Parental involvement is encouraged in all aspects of planning. Opportunities are provided for parents to interact with staff and students in both programmatic and nonprogrammatic school activities. A parent advisory council is active at least at the district level. Curricula are individualized and relate to. present and future needs in natural school and community environments. Continuity exits between assessment and instructional planning.
Instructional plans are explicit and address the needs of individual pupils.
Program development, implementation, and evaluation practices reflect consideration for the environment in which skills are taught. Students should select approaches that reflect the school climate and are sensitive to the needs of the pupil without being stigmatizing. When using systematic instruction, assessment and instruction procedures should reflect current knowledge regarding principles of behavior and training practices. Effective use of reinforcers and arrangement of reinforcement schedules. Effective use of stimulus and response prompts and systematic fading procedures.