Promoting Inclusive Educational Environments for Children With Autism and Other Social-communication Challenges: Preschool Class and Primary School
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Social Communication Challenges

About this trial
This is an interventional other trial for Autism Spectrum Disorder
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- autism diagnosis
- socio-communicative challenges identified by parents and/or school staff
- attending a primary school classroom (i.e., from pre-school class to third grade)
Sites / Locations
- Stockholm MunicipalityRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Experimental group
Comparison group
In the experimental group, in-service training on autism, program quality, and APERS will be provided to participating staff. Furthermore, APERS-rating to assess the program quality for students with ASD/SCC will be conducted. Pertaining feedback on program areas of strength and improvement will be provided by the APERS-raters to the classroom teachers. Subsequently, assigned coaches (already employed at the school as special educators or equivalent) will based on the APERS-ratings develop an action plan to improve program quality for students with ASD and SCC, in collaboration with classroom teachers. Subsequently, the coach will provide weekly or bi-weekly coaching to promote program quality during the course of two school semesters (approximately 8-9 months).
The classrooms in the comparison group will also be rated with the APERS, and feedback will provided to classroom teachers. However, no further support will be provided in transforming APERS-ratings with pertaining feedback into best practice.