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| Workshop |  | Comprehensive Program for Students with ASD Using the Ziggurat (Inactive) |
| Department |  | ESU 10 - SPED |
| Default Contact |  | Polly Hays |
| Default Location | | ESU 10 Kearney NE - Conference Rooms E & F - South Wing (click here for building map) |
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| Description | | Casie Olsen and Kristin Watson are school psychologists for CNSSP/Grand Island Public Schools, GIPS Autism Team Members and Certified Ziggurat Trainers. Both have assisted numerous SPED and RTI teams in planning comprehensive intervention programs for students across the Grand Island School District will Present:
What is the Ziggurat Model?
The Ziggurat Model is a guide for designing comprehensive behavior interventions for individuals of all ages with autism spectrum disorders. This model has been adopted at district-wide and statewide levels. The Ziggurat approach centers on a five level model, structured in a hierarchy. Each level represents underlying needs and characteristics that must be addressed in order for an intervention plan to be comprehensive. Assessment tools, the Underlying Characteristic Checklists (UCCs) to facilitate this process will be introduced: Early Childhood (UCC-EC), Classic (UCC-CL) and High Functioning (UCC-HF) Underlying Characteristics Checklists.
Through hands-on exercises, participants will be able to:
• Use specially-designed assessment tools to identify the relationship of underlying characteristics of ASD to children’s observable behavior: A survey of underlying characteristics (UCC)
• Complete a survey of individual strengths and skills (ISSI)
• List five areas required for a comprehensive intervention
• Identify research validated strategies for intervention for each of the five levels of the Ziggurat
• Use the Ziggurat Worksheet to plan a comprehensive intervention
• Participate effectively as team members in the Ziggurat process
• Identify common pitfalls in intervention design for individuals with ASD
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| Audience | | Audience: Parents, resource and general education teachers, speech pathologists, school psychologists, occupational therapists, counselors, school administrators, and autism consultants. Attending & working as an intervention team is encouraged. |
