October 2011

[Education Week] Given the challenges of providing appropriate services to a diverse and increasingly numerous student population in this country with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), the need for evidence-based practice in our schools has never been so urgent. <!--more--> This Letter to the Editor was originally published in the October 26, 2011 issue of Education Week. On behalf of the National Autism Center (NAC), I want to thank you for recently featuring the commentary, “Where Are the Autism Teaching Competencies?” (September 20, 2011). Given the challenges of providing appropriate services to a diverse and increasingly numerous student population in this [...]