Autism Program Environment Rating Scale - Middle/High School (APERS-MH): User's Guide - Softcover

Samuel L. Odom (author); Ann Sam (author) & Ann Cox (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1681257238 ISBN 13: 9781681257235

Publisher: Brookes Publishing Co., 2023

Synopsis

The Autism Program Environment Rating Scale – Middle/High School (APERS-MH) is an assessment used to evaluate the quality of educational programs for preschool/elementary students with autism. The APERS-MH contains 69 assessment items organized in 11 domains (e.g., Learning Environments, Curriculum and Instruction, Post-Secondary Transition Planning etc.). To complete the assessment, a trained APERS rater visits the school program. The rater 1) reviews student records for 2-3 focal students with autism, 2) interviews school personnel and parents of the focal students, and 3) observes these students throughout their school day, taking notes throughout the process, before completing an electronic scoring tool. The rater then shares the results with school personnel to use in improving program quality.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Odom is the former Director of the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG), University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where he remains as a Senior Research Scientist. He is the author or co-author of over 175 journal articles and book chapters and has edited 10 books on early childhood intervention and developmental disabilities. His current research is addressing treatment efficacy for children and youth with ASD in elementary and high school grades. In addition, he is the Co-Director of the National Clearinghouse on Autism Evidence and Practice at FPG. In 2013, he received the Arnold Lucius Gesell Prize awarded for career achievement in research on social inclusion and child development from the Theordor Hellbrugge Foundation in Munich, Germany. In 2016, he received an honorary doctoral degree from Stockholm University. He is currently a visiting professor at Stockholm University and San Diego State University.

Ann W. Cox, Ph.D.
Director, National Professional
Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder
Frank Porter Graham Child
Development Institute
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Edition details

• Publisher: Brookes Publishing Co.
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1681257238
• ISBN 13: 9781681257235
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120