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Erie schools outline autism services as district sees rising special-education caseload
Summary
District staff described programming, interventions and rising autism identification in the Erie School District, saying 11.6% of special education students are identified on the autism spectrum and roughly 30 children are coming from early intervention who may need high-support placements.
District staff on April 9 told the School District of the City of Erie Board of Directors the district is expanding autism support services as identification rates rise.
A presenter identified autism as “a social disability and it’s a communication disability of really unknown neurological origin,” and emphasized that “what it is not is a mental illness,” during a briefing the board heard after the superintendent’s report.
The presenter said autism is now described across three functional levels — Level 1 (requires support), Level 2 (requires substantial support) and Level 3 (requires very substantial support) — and described classroom interventions the district uses, including applied behavior analysis, functional behavior assessment, positive behavior supports, the…
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