Scenario: You have been hired by a school district to serve as a one-to-one support for Gabe, a preschooler with autism. His family has enrolled him in a community preschool. He is also involved in an ABA program at home for 20 hours a week. As part of your contract, you have one hour a week to collaborate with the home program. Gabe enjoys going to preschool, but circle time can be challenging. He has difficulty sitting and listening when the teacher reads a book. The teacher wants Gabe to be able to answer her questions about the story. You have a meeting scheduled for next week with the home programs director.

You are to create a list of THREE strategies that will lead to better collaboration with an ABA program and help a preschooler succeed.

• Through research on your own; make a list of three strategies to discuss with the program director with the goal of making circle time more successful for Gabe.
• For each suggestion:
  • explain in detail the strategy
  • explain why it is important in helping in Gabe be more successful in preschool
  • provide evidence from the resource that supports each strategy (with citations)