IDEA Partnership Collection

on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

http://www.ideapartnership.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1493

The IDEA Partnership is an affiliation of 55 national organizations united by common interests and joined in
shared work. Together, the partners develop ‘bridging tools’ to help their constituents translate research and
policy into practice. A Partnership Collection is one of these bridging tools. The purpose of a Partnership
Collection is to enable and encourage the use of current research on a topic of importance to the field of
education. The Partnership Collection on ASD was developed through the work of 12 national organizations, nine
national and state technical assistance providers, and a number of state and local organizations and agencies.

The Partnership Collection on ASD includes:

 Needs of the Field – Practitioner perspectives of current practice, information skills needed by
practitioners to serve students, gaps that currently exist, and the processes needed to be in
place to support acquisition of knowledge and skills for those closest to the students

 Essential Elements – Characteristics that define a community of practice (CoP) focused on the
topic; how different stakeholders can coalesce around this issue of common interest

 Guiding Principles – Unifying beliefs that are the foundation for our collaborative efforts on the
issue addressed

 Grounding Assumptions – Fundamental assumptions, current dispositions / beliefs, and

shared understandings around the issue

 Glossary – User-friendly definitions of key terms and acronyms associated with the topic

 Dialogue Guides – Models for conducting interactive discussions across stakeholders, to

examine assumptions held, seek common ground, support consensus, and encourage
application

 Power Point & Presenter’s Guide – Brief presentation materials that provide basic knowledge
and understandings, guided by current research, on the Collection topic

 Fact Sheet – Brief one-page description of resources available to practitioners and the
community that will advance work on the Collection topic

The IDEA Partnership is funded through the Research to Practice Division of the Office of Special Education Programs,
US Department of Education, and is part of OSEP’s National Technical Assistance and Dissemination Network.

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Partnership
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