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SASED STARS PROGRAM

      SASED’s Teaching for Autism: Reflecting Success

STARS Program Description:           

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

The SASED STARS Classroom is intended as an innovative best practice model classroom for teaching students who have a diagnosis within the ASD spectrum. 

STARS will offer a highly structured learning environment using an evidence based curriculum that will incorporate comprehensive best practice strategies with goals to:

• Individualize instructional planning across academic, behavioral, communication and emotional goals
• Provide direct instruction in the areas of: language, academics, behavior, and socialization
• Provide enrichment opportunities for supported generalization within inclusive settings
• Collect ongoing systematic data for determining individualized programming and for monitoring academic and behavioral progress
• Consider independence as an important goal toward optimal development

STARS STUDENT CRITERION:

• Has a primary or secondary medical or school diagnosis of ASD
• Has cognitive ability measured or believed to be within the average to above average range
• Shows uneven academic progress despite accommodations and modifications within current setting
• Has repeated of episodes of sensory or emotional disregulation in response to environmental triggers
• Has significant delay in at least one area of language
• Has impairment in social interactions
• Insists on intensive scheduling and highly structured and predictable routines
• Has families who agree to consistent collaboration for home intervention application 

   Sheila Feldbaumer: Program Coordinator

                     sfeldbaumer@sased.org  phone: 630-629-2806               

Sheila holds her Bachelors Degree in Special Education with a Masters in Administration with certificates in general education, special education, and early childhood education.   She has also received her board certification as a behavior analyst (BCBA).  As an experienced educator, Sheila has 20 years of experience in designing learning environments for persons with autism and developmental disabilities, teaching students with autism and has been training teachers, therapists, and assistants in the field of autism for the past 10 years.  Sheila serves as an adjunct professor for Aurora University while teaching masters level courses in the field of Autism and Verbal Behavior.