AUTISM PROJECT

Project Overview

"Designing daily lessons based on

evidence-based practices for students with autism:
A critical component of appropriate school programs"

Established
November 1, 2009
Collaborative Partners:
Mississippi Department of
Education (MDE)
The University of Southern
Mississippi
Long Beach School District

Antecedentbased
interventions
based upon the
fundamental
features of
autism

Generic
classroom design
issues/
Programming
issues

Evidencebased
practices/
Evidence
based
interventions
Effective
teaching
practices

Miscellaneous
(e.g. OT, PT,
SLP, etc.)

Mission Statement
Demonstrate for school
personnel and parents
how to design and
implement appropriate
school-based programs
for students with autism

Project Activities
Trainings:
a. Onsite
b. Regional
c. Summer Institute
d. Webinars
Autism Project staff have
conducted 190+ trainings
for 2,400+ personnel
Autism Demonstration
School

Contact Information
Long Beach Middle School
204 North Cleveland Ave.
Long Beach, MS 39560

Environmental Arrangement
1. Antecedent-based interventions based
upon the fundamental features of autism
2. Classroom choreography

Direct instruction Lesson Plan

USM-Gulf Coast
1. Individual components are evidence- 730 East Beach Blvd.
Long Beach, MS 39560
based (Maag, 2004)
2. Some components are effective
Phone: 228.863.1755
teaching practices
Fax: 228.863.1794
Email: autism@usm.edu
Web address:
www.usm.edu/gulfcoast/au
tism

The Foundation

"Implementing Evidence-Based Practices in Real World

Settings"
Poster Presentation for ITAC
July 16, 2015- July 17, 2015