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Resources for Educators

The Organization for Autism Research knows how important it is for educators to have quality information to support their students with special needs. Written in collaboration with field experts and backed by research, we provide comprehensive guidebooks, manuals, professional development, and lesson plans for educators. These resources cover a range of critical topics, including understanding autism and addressing safety concerns to autism inclusion and peer acceptance in the classroom.

  • A Guide to Safety

    0.00 – 2.50
    A Guide to Safety was written with help from parents, first responders, educators, and community members, who shared their strategies and resources to address safety threats that commonly arise during childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. This resource helps educate parents, caregivers, educators, first responders, and other community members about how to prevent and mitigate emergency events, safety threats that may affect their child in the future, and how to teach safety habits that will build a foundation for safety in adulthood. 
    $0.00 SelectFirst two resources are free.

  • An Educator’s Guide to Autism

    0.00 – 2.50
    An Educator’s Guide to Autism provides parents, teachers, and education professionals with a plan for teaching an autistic child in the general elementary classroom setting.  The heart of An Educator’s Guide to Autism is a six-step approach for a teacher preparing to educate autistic children in their classroom. The discussion of each step includes practical tips on what a teacher should look for and how to navigate the challenges that may arise. Following these steps offers the teacher the potential to create the most favorable educational environment for all learners in the classroom, including the student with autism. 
    $0.00 SelectFirst two resources are free.

  • An Educator’s Guide to ASD (Level 1 Supports)

    0.00 – 2.50
    The revised guide serves as a primer for general education teachers to support their students who have Level 1 ASD, as introduced in DSM-5 and defined as a mild form of autism that requires support.
    $0.00 SelectFirst two resources are free.

  • Curriculum in a Box

    0.00 – 10.00
    This curriculum for autism includes everything teachers need to host a professional development session: two 75-minute PowerPoint training presentations, to be used together or separately, with video clips, participant handouts, activity worksheets, and scripted facilitator notes. It also includes Understanding Autism: A Guide for Secondary School Teachers, along with two guidebooks, in English and Spanish, and a quick reference sheet.
    $0.00 SelectFirst two resources are free.

  • Kit for Kids Classroom Set

    0.00 – 22.00
    Our Kit for Kids program is designed to teach elementary and middle school students about their autistic peers. The kit is centered around an illustrated booklet entitled What’s Up with Nick? This colorful, kid-friendly booklet tells the story about a new student, an autistic boy named Nick, through the eyes of a neurotypical peer. The story teaches children that autistic peers may think differently or need some accommodations, but all students are of equal worth and should be treated as such. 
    $0.00 SelectFirst two resources are free.

  • “What’s up with Nick?” Booklet

    0.00 – 13.00
    “What’s Up with Nick?” is a colorful, kid-friendly booklet that tells the story about a new student, an autistic boy named Nick, through the eyes of a typical peer. The story teaches children that autistic students may think differently or need some accommodations, but all students are of equal worth and should be treated as such.
    $0.00 SelectFirst two resources are free.

  • Kit for Kids Activity Workbooks Classroom Set

    50.00
    The Kit for Kids Activity Workbooks expand upon the information presented in the What’s Up with Nick? story and give students a chance to engage with the material they just learned in the lesson. There are different workbooks for students in grades K-1, 2-3, 4-5, and 6-8. They can be assigned as independent or group classwork, or as homework. Each version comes in a pack of 20 activity workbooks. 
    50.00 Select

  • Friendship Tip Sheets Classroom Set

    20.00
    The Kit for Kids Friendship Tip Sheets are designed to help non-autistic kids be understanding, supportive friends to their autistic peers. The tip sheets use engaging visuals, activities, and reflection questions to capture children’s attention and promote discussion. They cover some of the communication barriers and sensory differences that can cause misunderstandings between autistic and non-autistic kids and provide clear, actionable steps that focus on what autistic individuals want their peers to know. 
    20.00 Select

  • Autism Tuned In

    Autism Tuned In is an online extension of our popular Kit for Kids program, which is designed to teach elementary and middle school students about their autistic peers. The online e-learning space not only enhances the learning experience with color and movement but is also more easily accessed and shared.
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  • Autism Tuned In: Student Rewards

    2.50
    These rewards can be handed out to students who complete all of the online activities on the Autism Tuned In website. Each student receives one ribbon and one pencil for completing all activities. Students can write their names on the ribbons for display.  Each set comes with two (2) paper ribbons and two (2) pencils for a total of two (2) students. 
    2.50 Select

  • Understanding Asperger Syndrome: A Professor’s Guide

    At just over 15 minutes in length, this video is long enough to give a concise introduction to life as an autistic college student. It allows students to practice self-advocacy by identifying needed and reasonable accommodations to help them be successful. By using this video, autistic adults will be teaching others what it means to be a college student from their point of view. Students are encouraged to send this video to their professors.
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  • Safer Dating for Youth on the Autism Spectrum

    0.00
    Written by researchers at Boston Medical Center, this curriculum is for educating autistic young adults about how to build and maintain healthy relationships in college.
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