Team Training for Young Children With Autism: A Regional Model for Service Delivery

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Young children with autism and related developmental handicaps require early, intensive and comprehensive services if they are to progress rapidly and efficiently. Due to the relatively low incidence of autism and the lack of specially trained professionals, children who live in rural areas are typically unserved or are provided with limited services which fail to address adequately their extensive and ongoing needs. This article describes a recently developed regional model designed to provide thorough training services for preschool-aged children, their families, and community-based service providers who have an impact on the children's functioning and development. The team training approach is characterized by a focus on individualized intervention, ongoing assessments, and intensive training which seeks to produce a consistent, coordinated effort on behalf of the child-family-community interactions. The model is described in detail, and service implementation is illustrated by a representative case.

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