated planning consultant for The Cooke Center for Learning and Development.Sarah Olivieri, MPS, is involved with a number of organizations serving children, teens, and adults on the autism spectrum. She co-founded the Open Center for Autism in 2005 with Valerie Paradiz and has served as the deputy director of the Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership (GRASP) and executive director of the Helping Children of War Foundation. Sarah received her BA from the University of Chicago with a focus on globalization and its effect on marginalized cultures, studying in Spain, Tanzania, and Cuba, and finally moving to Japan to teach English. In 2009 she completed a master's degree in humanistic and multicultural education at SUNY New Paltz. Currently Sarah works with a digital media production company and enjoys developing media for organizations serving individuals on the autism spectrum.Michelle DeFelice Haverly, MS, has been a teacher of people with special needs for over 15 years. During those years, she has served as a special educator of students with a wide range of abilities in various settings. She has also been a college instructor, tutor, Special Olympics coach and trainer, workshop writer, program developer, volunteer, consultant, presenter, and mentor. Michelle currently writes workshop materials and trains school-related professionals, as well as teachers and consults with school districts to improve the quality of education for all students, especially those with ASD and related diagnoses. Michelle is a wife and mother of two neurotypical children who attend an integrated preschool. She authored an article about her family's preschool experience in the Autism Advocate, published by the Autism Society of America.