Session 15: Curriculum, Research and Development | Using a Blended Curricular Model of Professional Development to Increase Educator Repertoires for Instructing Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Use of a Blended Curricular Model of Autism-Specific Preparation and Professional Development for Increasing Educator Repertoires for Instructing Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders

“…The correlation findings between post-efficacy and post-application suggested a positive relationship [8]. These findings indicated that as self-efficacy increased, application of instructional methods, strategies, and supports for students with ASD tended to increase.…”

“…These findings indicated that participants applied the instructional methods, strategies, and learning supports for students with ASD to both students identified as having ASD in the mild to moderate range and students identified as having ASD in the moderate to severe range. In regard to correlational findings between the variables of knowledge, self-efficacy, self-report of use of instructional methods, strategies and supports, and application of instructional methods and strategies and learning supports several relationships were suggested by the findings [8]. The correlation findings between postknowledge and post-efficacy suggested a positive relationship indicating that there is a chance that as participant knowledge increased, participant self-efficacy tended to increase.…”

“…The correlation findings between post-knowledge and post-report were interesting as they suggested a negative relationship [8]. This finding may indicate that as knowledge increased, self-report of the use of instructional methods, strategies, and learning supports tended to decrease.…”

“…Dille expanded the investigation of the use and effectiveness of a blended curricular model of professional development to increase educator repertoires for instructing students with ASD [8]. This study was funded by a grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Autism Training for Educational Staff in New Jersey: Autism Institute for Training and Applied Research.…”