Description
This practicum consists of a 15-hour seminar on campus and 90 hours of observation and activity in sites offering different settings for working with children with ASD. In-home work and classrooms in different types of programs will be utilized. Confidentiality, observation skills, protocols for observing in sites will be discussed before site work begins. The seminar sessions will process the ongoing experiences of students in the variety of sites. Questions, concerns and successes will be discussed in seminars. All background checks with Maine SBI and DHHS will be successfully completed before students enter practicum sites. Prerequisites: EDU210, EDU225, EDU230.