Journal Article

Special Education Service Use by Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Feldman-Alguire, Ashlee L., McDonald, Christin A., Lopata, Christopher, Thomeer, Marcus L., Rodgers, Jonathan D., Donnelly, James P.

2019

Overview

In the last decade, the prevalence of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) without intellectual disability (ID) in schools has increased. However, there is a paucity of information on special education placement, service use, and relationships between service use and demographic variables for children with ASD without ID. This study aimed to describe and explore variation in type and amount of special education services provided to ( N  = 89) children with ASD. Results indicated that the largest percentage of children received services under the Autism classification (56.2%) and were in partial-inclusion settings (40.4%). The main services received were speech (70.8%) and occupational (56.2%) therapies, while few children received behavior plans (15.7%) or social skills instruction (16.9%). Correlates with service use are described.

• Publisher: Springer US,Springer,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Autism / Autism Spectrum Disorder - epidemiology / Autism Spectrum Disorder - psychology / Autism Spectrum Disorder - therapy / Autism Spectrum Disorders / Autistic children / Behavior Modification / Behavior Problems / Behavioral Science and Psychology / Care and treatment / Child / Child and School Psychology / Children / Classification / Classroom Environment / Cognitive Ability / Correlation / Education, Special - methods / Education, Special - trends / Educational Environment / Educational Finance / Elementary Education / Elementary School Students / Elementary Schools / Female / General Education / Health aspects / Humans / Incidence / Inclusion / Intellectual disabilities / Intellectual Disability / Intellectual Disability - epidemiology / Intellectual Disability - psychology / Intellectual Disability - therapy / Interpersonal Competence / Interpersonal Relationship / Learning disabilities / Male / Medical care / Middle Schools / Neurosciences / Occupational Therapy / Original Paper / Pediatrics / Pervasive Developmental Disorders / Prevalence / Psychology / Public Health / Risk factors / Schools - trends / Services / Social Behavior / Social Skills / Special Education / Speech / Speech - physiology / Speech Therapy / Student Placement / Students with Disabilities / Teaching