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Smart Project

Preparing Teachers and Paraeducators for the Successful Inclusion of Autistic Children

PIs Jill Locke, PhD

Research Team Aaron R. Lyon, PhD / Mahima Joshi, MPH / Kendra Wolf, MEd

Team Name ASD PREP

Funding Institute of Education Sciences R324A200033

Project Status Recruiting

The purpose of this study is to identify which evidence-based practices (EBPs) teachers and paraeducators use to more meaningfully include and retain autistic children in general education settings; and the malleable individual and organizational characteristics that increase EBP use. Click here for more information.