Case Example: Inclusion Program Development

The case example presented here illustrates how the ASD Program Development and Evaluation Protocol (hereafter, ASD Protocol for brevity) helped a school district develop an ASD Inclusion Program for four elementary students with ASD. The chapter describes the purpose and objectives of the program development initiative and the unique contextual variables that guided the application of the ASD Protocol to inform program planning and decision-making. The chapter concludes with a discussion of how program evaluation data informed future program development activities.