Converting Challenge to Success: Supporting a New Teacher of Students with Autism.

Boyer, Lynn; Lee, Christine

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ERIC Number: EJ630916

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Converting Challenge to Success: Supporting a New Teacher of Students with Autism.

Boyer, Lynn; Lee, Christine

Journal of Special Education, v35 n2 p75-83 Sum 2001

A new teacher in a self-contained classroom for six kindergarten students with autism describes the challenges of beginning a new program in her school, planning instruction with the new state instructional standards in mind, being scrutinized by parents, and coordinating documentation of progress and development of Individualized Education Programs. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Autism, Beginning Teachers, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Individualized Education Programs, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children, Parent School Relationship, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching (Occupation), Teaching Conditions, Work Environment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: First-Year Special Education Teachers.