2009-2010: The Project KAIT (Key Autism Indicator Training) is a Grant Project funded by The South Carolina Developmental Disabilities Council. Rising autism rates challenge schools serving individuals with an Autism Spectrum Disorder or a related disability across the life span. The Key Autism Indicators and Training (KAIT) Project will develop the capacity of staff to create model programs based on eight key autism indicators that reflect quality programming and best practices. These demonstration sites will become examples of effective practices for others to emulate.
2009-2010: The Autism Training Collaborative Change is Needed: Enhancing staff training to benefit individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) across the life span. Convening, assessing, and planning then acting will make improvement to staff training achievable and sustainable. Project ATC is a grant awarded to the SC Autism Society and funded by The Developmental Disability Council of SC.
2009-2010: The Meaningful Engagement Around the Needs of a Student (MEANS) Assisting the school’s efforts to partner with family on enhancing the quality of the IEP, improving the impact of special education services on the student and increasing IEP participation and collaboration especially with culturally diverse families. MEANS is a grant awarded to the SC Autism Society and funded by The SC Department of Education.
Service Coordination
for individuals with autism spectrum disorders in the Midlands
The Parent-School Partnership
program utilizes Parent Mentors to build collaboration between school
personnel and the parents of students with autism. The goal is the best
education possible for children with autism spectrum disorders.
The Self-Directed Support Corporation
grant provided SCAS the opportunity to study the use of nonprofit organizations
comprised of friends and family of a person with a disability that is established to
assist that person with planning and obtaining needed supports. Funded Grant Years: 2006-2009. July 2009-this project continues through the efforts of Ron Dozier and with the support of SCDDSN. At the end of this grant project, six families were developing SDSCs (boards) to support individuals with disabilities including autism, mental retardation and head and spinal cord injuries. Please contact us for more information.
5-FAB - The South Carolina Autism Society has been granted funds to
purchase books about autism spectrum disorders for the
state's county libraries. The project is called 5-FAB for
5 Featured Autism Books, five being the minimum number of titles
expected to be distributed to each library system. There are 40 public library
systems in South Carolina serving all 46 counties. Parents are the target
audience for the books, although one
will be intended for children who have a brother or sister with
an autism spectrum disorder. A committee of parents and
professionals has already determined broad topic areas, the
first being basic information about ASDs, with treatment options,
intended for parents of newly diagnosed children.
Awareness Training for Department of Social Services Caseworkers
offers training on autism and other developmental disabilities, their effects
on families, and what professionals can do to help. Funded by the SC
Developmental Disabilities Council (DDC).
The Consumer Review Panel conducts site visits to residences and programs sponsored by DDSN. The purpose is to assure accountability to individuals,
their families, and the community at large that all quality-of-care and
quality-of-life needs are being met. Volunteers are needed in the upstate and
Charleston areas.
