Instructional Approaches and Strategies we use when working with students with PDD/Autism include:

• Inclusion with support to provide the least restrictive environment
• Student interest to guide learning
• Direct social instruction with and without peers
• Consistency and routines with visual schedule supports
• Nonverbal communication supports
• Consideration of the visual and auditory environment
• Behavior and relationship based instructional approaches
• Support of individual sensory needs